State of Texas well represented on preseason Haskins Award watch list
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.
Here are the 20 players who made the award's preseason watch list:
Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech
Sam Bennett, Texas A&M
Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson
Ricky Castillo, Florida
Eugenio Chacarra, Oklahoma State
Pierceson Coody, Texas
Alex Fitzpatrick, Wake Forest
Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida
Noah Goodwin, SMU
Ryan Hall, South Carolina
Cole Hammer, Texas
Bo Jin, Oklahoma State
Ryggs Johnston, Arizona State
Dylan Menante, Pepperdine
William Mouw, Pepperdine
Trent Phillips, Georgia
David Puig, Arizona State
Sandy Scott, Texas Tech
Michael Thorbjornsen, Stanford
Travis Vick, Texas
To see how GolfChannel.com's Brentley Romine ranks the top players in men's college golf, click here.