Maverick McNealy of Stanford, Beau Hossler of Texas and Jon Rahm of Arizona State, last year’s winner, have been selected as finalists for the 2016 Ben Hogan Award by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
All three finalists are ranked among the top six in all four major ranking systems–the World Amateur Golf Ranking, the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking, the Golfweek/Sagarin Ranking and the Golfstat Individual Ranking.
Hossler, from Mission Viejo, is ranked No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin and Golfstat rankings and is third in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking. He leads the nation with five college victories during the 2015-16 season, including four during the Spring.
The junior owns a 69.73 scoring average and has nine top-10 finishes in 10 tournaments this season, including second in the Big 12 Conference Championships.
Rahm is No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and is second in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking. He has three victories this season, including the Pacific 12 Conference Championship, and has four other results in the top five.
The senior from Spain has finished in the top 10 in all 11 tournaments he has played this season and has a 69.26 scoring average.
McNealy (pictured), a junior from Portola Valley, is second in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Golfweek/Sagarin Ranking and Golfstat Ranking. He has four tournament titles this season and has placed in the top 10 in eight of his 10 tournaments, including sixth in the Pacific 12 Conference Championships.
His 10 victories in his Stanford career put him one behind the record set by Tiger Woods in 1996 and tied by Patrick Rodgers in 2014. McNealy has a 69.19 scoring average this season.
The award will be presented on May 23 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
Previous winners include: D.J. Trahan of Clemson (2002); Ricky Barnes of Arizona (2003); Hunter Mahan of Oklahoma State (2003); Bill Haas of Wake Forest (2004); Ryan Moore of UNLV (2005); Matt Every of Florida (2006); Chris Kirk of Georgia (2007); Rickie Fowler of Oklahoma State (2008); Kyle Stanley of Clemson (2009); Nick Taylor of Washington (2010); Peter Uihlein of Oklahoma State (2011); Patrick Cantlay of UCLA (2012); Chris Williams of Washington (2013); Rodgers of Stanford (2014) and Rahm of Arizona State (2015).
