Sun Devil men s golf sophomore David Puig has been selected as one of three finalists for the February Ben Hogan Golfer of the Month Award for the second consecutive month. The award is an honor rewarded to the most outstanding NCAA golfer each month. Alongside Puig is Texas Tech s Ludvig Aberg and Colorado State s AJ Ott.
The award s voters include 12 members of the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation and three votes from social media. The top vote getter on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram will each get one vote, with 15 total votes for the award. Social media voting will be done by liking the respective post on each player from now through Thursday (Mar. 18) at 9 p.m. CT. The final winner will be announced on Friday.
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Feb. 15, 2021
David Puig has the chance to be the first Sun Devil to win three straight tournaments since Phil Mickelson did so in 1991. (Photo courtesy Sun Devil Athletics)
TEMPE – Sophomore David Puig wasn’t expected to be Arizona State’s hottest golfer this season. That honor was supposed to go to Chun An Yu, the fifth-ranked amateur in the world.
But it is Puig who has a chance to place his name alongside Phil Mickelson’s in the ASU record book by capturing the individual championship at The Prestige in Palm Desert, California, on Feb. 15-17.
If Puig can pull it off, it would be his third consecutive individual victory, tying him with Mickelson for the school record for consecutive individual tournament championships.
The Tournament
The tournament field has expanded to 24 teams with two sets of tee times to accommodate the number of teams playing. The field is available here and results will be available at Golfstat.com. USC s best finish in the event was in 2013, when the Trojans tied for first with Washington.
The Trojans will employ the same starting lineup for the third tournament in a row, consisting of seniors Kaito Onishi and Leon D Souza, junior Cameron Henry, sophomore Tyler Guo and freshman Shane Ffrench. USC will tee off Monday in the early wave, the Trojans first tee shot at 7:40 a.m. PT.