North Carolina's David Ford wins 2025 Haskins Award, given to college golf's Player of the Year
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CARLSBAD, Calif. — North Carolina senior David Ford was named winner of the 2025 Fred Haskins Award, it was announced Tuesday.
Ford, who picked up five wins for the Tar Heels this season, is the second winner from North Carolina, joining John Inman in 1984. He finished as the top-ranked golfer in the NCAA golf rankings.
The Haskins Award presented by Stifel is the Heisman Trophy of college golf, awarded to the Player of the Year on the men's side. This year set a record for number of votes for the Haskins Award, and it was also the closest vote since 2010 when Russell Henley won.
Ford also finished first in the PGA Tour University Class of 2025 rankings this season, earning a PGA Tour card in the process.
Brian Stubbs, the executive director of the Haskins Foundation, said thank you for voting to all of the college players, coaches, SIDs, media members and past winners.
List of Haskins Award winners
2025 - David Ford, North Carolina
2024 – Jackson Koivun, Auburn
2023 – Ludvig Aberg, Texas Tech
2022 – Chris Gotterup, Oklahoma
2021 – John Pak, Florida State
2020 – Sahith Theegala, Pepperdine
2019 – Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State
2018 – Norman Xiong, Oregon
2017 – Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss
2016 – Beau Hossler, Texas
2015 – Maverick McNealy, Stanford
2014 – Patrick Rodgers, Stanford
2013 – Michael Kim, California
2012 – Justin Thomas, Alabama
2011 – Patrick Cantlay, UCLA
2010 – Russell Henley, Georgia
2009 – Matt Hill, North Carolina State
2008 – Kevin Chappell, UCLA
2007 – Jamie Lovemark, USC
2006 – Pablo Martin, Oklahoma State
2005 – Ryan Moore, UNLV
2004 – Bill Haas, Wake Forest
2003 – Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State
2002 – Graeme McDowell, Alabama-Birmingham
2001 – Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech
2000 – Charles Howell III, Oklahoma State
1999 – Luke Donald, Northwestern
1998 – Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech
1997 – Brad Elder, Texas
1996 – Tiger Woods, Stanford
1995 – Stewart Cink, Georgia Tech
1994 – Justin Leonard, Texas
1993 – David Duval, Georgia Tech
1992 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1991 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1990 – Phil Mickelson, Arizona State
1989 – Robert Gamez, Arizona
1988 – Bob Estes, Texas
1987 – Billy Mayfair, Arizona State
1986 – Scott Verplank, Oklahoma State
1985 – Sam Randolph, USC
1984 – John Inman, North Carolina
1983 – Brad Faxon, Furman
1982 – Willie Wood, Oklahoma State
1981 – Bob Tway, Oklahoma State
1980 – Bobby Clampett, BYU
1979 – Bobby Clampett, BYU
1978 – Lindy Miller, Oklahoma State
1977 – Scott Simpson, USC
1976 – Phil Hancock, Florida
1975 – Jay Haas, Wake Forest
1974 – Curtis Strange, Wake Forest
1973 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1972 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas
1971 – Ben Crenshaw, Texas
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