Sam Bennett’s April just got a little sweeter.
Eight days after the Texas A&M fifth-year senior tied for 16th at the Masters to earn low-amateur honors at Augusta National, Bennett was among 10 Ben Hogan Award semifinalists announced on Monday by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
The Hogan Award, which is voted on by a committee of almost three dozen experts, annually awards the top men’s college golfer, regardless of division, by considering all college, amateur and professional results. Bennett, a Hogan Award semifinalist last year, is ranked No. 50 in Golfstat with just one college win this season, but he is the world’s sixth-ranked amateur with a made cut at the U.