Indiana University Athletics
Overton Named to Hogan Award Watch List
2/18/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Golfweek's fourth-ranked golfer also made it on the list last season. He is one of 20 golfers along with NCAA, U.S. Amateur and Public Links Champion Ryan Moore of UNLV, U.S. Open Championship low amateur Spencer Levin of New Mexico as well as 2004 PING All-America first team selections Matt Every of Florida, Kentucky's John Holmes and Shane Prante of St. Martin's, highlighting the watch list.
Others on the 20 player watch list include Cal Poly's Travis Bertoni, Ryan Blaum of Duke, Rhys Davies of East Tennessee State, Clemson's Jack Ferguson, Anthony Kim of Oklahoma, Vanderbilt's Luke List, Pablo Martin of Oklahoma State, Aron Price of Georgia Southern, Pepperdine's Michael Putnam, Matthew Rosenfeld of Texas, Wake Forest's Webb Simpson, Nicholas Thompson of Georgia Tech, North Carolina's Martin Ureta and Lee Williams of Auburn.
The Hogan Award selection committee will announce 10 semifinalists on March 24 and name three finalists on April 20. The three finalists will attend The Hogan Award banquet on Saturday, May 14, at Colonial Country Club (Ft. Worth, Texas) - the Saturday prior to the Bank of America Colonial - with the recipient announced that evening.
Overton is currently competing at the Jones Cup Invitational this weekend, Feb. 18-20, at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Ga. This biennial amateur competition is a preview of this summer's Walker Cup and brings together many of the top amateurs in the U.S. and abroad for a 54-hole individual stroke play event.
2005 The Ben Hogan Award Watch List
JEFF OVERTON, INDIANA
Travis Bertoni, Cal Poly
Ryan Blaum, Duke
Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State
Matt Every, Florida
Jack Ferguson, Clemson
John Holmes, Kentucky
Anthony Kim, Oklahoma
Spencer Levin, New Mexico
Luke List, Vanderbilt
Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
Ryan Moore, UNLV
Shane Prante, St. Martin's
Aron Price, Georgia Southern
Michael Putnam, Pepperdine
Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech
Martin Ureta, North Carolina
Lee Williams, Auburn
