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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Powell Butte, Ore. – Bill Winter of Beaverton, Ore capped off an impressive week of golf with a 1-up victory over Norm Bradley of Kelowna, B.C. to win the 38th Pacific Northwest Men's Master-40 Amateur Championship at Brasada Ranch in Powell Butte, Oregon - Winter got off to a great start by going par-birdie-par on the first three holes of the match to go 2-up on Bradley. But Winter lost his ground after his strong start and made back-to-back bogies, which Bradley took full advantage of by answering with a par and birdie to put the match back to all-square through six holes

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The final round of the NCAA Tallahassee Regional Men's Golf Tournament proved exciting for the University of Washington - The 6th ranked Dawgs played well but could'nt keep pace with a hot North Florida squad - However runner-up was plenty good enough to advance to the NCAA Championships in Atlanta at the end of the month - In addition to the team success, Medalist honors went to Husky sophomore Cheng-Tsung Pan - Contested over the Golden Eagle Country Club, Pan was consistently good - Three consecutive rounds of 67 was good enough for a 3-shot win over a pair of Floridians - MJ Maguire from the University of North Florida and Chase Seiffert from Florida State ended up T2 - Pan's win represents the 3rd time in 4-years that a Husky golfer has claimed Regional Medalist honors - Final Results

The #1 ranked and #1 NCAA West Regional seed Cal Bears, kept their National Championship hopes alive in Pullman on Saturday - They whooped the field over the Palouse Ridge Golf Course and took the West Regional title by 20-shots - Also advancing to the Championships are runner-up TCU along with Saint Mary's, USC and Ball State - Ball State defeated San Diego State on the first playoff hole (19 to 20) on Alex Stinson's one-foot putt for birdie on the par 5, 18th after being in the bunker on his third shot - Congratulations to co-medalists Sam Smith from USC and Michael Weaver from California, as well Rodolfo Cazaubon from North Texas, who advances to the NCAA Championships as an individual - Final Results