FORT WORTH, Texas - Chris Williams was named recipient of the 2013 Ben Hogan Award on Monday in a black-tie ceremony at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas - Williams became the second Husky, joining Nick Taylor in 2010, to be honored with college golf's most prestigious award

The Ben Hogan Award is presented annually to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur competitions during the 12-month period dating from the previous award's banquet. The Ben Hogan Award selection committee is made up of 23 leaders and experts in amateur, college and professional golf - As the 2013 The Ben Hogan Award recipient, Williams will receive an exemption into the PGA TOUR's 2014 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, as well as earn a $50,000 grant for the UW men's golf scholarship program, $25,000 of which will be donated under his name - "This is pretty surreal for me," Williams told a full-house crowd at Colonial Country Club after accepting the award. "I grew up in Moscow, Idaho. I never thought I'd be here today - "Our golf season is about three weeks long," he joked. "We don't get a lot of time to play, but I took advantage of it."

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Golf's governing bodies have adopted a new rule that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions -The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association announced Tuesday that Rule 14-1b would start in 2016. The new rule will make it illegal to anchor the club against the body when making a golf stroke - By adopting the rule, they are going against two major golf organizations that argue long putters are not hurting the game. The PGA Tour and PGA of America spoke out against the rule - R&A chief executive Peter Dawson feels otherwise. He says he believes the rule is the right decision for golf - The rule does not ban the long putters, only the way they commonly are used