Brennan Named to Haskins Award Watch List
9/1/2022 10:00:00 AM | Football
Last season, Brennan was named to the spring Haskins Award Watch List after multiple individual wins and en route to an All-American sophomore season.
NORMAN, Okla. – Wake Forest junior men's golfer Michael Brennan was named as a Fred Haskins Award Watch List member to enter the season, as announced on Golf Channel and Golfweek on Thursday morning.
He is one of just 25 players nationally to be named to the watch list. The 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).
Brennan was named 2021-22 Golfweek All-American and was named a 2021-22 Second Team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America earlier in June.
The sophomore was named to the Arnold Palmer Cup Team in April and represented Team USA this summer. Additionally, he was placed on both last year's Fred Haskins Award and Ben Hogan Award Watch Lists, given to the best player in collegiate golf.
In February, Brennan made his PGA Tour debut at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club after winning the Genesis Collegiate Showcase earlier in the week.
In the fall, he captured individual victories in back-to-back events at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational and the Colonial Collegiate, the second time in his career he had back-to-back tournament wins. His round of 62 (-8) in the opening round of the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational is the second-lowest score in program history and tied the sixth lowest score relative to par in program history.
Brennan is one of just 12 Demon Deacons to have four or more tournament wins in his career.
Wake Forest Golfers to Win Four Collegiate Events
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Bill Andrade
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Lee Bedford
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Bob Byman
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Billy Chapman
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Will Zalatoris
He had a team-best 70.30 stroke average in 2021-22, which ranks fifth in program history.
SEASON SCORING AVERAGE (SINCE 1981)
|
Rk. |
Player |
Year |
Rounds |
Strokes |
Avg. |
|
1 |
Bill Haas |
2003-04 |
42 |
2,895 |
68.93 |
|
2. |
Will Zalatoris |
2014-15 |
29 |
2,032 |
70.07 |
|
3. |
Cameron Young |
2017-18 |
27 |
1,893 |
70.11 |
|
4. |
Will Zalatoris |
2016-17 |
35 |
2,455 |
70.14 |
|
5. |
2021-22 |
33 |
2,320 |
70.30 |
When his team needed him the most, Brennan provided points in both the Semifinal and Final in the Demon Deacons ACC Championship run while also tying for third during the stroke play portion of the tournament. Additionally, he finished tied for fourth at the New Haven NCAA Regional, carding a three-day-score of 7-under-par.
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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