Auburn University men’s golfer Jovan Rebula is turning heads across the nation heading into the 2019-2020 season.
On Friday, the Golf Channel announced that the senior has been chosen to the Haskins Award Watch List.
Rebula is one of just 25 golfers in the country to be on this watch list for the most prestigious honor awarded to the nation’s top college golfer annually.
In fact, Golf Channel’s preseason ranking placed Rebula at number six on the list, elevating his status among America’s elite collegiate golfers even further.
He trailed only Texas’ Cole Hammer, Arizona State’s Chun An Yu, Florida State’s John Pak, Vanderbilt’s John Augenstein and Oklahoma State’s Austin Eckroat.
Past winners of the Haskins Award include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Ben Crenshaw.
Big ups to @JovanRebula for being named to @TheHaskinsAward Watch List! ?
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— Auburn Men’s Golf (@AuburnMGolf) August 30, 2019
Last season’s Southeastern Conference individual champion, Rebula was an All-SEC selection and earned All-American honors for the second season. He shot a team-best 71.34 strokes per round in 2018-19 and had 15 circuits under par, including 13 in the 60s.
Additionally, Rebula was the team’s top finisher in three tournaments a season ago and secured five top-10 finishes.
The Tigers tee off the upcoming season September 23-24 in Toledo, Ohio, for the Inverness Intercollegiate at Inverness Club. Auburn’s team sits at eighth in Golfweek’s national preseason rankings.
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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