Men's Golf's Goodwin Named To Final Haskins Award Watch List

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Men's Golf's Goodwin Named To Final Haskins Award Watch List

SMU's Noah Goodwin was named to the Final Haskins Award Watch List, which was released by Golf Channel and Golfweek today.

The Haskins Award is voted on Division I men's golf players, head coaches, assistant coaches, sports information directors and media. Voting continues until the completion of stroke play at the NCAA Championship on May 31st, with three finalists and the recipient being announced on June 1 by Golf Channel.

Goodwin is coming off of a six-stroke victory at the NCAA Stillwater Regional, shooting in the 60s each day to lead wire-to-wire. Goodwin ranks fourth nationally with a 69.57 stroke average, and is a combined -30 since Mar. 25 with nine consecutive par-or-better rounds. He would be the first SMU golfer to break 70 in single-season scoring average

Goodwin has finished top-five in five of his seven events this season, and has finished no worse than a tie for 21st. He has been rewarded as the American Athletic Conference Golfer of the Year and ranks No. 6 in the Golfstat individual rankings.

Previous winners of the Haskins Award, first awarded in 1971 to Ben Crenshaw, include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Justin Thomas. No SMU player has won the award.

The Mustangs begin the NCAA Championships on May 28.

Haskins Award Watch List (listed alphabetically):
Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech
Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson
Eugenio Chacarra, Oklahoma State
Pierceson Coody, Texas
Alex Fitzpatrick, Wake Forest
Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida
Noah Goodwin, SMU
Ryan Hall, South Carolina
John Pak, Florida State
Davis Thompson, Georgia