STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior men's golfer Maverick McNealy was named the winner of the Ben Hogan Award, as announced Monday by Colonial Country Club, Friends of Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America.
The Ben Hogan Award is presented annually to the top men's college golfer.
McNealy receives an exemption into the PGA Tour's 2018 Dean & DeLuca Invitational, as well as earn a $32,000 grant for the Stanford men's golf scholarship program.
McNealy is the second Stanford winner in the past four years and is the sixth straight recipient from the Pac-12 Conference. McNealy, who also was a finalist in 2015 and 2016, is the second three-time finalist ever, joining Bill Haas (2002-04).
McNealy is one of only two players in the world currently ranked among the top 10 in all four major college and amateur ranking systems. He is listed second in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, and was the winner of the Mark H. McCormack Gold Medal as the year's No. 1 player. He represented the United States at the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship and has been named to Team USA for the upcoming Arnold Palmer Cup.
The senior is ranked seventh in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking.
McNealy, a product of Portola Valley, California, is listed third in both the Golfstat and Golfweek college rankings. McNealy carries a 69.72 stroke average over 29 rounds, with nine top-20 finishes in 10 events, including six top-fives. His fall victory at the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational at Colonial Country Club was his 11th career win, tying him with Tiger Woods and 2014 Hogan Award winner Patrick Rodgers for most in school history.