FORT WORTH, Texas (February 6, 2023) – Last month (Jan. 27), Howard University senior golfer Gregory Odom Jr. (Memphis) was named to the 2023 Ben Hogan Watch List, present by PNC Bank. The joint announcement was made by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
 
The Memphis native was selected among the 37 collegiate golfers across the nation at all levels.
 
The Ben Hogan Award annually awards the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer based on all collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months. Three of the top 12 players in the Official World Golf Ranking—No. 3 Jon Rahm (2015, 2016), No. 5 Patrick Cantlay (2012) and No. 11 Viktor Hovland (2019) —are past recipients of the honor, while No. 8 Collin Morikawa (2018, 2019) was a two-time finalist.
 
In November 2022, the APGA Tour officials announced the latest APGA Collegiate Ranking for the 2022-2023 season with Odom holding the top spot, thanks in part to victories this fall at the River Run Collegiate (Sept. 19-20) and USF-Howard Intercollegiate (Sept. 26-27). He overtook Michigan State's Troy Taylor III for the top position in the most recent standings.
 
The Ben Hogan Award, presented by PNC Bank, has honored the outstanding amateur collegiate golfer at Colonial Country Club since 2002. Prior to its move to Fort Worth, the original Ben Hogan Trophy, which was awarded based on a different list of criteria, was issued at Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles beginning in 1990.
 
This year's list of 10 semifinalists, which could include individuals not on the watch list, will be unveiled Friday, April 14. That group will be pared down to three finalists on Thursday, May 4. The finalists will attend a black-tie dinner Monday, May 22, at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, where the winner will be crowned.
 
An esteemed selection committee votes during each stage of the process. The selection committee is comprised of more than 30 leaders in collegiate, amateur and professional golf.
 
On Feb. 26-28, HU returns to action for the Loyola Intercollegiate, hosted by Loyola (Md.) in Goodyear, Ariz.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com and/or PNC website at www.pnc.com.