Haskins Award: First spring watch list for 2023-24 men’s college golf Player of the Year
With every passing week, the men’s college golf season creeps closer to the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
The Haskins Award presented by Stifel announced Monday its first spring watch list, featuring 15 of the best men’s college golfers this season. Christo Lamprecht, a senior at Georgia Tech who has risen to No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, is having a great season, but there are plenty of other big names in contention.
The Haskins Award honors the player of the year in men’s college golf, as selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media. The players are listed alphabetically. Players on the Haskins Award Watch List were selected by a panel of Golfweek and Golf Channel reporters.
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Vanderbilt and Auburn each have two players on the watch list. Just because a player isn’t on this watch list doesn’t mean he can’t play his way on to it later in the season.
Check out the 15 players on the first spring watch list for the Haskins Award:
Bastien Amat, New Mexico
Class: Senior
Wins: 2 (Alister MacKenzie, John A. Burns)
Top-10 finishes: 4
Top-25 finishes: 5
Events: 7
NCAA ranking: 11
Wenyi Ding, Arizona State
Class: Freshman
Wins: 1 (Amer Ari)
Top-10 finishes: 2
Top-25 finishes: 2
Events: 3
NCAA ranking: 1
Mats Ege, East Tennessee State
Class: Fifth year
Wins: 1 (Bank of Tennessee)
Top-10 finishes: 5
Top-25 finishes: 5
Events: 6
NCAA ranking: 9
David Ford, North Carolina
Class: Junior
Wins: 1 (Williams Cup)
Top-10 finishes: 4
Top-25 finishes: 5
Events: 6
NCAA ranking: 6
Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida
Class: Senior
Wins: 2 (Williams Cup, Gators Invitational)
Top-10 finishes: 7
Top-25 finishes: 8
Events: 8
NCAA ranking: 7
Ian Gilligan, Florida
Class: Junior
Wins: 1 (Southern Highlands)
Top-10 finishes: 5
Top-25 finishes: 7
Events: 8
NCAA ranking: 14
Alex Goff, Kentucky
Class: Fifth year
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 5
Top-25 finishes: 6
Events: 6
NCAA ranking: 13
Petr Hruby, Washington
Class: Fifth year
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 5
Top-25 finishes: 7
Events: 7
NCAA ranking: 17
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Class: Freshman
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 5
Top-25 finishes: 6
Events: 6
NCAA ranking: 4
Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss
Class: Sophomore
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 2
Top-25 finishes: 4
Events: 4
NCAA ranking: 5
Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech
Class: Senior
Wins: 2 (Fighting Illini, Ben Hogan)
Top-10 finishes: 4
Top-25 finishes: 6
Events: 6
NCAA ranking: 2
Jack Lundin, Missouri
Class: Senior
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 4
Top-25 finishes: 5
Events: 7
NCAA ranking: 18
Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt
Class: Junior
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 3
Top-25 finishes: 4
Events: 4
NCAA ranking: 3
Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt
Class: Senior
Wins: 1 (Ben Hogan)
Top-10 finishes: 3
Top-25 finishes: 3
Events: 5
NCAA ranking: 21
Brendan Valdes, Auburn
Class: Junior
Wins: 0
Top-10 finishes: 6
Top-25 finishes: 6
Events: 6
NCAA ranking: 8
