Pichaikool Named To Haskins Award Watch List Following Fantastic Fall
November 09, 2018 | Men's Golf
by Austin Coats, Student Assistant/Communications
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State men's golf junior Peng Pichaikool proved himself among the nation's best this fall.
On Friday, players, coaches and media affirmed Pichaikool, naming him as one of 20 golfers to the final Haskins Award Watch List of the fall.
The Fred Haskins Award is awarded to the nation's best college golfer.
This recognition comes after Pichaikool earned three top 10 finishes in as many events for MSU this fall sparked by a runner-up finish at the Louisville Cardinal Challenge in September. He boasted a 69.22 stroke average for the three events.
Pichaikool's recent success earned him a spot in the upcoming Sun Bowl Marathon All-America Golf Classic, where he will compete against some of the nation's top collegiate talent November 19-20.
In the most recent rankings, Pichaikool is rated as the 17th best collegiate golfer and fourth-best in the Southeastern Conference by Golfstat. Golfweek ranks him 22nd and fifth in the SEC. Pichaikool is also 57th on the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Final Fall Haskins Award Watch List
Matt Wolff, Oklahoma State
Justin Suh, Southern Cal
Collin Morikawa, California
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Alex Smalley, Duke
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech
Trent Phillips, Georgia
Davis Riley, Alabama
Kaito Onishi, Southern Cal
Chun An Yu, Arizona State
Matthias Schmid, Louisville
Peter Kuest, BYU
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
McClure Meissner, SMU
Peng Pichaikool, Mississippi State
Eric Bae, Wake Forest
Stephen Franken, North Carolina State
Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern
For more information on the Bulldogs, follow the program on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching @HailStateMG.
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State men's golf junior Peng Pichaikool proved himself among the nation's best this fall.
On Friday, players, coaches and media affirmed Pichaikool, naming him as one of 20 golfers to the final Haskins Award Watch List of the fall.
The Fred Haskins Award is awarded to the nation's best college golfer.
This recognition comes after Pichaikool earned three top 10 finishes in as many events for MSU this fall sparked by a runner-up finish at the Louisville Cardinal Challenge in September. He boasted a 69.22 stroke average for the three events.
Pichaikool's recent success earned him a spot in the upcoming Sun Bowl Marathon All-America Golf Classic, where he will compete against some of the nation's top collegiate talent November 19-20.
In the most recent rankings, Pichaikool is rated as the 17th best collegiate golfer and fourth-best in the Southeastern Conference by Golfstat. Golfweek ranks him 22nd and fifth in the SEC. Pichaikool is also 57th on the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Final Fall Haskins Award Watch List
Matt Wolff, Oklahoma State
Justin Suh, Southern Cal
Collin Morikawa, California
Viktor Hovland, Oklahoma State
Chandler Eaton, Duke
Alex Smalley, Duke
Bryson Nimmer, Clemson
Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech
Trent Phillips, Georgia
Davis Riley, Alabama
Kaito Onishi, Southern Cal
Chun An Yu, Arizona State
Matthias Schmid, Louisville
Peter Kuest, BYU
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
McClure Meissner, SMU
Peng Pichaikool, Mississippi State
Eric Bae, Wake Forest
Stephen Franken, North Carolina State
Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern
For more information on the Bulldogs, follow the program on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching @HailStateMG.
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