Golf Week, By JuliaKate E. Culpepper | June 9, 2020 Pepperdine senior Sahith Theegala didn’t have the senior season he expected due to the coronavirus pandemic, but maybe that’s a good thing. The Pepperdine senior won the 2020 Haskins Award on May 8 and on Tuesday added another prestigious trophy to his collection: the 2020 Ben Hogan...
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Golf Channel, By Brentley Romine JUNE 9, 2020 Sahith Theegala’s amateur career may be over, but the awards continue to roll in. After capping his five-year Pepperdine career with GCAA first-team All-America honors and a Fred Haskins Award, Theegala took home the Ben Hogan Award on Tuesday night. The Hogan Award is voted on by a 30-man committee comprised...
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Join us for live streaming coverage on Tuesday, June 9 at 5 PM PT to celebrate the accomplishments of the three finalists and watch as FOG Founder Eddie Merrins and Chairman and CEO Sal Cimbolo present the 2020 Award. The show, hosted by Brian Estridge, is set for 5 PM PT (7 PM CT/8 PM...
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FORT WORTH, Texas — The Ben Hogan Trophy Award Foundation and the Friends of Golf (FOG) will announce the recipi-ent of the 2020 Ben Hogan Award presented by Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) on Tuesday evening during the Ben Hogan Award Presentation Special. The show, hosted by Brian Estridge, is set for 7...
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Kudos to 2013 FOG Honoree Luke Donald for freely sharing his insights into the game for the benefit of golfers of all ages. Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington take to social media during the pandemic to share their insights on golf. For their large and growing number of followers, the game might even be just a...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 7, 2020) – Renate Grimstad of the University of Miami has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Dinah Shore Trophy, cementing her status as one of the top collegiate female players who has made an impact on the golf course through her leadership and also on society through charitable...
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Positive report to share from FOG partner, SCGA Junior . . . In this unprecedented time we are all looking for good news, and here at the Foundation, we're excited to share some of our greatest successes. We invite you to spend some time in our Annual Report and take some joy in reading about the...
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Viktor Hovland is one of those young golfers who always seems to have a smile on his face. A glued-on, affixed perma-grin. He’s a young man who has a beautiful knack to find the humorous side in so many things that he encounters in his day. And now Hovland has...
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Thirty-one players recognized as top contenders for most prestigious college and amateur golf award FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 19, 2020) – Thirty-one of the nation’s most accomplished collegiate golfers have been named to the 2020 Ben Hogan Award watch list, according to a joint announcement made by the Hogan Trophy Award Founda- tion, the Friends of...
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On February 11, the Golf Writers Association of America announced that Renee Powell, the second African-American player to play on the LPGA Tour and a pioneer known for her passion toward opening the game to all, is the recipient of the 2020 Charlie Bartlett Award, given to a playing professional for his/her unselfish contributions to...
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