26 players named to Hogan Award Watch List

Twenty-six collegians from all divisions of college golf were selected by the GCAA for inclusion on the 2011 Ben Hogan Award Watch List. The award goes to the top men's college golfer, taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during a 12-month period. (Full disclosure, I'm on the committee that helped select the players.)

Two of last year's finalists are on the 2011 list: Alabama's Bud Cauley and Georgia's Russell Henley. U.S. Amateur champion__Peter Uihlein__ of Oklahoma State and runner-up David Chung of Stanford are other honorees.

A group of 10 semifinalists will be selected April 14 with three finalists then invited to attend the Hogan Award ceremony at Colonial CC in Fort Worth on May 16.

The award is sponsored by Baird Private Wealth Management in association with the Friends of Golf, Colonial CC and the GCAA.

__HOGAN AWARD WATCH LIST

(in alphabetical order)

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Blayne Barber, Auburn

Patrick Cantlay, UCLA

Bud Cauley, Alabama

Alex Ching, San Diego

David Chung, Stanford

Harris English, Georgia

J.T. Griffin, Georgia Tech

Luke Guthrie, Illinois