North Carolina's David Ford wins 2025 Haskins Award
North Carolina Senior, David Ford, was announced yesterday as the winner of the coveted 2025 Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel, recognizing the most outstanding male NCAA Division I college golfer for the 2024-25 season. The announcement was made today by Brian Stubbs, Executive Director of the Fred Haskins Foundation, and Steve Burkowski, Golf Channel Host.
Ford, the No. 1 ranked collegiate player, the No. 3 ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, and No. 1 in PGA Tour U standings, received a great number of votes to win the 2025 Haskins Award, but just enough to outnumber Florida State’s Luke Clanton. This year’s vote was the closest race in the last 20 years for the Haskins Award. Ford recorded five victories with three consecutive wins finishing out the regular season, including the Valspar Intercollegiate Invitational, Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, and the Tar Heel Intercollegiate. He broke five UNC Men’s Golf records in a single season which include wins (five), stroke average (68.78), score to par (-89), average score to par per round (-2.47), and rounds in the 60s (25). Ford was also named to the 2025 Ping Men’s Golf All-East Region Team, becoming the first in Tar Heel history to make All-Region team in each of his four seasons.
“ I am so thrilled to be the recipient of this year’s Haskins Award.” said Ford after hearing the news that he is the 2025 Haskins Award presented by Stifel winner. “Thank you to my family, teammates, and coaches for all the help and encouragement this year.”
As another player from North Carolina, second to John Inman in 1984 to win the Haskins Award presented by Stifel, Ford says, “The Haskins Award is one of the highest honors in college golf, so to be the winner this year is an honor.” His name will now be on the same trophy as many greats to come before him, including Tiger Woods, fellow lefty - Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, and Luke Donald just to name a few.
“This was the closest race in at least 15 years. It’s never really been this close before, but after breaking another record voting year, the winner was finally decided and we could not be more excited to have David Ford as our 2025 Haskins Award winner.” says Brian Stubbs, Executive Director of the Haskins Foundation. “David had a great year this year with five wins including a win at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational with a stacked field, and he deserves every bit of this Award and all the votes he received.”
David Ford, Senior, North Carolina (2024-2025 season)
Ranking: Clippd – 1
World Amateur Golf Ranking: 3
Wins: 5 (Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational, The Williams Cup, Valspar Intercollegiate Invitational, Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, and the Tar Heel Intercollegiate)
Post-season results: 9th, ACC Men’s Golf Championship; 11th, NCAA Urbana Regional; DNQ, NCAA Individual Stroke Play Championship.
Other results and achievements: 2025 Ping Men’s Golf All-East Region Team; 2025 First-Team All-America Honors; Ben Hogan Award Finalist (2024-2025; Jack Nicklaus Award Finalist (2024-2025)
List of Haskins Award winners
2025 - David Ford, North Carolina
2024 – Jackson Koivun, Auburn
2023 – Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech
2022 – Chris Gotterup, Oklahoma
2021 – John Pak, Florida State
2020 – Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine
2019 – Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
2018 – Norman Xiong, Oregon
2017 – Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss
2016 – Beau Hossler, Texas
2015 – Maverick McNealy, Stanford
2014 – Patrick Rodgers, Stanford
2013 – Michael Kim, California
2012 – Justin Thomas, Alabama
2011 – Patrick Cantlay, UCLA
2010 – Russell Henley, Georgia
2009 – Matt Hill, North Carolina State
2008 – Kevin Chappell, UCLA
2007 – Jamie Lovemark, USC
2006 – Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
2005 – Ryan Moore, UNLV
2004 – Bill Haas, Wake Forest
2003 – Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State
2002 – Graeme McDowell, Alabama-Birmingham
2001 – Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech
2000 – Charles Howell III, Oklahoma State
1999 – Luke Donald, Northwestern
1998 – Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech
1997 – Brad Elder, Texas
1996 – Tiger Woods, Stanford
1995 – Stewart Cink, Georgia Tech
1994 – Justin Leonard, Texas
1993 – David Duval, Georgia Tech
1992 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1991 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1990 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1989 – Robert Gamez, Arizona
1988 – Bob Estes, Texas
1987 – Billy Mayfair, Arizona State
1986 – Scott Verplank, Oklahoma State
1985 – Sam Randolph, USC
1984 – John Inman, North Carolina
1983 – Brad Faxon, Furman
1982 – Willie Wood, Oklahoma State
1981 – Bob Tway, Oklahoma State
1980 – Bobby Clampett, BYU
1979 – Bobby Clampett, BYU
1978 – Lindy Miller, Oklahoma State
1977 – Scott Simpson, USC
1976 – Phil Hancock, Florida
1975 – Jay Haas, Wake Forest
1974 – Curtis Strange, Wake Forest
1973 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1972 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1971 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas