Dominic Clemons Named to 2025 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
1/29/2025 12:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
Clemons is one of 35 collegiate golfers named to the 2025 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama men's golfers Dominic Clemons is one of 35 collegiate golfers named to the 2025 Ben Hogan Award Watch List, which was announced Wednesday.
The Ben Hogan Award is annually awarded to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer based on all collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months. The winner of the award will be selected by committee votes during each stage of the process with the selection committee being comprised of more than 30 leaders in collegiate, amateur and professional golf.
The list of 10 semifinalists, which could include individuals not on the watch list, will be unveiled Thursday, April 17. On Tuesday, May 6, that group will be pared down to three finalists. The winner will be crowned at a black-tie dinner on Monday, May 19, at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Competed in all four events (12 rounds) and finished the fall season ranked second on the team in stroke average (71.67), average vs. par (+0.92), rounds of par or better (6) and total rounds in the 60s (4)
- Made his Crimson Tide debut claiming medalist honors at the Folds of Honors Collegiate with three rounds in the 60s and finishing with a 9-under par 204 (69-66-69), earning SEC Golfer of the Week honors
- Playing in his first-ever event for the Crimson Tide, Clemons become the first Alabama golfer to win in his debut tournament since freshman Justin Thomas (2011, Carpet Capital Collegiate)
- Claimed the 2024 Scottish Men's Open Championships at Muirfield with a 17-shot victory
- Finished that event with rounds of 68-65-65-62 for a four-day total score of 24-under par 260, defeating 144 amateur golfers from 24 nations around the world
- Competed in the 2024 Amateur Championship (British Amateur) where he finished tied for fifth in stroke play (-1) before moving on to match play
- He finished with a 5-1 record and reached the championship match before falling to Jacob Skov Olesen, 4&3
- Won the 2016 Scottish Boys' Under-14 Open played at Craigielaw – just a few miles down the coast from Muirfield
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