Four UNC Men's Golfers Named To Hogan Award Watch List

The University of North Carolina's Ryan Burnett, David Ford, Austin Greaser and Dylan Menante are among 37 players named to the watch list for the 2023 Ben Hogan Award presented by PNC Bank. The joint announcement was made today by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).

The Ben Hogan Award annually awards the top men's collegiate player based on all collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months.

Burnett is a fifth-year senior from Lafayette, Calif. He is a two-time All-America who advanced to a four-man playoff and tied for second place in the 2022 NCAA Championship. Burnett is third all-time at UNC in career scoring average and has 17 top-10 finishes in college tournaments.

Ford is a sophomore from Peachtree Corners, Ga., who finished fifth in the 2022 NCAA Championship. He was the ACC Freshman of the Year, Freshman All-America and All-America last season and had a win and two runner-up finishes in five college events in the fall of 2022. He also won the Southern Amateur last July and the Jones Cup earlier this month, two of the amateur majors.

Greaser is a senior from Vandalia, Ohio, who has earned All-ACC and All-America honors in the past two seasons. He won the 2022 NCAA Regional at Yale, finished second in the 2021 U.S. Amateur, won the 2022 Western Amateur and helped lead the United States to a third-place finish at the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship in Paris. He is Carolina's all-time leader in scoring average.

Menante is a senior from Carlsbad, Calif., who is playing in his first season at UNC after three at Pepperdine, where he helped the Waves win an NCAA championship in 2021. Menante is a two-time All-America and West Coast Conference Player of the Year and is second all-time in stroke average at Pepperdine. He is a two-time champion at the Northeast Amateur and has won two collegiate tournaments, including the Western Intercollegiate.

The 2023 Hogan watch list includes 20 seniors, seven juniors, seven sophomores and three freshmen. Nine schools have multiple players on the list, led by the Tar Heels with four. Florida, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Pepperdine, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech and Vanderbilt each have two players on the list.

This year's list of 10 semifinalists will be unveiled on April 14. That group will be pared down to three finalists on May 4. The finalists will attend a black-tie dinner May 22 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, where the winner will be crowned.

A selection committee comprised of more than 30 leaders in collegiate, amateur and professional golf votes during each stage of the process.

Since 2002, the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation has awarded over $850,000 in scholarships to more than 30 universities. For more information on the Ben Hogan Award presented by PNC Bank, visit TheBenHoganAward.org and follow @BenHoganAward on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

2023 Watch List Candidates
Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech, Senior, Eslov, Sweden
Leon Acikalin, Arizona Christian, Senior, London, England
Cole Anderson, Florida State, Junior, Camden, Maine
Sam Bennett, Texas A&M, Senior, Madisonville, Texas
Fred Biondi, Florida, Senior, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ryan Burnett, North Carolina, Senior, Lafayette, Calif.
Dominic Clemons, Hutchinson Community College, Sophomore, Cambridge, England
Charles DeLong, Grand Valley State, Sophomore, DeWitt, Mich.
Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Illinois, Senior, Villers la Ville, Belgium
Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira, Arkansas, Senior, Buenos Aires, Argentina
David Ford, North Carolina, Sophomore, Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida, Junior, Trinity, Fla.
Austin Greaser, North Carolina, Senior, Vandalia, Ohio
Derek Hitchner, Pepperdine, Senior, Minneapolis, Minn.
Ben James, Virginia, Freshman, Milford, Conn.
Connor Jones, Colorado State, Senior, Westminster, Colo.
Tommy Kuhl, Illinois, Senior, Morton, Ill.
Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech, Junior, George, Western Cape, South Africa
Bryce Lewis, Tennessee, Junior, Hendersonville, Tenn.
Yuxin Lin, Florida, Senior, Beijing, China
Christiaan Maas, Texas, Freshman, Pretoria, South Africa
Dylan Menante, North Carolina, Senior, Carlsbad, Calif.
Maxwell Moldovan, Ohio State, Junior, Uniontown, Ohio
William Mouw, Pepperdine, Senior, Chino, Calif.
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Oklahoma State, Senior, Niva, Denmark
Greg Odom, Howard, Senior, Memphis, Tenn.
Alex Price, Christopher Newport, Senior, Hillsboro, Va.
Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt, Sophomore, Birmingham, Ala.
Calum Scott, Texas Tech, Sophomore, Nairn, Scotland
Herman Sekne, Purdue, Junior, Oslo, Norway
Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt, Junior, Austin, Texas
Garrison Smith, New Mexico State, Senior, Mansfield, Texas
Ross Steelman, Georgia Tech, Senior, Columbia, Mo.
Preston Summerhays, Arizona State, Sophomore, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Caleb Surratt, Tennessee, Freshman, Indian Trail, N.C.
Michael Thorbjornsen, Stanford, Sophomore, Wellesley, Mass.
Travis Vick, Texas, Senior, Houston, Texas

Players Mentioned

Ryan Burnett

David Ford

Austin Greaser

Dylan Menante

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