IRVING, Texas - South Florida senior golfer Jake Peacock has been named to the 2025 Ben Hogan Award Watch List, announced by the Hogan Traphy Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of American (GCAA) on Wednesday.
Peacock won the 2024 American Athletic Conference individual title, while also being named the 2024 American Player of the Year. He show the best 36-hole at The American Champoinship at 130 (-10).
The Ben Hogan Award annually awards the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer based on all collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months. The list includes 16 seniors, 10 juniors and nine sophomores.
The Ben Hogan Award has honored the outstanding amateur collegiate golfer at Colonial Country Club since 2002. Prior to its move to Fort Worth, the original Ben Hogan Trophy, which was awarded based on a different list of criteria, was issued at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles beginning in 1990.
This year's list of 10 semifinalists, which could include individuals not on the watch list, will be unveiled Thursday, April 17. That group will be pared down to three finalists on Tuesday, May 6. The finalists will attend a black-tie dinner Monday, May 19, at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, where the winner will be crowned.