FSU sports information:
Florida State junior Luke Clanton was named to the watch list for the 2025 Ben Hogan Award on Wednesday.
Given by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), Clanton was one of 35 of the nation's most accomplished golfers on the list, and one of seven from the ACC.
Since 2002, the Ben Hogan Award has honored outstanding amateur collegiate golfers at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, awarding over $900,000 in scholarships to more than 30 universities. Beginning in 1990, however, the same award was labeled as the original Ben Hogan Trophy, being awarded to golfers based on different criteria, being issued at the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles.
In 2024, Clanton was a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award.
Clanton, who is the top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, competed in four tournaments this fall for the Seminoles. At the East Lake Cup, Clanton won two matches in match play, first defeating Jackson Koivun of Auburn, who is the No.2 WAGR amateur.
Clanton also competed in two PGA events to start off 2025, landing a top 15 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, finishing out the week shooting 72 and 73. Clanton earned his 18th PGA Tour University Accelerated point, two shy of a PGA Tour card at 20.
Florida State junior Luke Clanton was named to the watch list for the 2025 Ben Hogan Award on Wednesday.
Given by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), Clanton was one of 35 of the nation's most accomplished golfers on the list, and one of seven from the ACC.
Since 2002, the Ben Hogan Award has honored outstanding amateur collegiate golfers at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, awarding over $900,000 in scholarships to more than 30 universities. Beginning in 1990, however, the same award was labeled as the original Ben Hogan Trophy, being awarded to golfers based on different criteria, being issued at the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles.
In 2024, Clanton was a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award.
Clanton, who is the top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, competed in four tournaments this fall for the Seminoles. At the East Lake Cup, Clanton won two matches in match play, first defeating Jackson Koivun of Auburn, who is the No.2 WAGR amateur.
Clanton also competed in two PGA events to start off 2025, landing a top 15 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, finishing out the week shooting 72 and 73. Clanton earned his 18th PGA Tour University Accelerated point, two shy of a PGA Tour card at 20.
