Florida Senior Golfer Bank Vongvanij Named to Ben Hogan Award Watch List
Saturday, February 19, 2011 | Men's Golf
Florida Senior Bank Vongvanij (Bradenton, Fla.) has been named to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List, as announced by Golf Coaches Association of America on Saturday. The Hogan is presented 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.
Returning Hogan Award finalists Bud Cauley Alabama and Georgia's Russell Henley lead a contingent that includes NCAA medalist Scott Langley of Illinois and U.S Amateur Champion Peter Uihlein of Oklahoma State and runner-up David Chung of Stanford.
Vongvanij has led the Gators to three team wins in the 2010-11 season. He has finished fifth or higher in all five tournaments including two first-place finishes at the Isleworth Invitational and the JU Invitational and boasts a 69.9 stroke average in 15 rounds.
The Hogan Award will be announced Thursday, April 14. The three finalists will be invited to Colonial Country Club in Fourth Worth, Texas, for the Hogan Award presentation on the evening of Monday, May 16.
Watch GolfweekTV's Watch List Hogan Award Video http://www.golfweek.com/videos/2011/feb/18/843
Hogan Award Watch List
(in alphabetical order)
Blayne Barber, Auburn
Patrick Cantlay, UCLA
Bud Cauley, Alabama
Alex Ching, San Diego
David Chung, Stanford
Harris English, Georgia
J.T. Griffin, Georgia Tech
Luke Guthrie, Illinois
Russell Henley, Georgia
Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State
Bobby Hudson, Texas
Vince India, Iowa
Lion Kim, Michigan
Scott Langley, Illinois
Tain Lee, Claremont McKenna
Gregor Main, UCLA
Henrik Norlander, Augusta State
John Peterson, LSU
Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine
Patrick Reed, Augusta State
Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State
Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State
BANK VONGVANIJ, FLORIDA
Pontus Widegren, UCLA
Bobby Wyatt, Alabama
Andrew Yun, Stanford
