Junior Chun An Yu was named to the 2019 Ben Hogan Award Watch List, announced Wednesday morning by Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
The Ben Hogan Award presented by Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) is given annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during a 12-month period from June to May.
Jon Rahm is the most recent Sun Devil to win the Ben Hogan Award, going back-to-back in 2015 and 2016.
SUN DEVIL BEN HOGAN AWARD NOMINEES
2019: Chun An Yu (Watch List)
2017: Jared du Toit (Watch List)
2016: Jon Rahm (winner)
2015: Jon Rahm (winner), Max Rottluff (Watch List)
2010: Knut Borsheim (Watch List)
2007: Niklas Lemke (Watch List)
2006: Alejandro Canizares (Watch List)
2005: Alejandro Canizares (Semifinalist)
2004: Alejandro Canizares (Watch List), Chez Reavie (Watch List)
2002: Chez Reavie (Finalist)
Yu is one of the 28 golfers and one of the five golfers in the Pac-12 on the list.
This recognition is coming off a month after Yu became the 2019 Australian Master of the Amateurs champion. Yu shot a final round 67, one of the best final round scores at Royal Melbourne, to take the title.
He is in his junior year with in with two collegiate wins. He qualified for the U.S. Open last summer and made it to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur in 2017.
This year's list of 10 semifinalists, which could include individuals not on the watch list, will be unveiled on Wednesday, April 17. On Thursday, May 2, that group will be pared down to three finalists. The finalists will attend a black-tie dinner at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday, May 20, prior to the start of the PGA TOUR's Charles Schwab Challenge, where the winner will be crowned.
The Ben Hogan Trophy was first issued in 1990 and also included academic achievement in its original list of standards. In 2002, the Ben Hogan Award moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and revised its criteria to its current standard of honoring the outstanding amateur collegiate golfer.
A big congratulations to @kevingolfyu as he is part of the @BenHoganAward Watch List for this spring ... Sun Devil @JonRahmpga won it back-to-back in 2015-16. pic.twitter.com/CBF0Gi3kZa
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) February 14, 2019
The Ben Hogan Award presented by Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) is given annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during a 12-month period from June to May.
Jon Rahm is the most recent Sun Devil to win the Ben Hogan Award, going back-to-back in 2015 and 2016.
SUN DEVIL BEN HOGAN AWARD NOMINEES
2019: Chun An Yu (Watch List)
2017: Jared du Toit (Watch List)
2016: Jon Rahm (winner)
2015: Jon Rahm (winner), Max Rottluff (Watch List)
2010: Knut Borsheim (Watch List)
2007: Niklas Lemke (Watch List)
2006: Alejandro Canizares (Watch List)
2005: Alejandro Canizares (Semifinalist)
2004: Alejandro Canizares (Watch List), Chez Reavie (Watch List)
2002: Chez Reavie (Finalist)
Yu is one of the 28 golfers and one of the five golfers in the Pac-12 on the list.
This recognition is coming off a month after Yu became the 2019 Australian Master of the Amateurs champion. Yu shot a final round 67, one of the best final round scores at Royal Melbourne, to take the title.
ICYMI (which you might have or you might have forgotten because freakin' Chez got three eagles) what a win for @kevingolfyu in Australia https://t.co/xqw7nZshEk @pac12 @Pac12Network pic.twitter.com/xra1Jb9FpN
— Sun Devil Men's Golf (@sundevilmgolf) January 12, 2019
He is in his junior year with in with two collegiate wins. He qualified for the U.S. Open last summer and made it to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur in 2017.
This year's list of 10 semifinalists, which could include individuals not on the watch list, will be unveiled on Wednesday, April 17. On Thursday, May 2, that group will be pared down to three finalists. The finalists will attend a black-tie dinner at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday, May 20, prior to the start of the PGA TOUR's Charles Schwab Challenge, where the winner will be crowned.
The Ben Hogan Trophy was first issued in 1990 and also included academic achievement in its original list of standards. In 2002, the Ben Hogan Award moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and revised its criteria to its current standard of honoring the outstanding amateur collegiate golfer.