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Basque golfer John Rahm, student at Arizona State University wins 2015 Ben Hogan Award (from AZcentral.com)

05/20/2015

Arizona State junior golfer Jon Rahm was named the recipient of the 2015 Ben Hogan Award Monday night. It's the most prestigious award in men's college golf. Rahm, the No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and No. 2 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, is the first Sun Devil to receive the award since its inception in 1990.

Link: AZcentral.com


ASU's Jon Rahm (Barrika, Bizkaia, 1995) holding the 2015 Ben Hogan Award (photo Arizona State University)

AZcentral sports news sources. Rahm, fresh off a first-place finish at the NCAA San Diego Regional, won the Bill Cullum Invitational in the fall and nabbed back-to-back wins this spring at the Oregon Duck Invitational and the ASU Thunderbird Invitational. He has posted 24 rounds (out of 37) in the 60s, and has a 68.78 stroke average, second-best in the nation.

His 4.47 scoring average on par-5 holes is the best in the nation and he is tied for most eagles carded on the season, with 10.

Rahm's 12-under 272 (70-68-66-68) at the Waste Management Open in late January fell just short of his quest to be the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Sun Devil Phil Mickelson won the Northern Telecom Open in 1991, but that certainly didn't diminish what happened during the week.

He hit 51-of-72 greens in regulation and had an average drive of more than 300 yards. The only amateur in the field of 132, the two-time honorable mention All-American had his way with the par-71, 7,266-yard TPC Scottsdale layout. He became the first amateur to finish in the top-five of a PGA TOUR event since Chris Wood (fifth) at the 2008 British Open and Justin Rose (tied for fourth) at the 1998 British Open.

(See EuskalKultura.com's interview with Jon Rahm, 03-03-2015)



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