Wake Forest Athletics
Fitzpatrick Named to Fred Haskins Award Watch List
8/27/2021 10:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
The senior currently is No. 4 ranked amateur golfer in the world and was a finalist for the award a season ago.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest men's golf senior Alex Fitzpatrick was named to the preseason watch list for the Fred Haskins Award, as announced Friday morning.
The Haskins Award is presented annually by the Haskins Commission to honor the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. The award is named in memory of Fred Haskins, former golf teaching professional at the Country Club of Columbus (Georgia).
As of the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings released earlier this week, Fitzpatrick is the No. 4 amateur in the world. He also enters his senior season as the PGA University No. 4 ranked player and top international player on the list.
Fitzpatrick has had a busy summer playing against the top talent in the world. He most recently reached the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur earlier this month at historic Oakmont Country Club.
In the European Tour's Cazoo Open in July, Fitzpatrick placed as the top amateur, finishing even par for the week. Additionally, Fitzpatrick competed for Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team and International Arnold Palmer Cup Team in 2021.
He claimed his first collegiate title at the Valspar Collegiate Championship with a collegiate-best 12-under-par tournament. The win gave Fitzpatrick a PGA Tour exemption into the Valspar Championship.
Fitzpatrick had a key performance at the NCAA Regionals in Cle Elum, Washington last season that helped the Demon Deacons to their 46th NCAA Championship, the most among any ACC program. Fitzpatrick carded three rounds of par or better to finish 7-under for the tournament to post a second place finish.
Wake Forest and the Haskins Award
The Wake Forest men's golf program has a rich history with the Fred Haskins Award as the Demon Deacons are one of just six programs in the nation to have three or more winners of the most outstanding collegiate golfer of the year.
Bill Haas | 2004
At Wake Forest University, Bill Haas was a three-time All-American, four-time all Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Rookie of the Year and two time ACC Player of the Year. He turned pro in 2004 and has recorded four victories on the PGA Tour, including the 2011 FedEx championship.
Jay Haas | 1975
Jay Haas of Wake Forest won the NCAA individual title in 1974. He celebrated nine victories on the PGA Tour but earned an even greater reputation on the Champions Tour where he has recorded 15 wins, including three Majors. He won the USGA's prestigious Bob Jones Award for sportsmanship in 2006, the same year he was named Champions Tour Player of the Year.
Curtis Strange | 1974
Strange attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team with Jay Haas and Bob Byman that Golf World has labeled "the greatest of all time". Considered as one of the leading golfers of the 1980s,(16 of his 17 PGA Tour victories took place in that decade), Strange topped the PGA Tour money list in 1985, 1987 and 1988, when he became the first man to win a million dollars in official money on the Tour in a season. His two majors were the 1988 and 1989 U.S. Opens. He played on five Ryder Cup teams (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, and 1995) and captained the team in 2002. Strange was inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame on November 12, 2007.
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