Palmer Jackson is one of 30 golfers up for the 2022 Ben Hogan Award, presented to the nation’s top golfer among all college divisions for his play over the past 12 months.
Jackson, a junior at Notre Dame and a Franklin Regional graduate, joins a watch list that includes 17 seniors, seven juniors and six sophomores. Ten semifinalists will be announced April 15, and the three finalists will be known May 5.
The winner will be revealed May 23 with the finalists attending a dinner at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
Jackson is coming off the biggest win of his amateur career at the Jones Cup Invitational. He posted a wire-to-wire victory with a 5-under-par 211.
A Ping D1 All-Region player in the spring, Jackson helped the Fighting Irish reach the NCAA Regional for the first time since 2012. He has the lowest career scoring average in program history at 71.25.
Jackson is one of six watch list players from the ACC.
Others on the list include U.S. Amateur winner James Piot of Michigan State and runner-up Austin Greaser of North Carolina, who dueled over the summer at Oakmont.
Past winners of the Ben Hogan Award include Jon Rahm (2015, ‘16), Viktor Hovland (‘19) and Patrick Cantlay (‘12) — three of the top four ranked players in the world.
Rahm is No. 1, Hovland 3 and Cantlay 4.
No. 2 Collin Morikawa was a Hogan finalist in 2018 and ‘19.
2022 Ben Hogan Award watch list
Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech
Sam Bennett, Texas A&M
Michael Brennan, Wake Forest
Jacob Bridgeman, Clemson
J.M. Butler, Auburn
Eugenio Chacarra, Oklahoma State
Pierceson Coody, Texas
Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Illinois
Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira, Arkansas
Alex Fitzpatrick, Wake Forest
Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida
Ryan Gerard, North Carolina
Chris Gotterup, Oklahoma
Austin Greaser, North Carolina
Cole Hammer, Texas
Joe Highsmith, Pepperdine
Walker Lee, Texas A&M
Nick Lyerly, UNCG
Palmer Jackson, Notre Dame
Bo Jin, Oklahoma State
RJ Manke, Washington
Logan McAllister, Oklahoma
Trent Phillips, Georgia
James Piot, Michigan State
David Puig, Arizona State
Cameron Sisk, Arizona State
Brian Stark, Oklahoma State
Jackson Suber, Ole Miss
Michael Thorbjornsen, Stanford
Karl Vilips, Stanford
