The fall season in college golf is winding to a close, which means it’s time to recognize players who set themselves apart as frontrunners in men’s college golf over the past two and a half months.

The Haskins Award presented by Stifel 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.

College golf is back, which means it’s time to look at Player of the Year candidates.

The Haskins Award presented by Stifel honors the player of the year in college men’s golf, as selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media.

Last year, Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg took home the honor. This season, a new host of players will vie for the Heisman Trophy of college golf, including the world’s top-ranked amateur and the reigning U.S. Amateur champion.

As the calendar turned to 2023, Ludvig Aberg went on a tear. And he’s being recognized for his incredible season.

On Tuesday, Aberg was named winner of the 2023 Haskins Award presented by Stifel, which goes to the best male golfer in college golf. Aberg is the first Haskins winner from Texas Tech and the first Swedish player to win.

The postseason is underway in men’s college golf, and after the NCAA Regionals, the NCAA Div. I Men’s Golf Championship field is set for May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

With that, the race for the 2023 Haskins Award presented by Stifel is starting to heat up.

Haskins Award: First spring watch list for 2022-23 men's college golf Player of the Year

The bad news? School is back in session for student-athletes across the country. The good news? College golf is officially back, as well.

After a busy summer amateur schedule, it’s time to focus back in on the college game. What better way to celebrate than with preseason award watch lists?

The Haskins Award honors the player of the year in college men’s 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 writers.

Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett said during last month's U.S. Amateur that he felt like the dog in the field. He went on to win the Havemeyer Trophy.

Now, he heads back to College Station, Texas, for a fifth year, looking to add to his hardware.

Bennett highlights 25 names on the preseason watch list for the Haskins Award presented by Stifel. He is joined by five other players in the top 7 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, including Texas Tech's Ludvig Aberg, Vanderbilt's Gordon Sargent and North Carolina teammates Austin Greaser and Dylan Menante. The Tar Heels have the most players represented on the list with three, David Ford being the third.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When Chris Gotterup transferred from Rutgers to Oklahoma at the end of last season, he wasn’t guaranteed a spot in the lineup for the Sooners, who had just finished runner-up to Pepperdine at the national championship.

So the Little Silver, New Jersey, native did what he does best and got to work. And he kept working and improving all season long. His coaches noticed, his teammates noticed, and his peers noticed, too. Despite finishing just one shot out of a playoff for the individual title at this year’s NCAA Div. I Men’s Golf Championship on Monday evening, Gotterup had done enough to impress the voters and earned the 2022 Haskins Award, given annually to the player of the year in men’s college golf.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 1, 2021 – Florida State Senior John Pak, the top-ranked NCAA DI collegiate golfer in the country (Golfstat), was announced today as the winner of the prestigious 2021 Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel, recognizing the most outstanding male NCAA DI college golfer as voted on by players, coaches and members of the college golf media.

As the fall season winds to a close, it’s time to recognize players who set themselves apart as frontrunners in men’s college golf over the past two and a half months. Perhaps none accomplished that quite like RJ Manke, the Pepperdine transfer who is running wild for his new Washington Huskies with two wins, two runners-up finishes and a T-3 in five events this fall. There are plenty of talented men, however, on his heels.

This year's preseason watch list for the Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel has a decidedly Texas flavor.

Seven of the 20 players play for a Texas school: Texas A&M's Sam Bennett, SMU's Noah Goodwin, Texas Tech teammates Ludvig Aberg and Sandy Scott, and the Texas trio of Pierceson Coody, Cole Hammer and Travis Vick.

The Haskins Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding men’s college golfer, as voted on by players, coaches and media members. Past winners of the Haskins Award include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ben Crenshaw and last season's winner, John Pak.

It didn’t take long for Pepperdine men’s golf coach Michael Beard to realize he had something special in Sahith Theegala, maybe a few practices.

He remembers telling him as a freshman that he thought he could be an All-American.

“I knew he was really good,” remembers Beard, adding Theegala had traits you can’t teach. “Most of the things I did that freshman year was look for opportunities to encourage him and let him know how good he really was.”

Want to play on the PGA Tour? You don't have to be a PGA Tour pro, or even a pro, to do it.

Every year a select group of amateurs gets a chance to tee it up with the world's best, and though it is not easy, there are a surprising number of ways for amateurs to get into a PGA Tour event.

Here they are: