Wake Forest Athletics
Simpson Named to Jack Nicklaus Award Watch List
4/9/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 9, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Webb Simpson has been named to the Jack Nicklaus Award Watch List, the award given to the top collegiate golfers of the year in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA.
The last Demon Deacon golfer to win the Nicklaus Award was Bill Haas in 2004.
This marks the first year a watch list for the Nicklaus Award has been compiled. Previously, the award winner was determined by the All-America selection committee. A Nicklaus Award selection committee was created this year.
Winners from all four divisions will be named immediately following the final round of each respective national championship. All four Nicklaus Award honorees will be invited to Murfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, just outside Nicklaus' hometown of Columbus to receive their trophies from the award's namesake.
A 20-player All-Nicklaus team will be announced on June 10. The nominees for Divison I are listed below.
2008 Jack Nicklaus Award Watch List
Division I
Jonas Blixt, Florida State
Kevin Chappell, UCLA
Jonas Enander Hedin, Charlotte
Derek Fathauer, Louisville
Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma State
Aaron Goldberg, San Diego State
Chesson Hadley, Georgia Tech
Rory Hie, Southern California
Russell Henley, Georgia
Siwhan Kim, Stanford
Jamie Lovemark, Southern California
Adam Mitchell, Georgia
Kevin O'Connell, North Carolina
Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Joel Sjoholm, Georgia State
Ryan Spears, Wichita State
Hudson Swafford, Georgia
Matthew Swann, Alabama
Michael Thompson, Alabama
Players Mentioned
