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Haskins Spotlight - 5/15/2009 Morgan Hoffmann - Oklahoma State
The Haskins Award has been presented seven times to golfers who play for the
Oklahoma State Cowboys. Mr. Morgan Hoffmann (not to mention Rickie Fowler) represents another golden opportunity for the Haskins Trophy to visit their trophy case for an eighth year.
Mr. Hoffmann is currently the number one ranked collegiate golfer according to the Golfweek/Sagarin ranking system. His 69.06 rating includes a 46-38-6 record against the top 25 golfers in the nation and an overall record of 570-109-13.
Interestingly enough, Mr. Hoffmann represents the second freshman in consecutive years for the cowboys to be a serious contender for The Haskins Award. Rickie Fowler finished runner-up last year (and is also very much in the chase this year) in the Haskins vote after winning the Ben Hogan Award earlier in the year.
Most recently, Mr. Hoffmann led the Cowboys to the Big 12 Championship firing a final round 66 to finish at 4-under 276 and win the individual title by three strokes over
Baylor’s Bill Allcorn. Giving Hoffmann 3 victories on the year and a total of 5 top five individual finishes.
Excerpt from OSU's website:
May 13, 2009
Chris Perry, OSU Media Relations
Morgan Hoffmann's first season as a college golfer has gone a lot more smoothly than his first day in college.
And that has been good thing for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the top-ranked college golf team.
Hoffmann, a Wyckoff, N.J., native and freshman, described his transition to college as a little rough.
"I had a really bad transition into college," Hoffmann said. "The first day, I set off the alarms in the apartments, the fire alarms, and every one had to evacuate. Just little stuff like that."
Eight months later and much better adjusted to life in the dorms and on campus, Hoffmann is the nation's top-ranked collegiate golfer, according to the Golfweek/Sagarin player rankings. He has won three tournament titles, at the Ping/Golfweek Preview in the fall and the Morris Williams Intercollegiate this spring. Most recently, he won the Big 12 Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.
Earlier this year, he matched the school's 18-hole scoring record with a 62 at Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas. His round tied the previous mark held by former Cowboy All-Americans Jonathan Moore and Hunter Mahan. It set up a meeting with Moore afterward, when Hoffman found out that he had put his name atop the storied OSU record books.
"It was really cool," Hoffmann said. "I came off the green and some random guy came up to me and introduced himself. He was like, `hey, you just broke my record, I had the record and I came out and followed you for the last few holes'. It was pretty cool."
Cowboy coach Mike McGraw said Hoffmann's season is comparable to those of Moore, OSU's last individual national champion, and Rickie Fowler, last year's Phil Mickelson Award winner for the nation's top freshman. Fowler won twice his freshman season. Moore won three times, which is the OSU freshman record that Hoffmann has tied, but he did it as a redshirt freshman.
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The Haskins Commission would like to wish Mr. Hoffmann and all of the NCAA players luck in this years Haskins Award vote and beyond.
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Past Recipients
2010 - Russell Henley
2009 - Matt Hill
2008 - Kevin Chappell
2007 - Jamie Lovemark
2006 - Pablo Martin
2005 - Ryan Moore
2004 - Bill Haas
2003 - Hunter Mahan
2002 - Graeme McDowell
2001 - Bryce Molder
2000 - Charles Howell III
1999 - Luke Donald
1998 - Matt Kuchar
1997 - Brad Elder
1996 - Tiger Woods
1995 - Stewart Cink
1994 - Justin Leonard
1993 - David Duval
1992 - Phil Mickelson
1991 - Phil Mickelson
1990 - Phil Mickelson
1989 - Robert Gamez
1988 - Bob Estes
1987 - Billy Mayfair
1986 - Scott Verplank
1985 - Sam Randolph
1984 - John Inman
1983 - Brad Faxon
1982 - Willie Wood
1981 - Bob Tway
1980 - Bobby Clampett
1979 - Bobby Clampett
1978 - Lindy Miller
1977 - Scott Simpson
1976 - Phil Hancock
1975 - Jay Haas
1974 - Curtis Strange
1973 - Ben Crenshaw
1972 - Ben Crenshaw
1971 - Ben Crenshaw
Tiger Woods receives the 1996 Haskins Award
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