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Hogan Award watch list
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
Kevin Chappell, UCLA
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