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    Hogan Award watch list

    February 20, 2008

    The Golf Coaches Association of America officially announced the watch list for the 2008 Ben Hogan Award presented by Chesapeake Energy. The Hogan is presented annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or junior college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during the last 12 months.

    Like I said last week, not big surprises here. Had Jhared Hack not decided to leave Central Florida after the fall semester, the list would have had 25 players.

    All this said, one name that might not be so familiar is Sonoma State's Jarin Todd. The junior was the Division II player of the year last season and had two wins, two runner-ups and a seventh-place finish in five starts last fall.

    The Hogan Award semifinalists will be announced April 16. Three finalists, named May 7, will be invited to Colonial CC in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Hogan Award presentation the evening of May 18. The 1964 U.S. Open winner and former CBS golf analyst Ken Venturi will be the keynote speaker.

    Ben Hogan Award Watch List

    Jonas Blixt, Florida State

    Ryan Brehm, Michigan State

    Jonas Enander Hedin, Charlotte

    Harris English, Georgia

    Derek Fathauer, Louisville

    Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma State

    Rob Grube, Stanford

    Chesson Hadley, Georgia Tech

    Seung-su Han, UNLV

    Brian Harman, Georgia

    Mark Harrell, Alabama

    Billy Horschel, Florida

    Lucas Lee, UCLA

    Jamie Lovemark, Southern California

    Clayton Rask, Minnesota

    Webb Simpson, Wake Forest

    Joel Sjoholm, Georgia State

    Kyle Stanley, Clemson

    Michael Thompson, Alabama

    Jarin Todd, Sonoma State

    Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech

    Drew Weaver, Virginia Tech

    Stefan Wiedergruen, Charlotte