March 3, 2006

NORMAN, Okla. - Wake Forest senior Kyle Reifers and sophomore Webb Simpson are two of 25 players on the watch list for the 2006 Ben Hogan Award, which goes annually to the nation's top college male golfer.

 

The most prestigious award in men's college golf, The Hogan is presented annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or junior college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during the last 12 months. Wake Forest's Bill Haas captured the award in 2004.

 

Reifers and Simpson are two of six golfers on the watch list from the ACC.

The Hogan Award selection committee will announce 10 semi-finalists on March 29 and name three finalists on May 2. The three finalists will attend The Hogan Award banquet on Saturday, May 13 at Colonial Country Club - the Saturday prior to the Bank of America Colonial - with the recipient announced that evening.

Ben Hogan Award Watch List

Ryan Blaum, Duke

Scott Brown, South Carolina-Aiken

Dane Burkhart, South Carolina-Aiken

Alejandro Cañizares, Arizona State

Roberto Castro, Georgia Tech

Jay Choi, New Mexico

Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State

Dillon Dougherty, Northwestern

Matt Every, Florida

Oscar Floren, Texas Tech

Erik Flores, UCLA

Andres Gonzales, UNLV

Rob Grube, Stanford

Brian Harman, Georgia

Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina

Anthony Kim, Oklahoma

Chris Kirk, Georgia

Kevin Larsen Georgia Tech

James Lepp, Washington

Luke List, Vanderbilt

Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State

Clay Ogden, Brigham Young

Kyle Reifers, Wake Forest

Webb Simpson, Wake Forest

Martin Ureta, North Carolina