University of Tennessee Athletics
November 12, 2026 | Men's Golf
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Tennessee senior Rudy Sautron was one of 25 men's golfers recognized on the Final Fall Watch List for the 2026-27 Fred Haskins award, as announced by the Haskins Foundation on Thursday morning.
Beginning in 1971, the Fred Haskins Award is annually given to the top male U.S. collegiate D1 golfer as voted on by players, coaches, members of the college golf media, and past Haskins Award winners. Past winners of the Haskins Award have captured 33 major championships and more than 400 professional tournaments around the world. Named in honor of Fred Haskins, the award is managed by the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top male golfer at the end of the season and to match the ANNIKA Award, which acknowledges the top female Division I collegiate golfer.
In his first season on Rocky Top after transferring from Nebraska, Sautron has solidified himself among the nation's best with a dominant fall performance. The Reunion Island native has a 70.25 scoring average, posted seven rounds of par or better and finished within the top 12 of all four tournaments for the Vols this season.
Sautron began his Tennessee career with a runner-up individual finish at the team's annual home event, the Visit Knoxville Collegiate, to open the season. He fired three consecutive rounds in the 60s, highlighted by a 7-under-par 63 in the final round, to post a 9-under-par 54-hole score and lead the Vols to a team title. Sautron carried that momentum to top-6 finishes in two of the final three tournaments of the fall in addition to helping the Vols to a second team victory at the Cullan Brown Collegiate.
While Tennessee ranks No. 7 in the Clippd national team rankings, Sautron is the highest ranked Vol in the individual rankings at No. 20. He is the seventh-highest ranked individual from the Southeastern Conference.
Sautron's campaign for the Fred Haskins Award will resume in February, as Tennessee is slated to begin the spring season at the Watersound Invitational, Feb. 14-16 in Watersound, Florida.
2026-2027 Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel Final Fall Watch List (listed alphabetically):
Kihei Akina, BYU
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Carson Bertagnole, North Carolina
B.J. Boyce, UNC Greensboro
Adam Bresnu, Texas Tech
Johnnie Clark, New Mexico
Matthew Comegys, Texas
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Thomas Curry, Arkansas
Max Emberson, Georgia Tech
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Ben Gregg, Texas Tech
Will Hartman, Vanderbilt
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær, Clemson
William Jennings, Alabama
Finn Koelle, Washington
Emil Nielsen, Santa Clara
Gabriel Palacios, Utah
Logan Reilly, Auburn
Rudy Sautron, Tennessee
Niall Sheils Donegan, North Carolina
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jack Turner, Florida
Yixiang Wang, Memphis
Beginning in 1971, the Fred Haskins Award is annually given to the top male U.S. collegiate D1 golfer as voted on by players, coaches, members of the college golf media, and past Haskins Award winners. Past winners of the Haskins Award have captured 33 major championships and more than 400 professional tournaments around the world. Named in honor of Fred Haskins, the award is managed by the Haskins Foundation to acknowledge the top male golfer at the end of the season and to match the ANNIKA Award, which acknowledges the top female Division I collegiate golfer.
In his first season on Rocky Top after transferring from Nebraska, Sautron has solidified himself among the nation's best with a dominant fall performance. The Reunion Island native has a 70.25 scoring average, posted seven rounds of par or better and finished within the top 12 of all four tournaments for the Vols this season.
Sautron began his Tennessee career with a runner-up individual finish at the team's annual home event, the Visit Knoxville Collegiate, to open the season. He fired three consecutive rounds in the 60s, highlighted by a 7-under-par 63 in the final round, to post a 9-under-par 54-hole score and lead the Vols to a team title. Sautron carried that momentum to top-6 finishes in two of the final three tournaments of the fall in addition to helping the Vols to a second team victory at the Cullan Brown Collegiate.
While Tennessee ranks No. 7 in the Clippd national team rankings, Sautron is the highest ranked Vol in the individual rankings at No. 20. He is the seventh-highest ranked individual from the Southeastern Conference.
Sautron's campaign for the Fred Haskins Award will resume in February, as Tennessee is slated to begin the spring season at the Watersound Invitational, Feb. 14-16 in Watersound, Florida.
2026-2027 Fred Haskins Award presented by Stifel Final Fall Watch List (listed alphabetically):
Kihei Akina, BYU
Daniel Bennett, Texas
Carson Bertagnole, North Carolina
B.J. Boyce, UNC Greensboro
Adam Bresnu, Texas Tech
Johnnie Clark, New Mexico
Matthew Comegys, Texas
Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma
Thomas Curry, Arkansas
Max Emberson, Georgia Tech
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Ben Gregg, Texas Tech
Will Hartman, Vanderbilt
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Oscar Valdemar Holm Bredkjær, Clemson
William Jennings, Alabama
Finn Koelle, Washington
Emil Nielsen, Santa Clara
Gabriel Palacios, Utah
Logan Reilly, Auburn
Rudy Sautron, Tennessee
Niall Sheils Donegan, North Carolina
Preston Stout, Oklahoma State
Jack Turner, Florida
Yixiang Wang, Memphis
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