John HUH 2012 PGA Tour Rookie

[Ben]

He's in a great position after two rounds of golf, yet again this season at the Shell Houston Open. Lets go John HUH!

[Jmdmbike]

He's even through first 3 holes today (PGA Tour site), playing nicely for sure at 8 under :-)

[Ben]

13th on the Money List

14th FedEx Cup

90th OWGR

!!

[rossvanwyk]

I really like this guy. Such a cool demeanor and I hope he kicks serious ass for many years to come.

[MEfree]

Impressive the way he stuck with it and came back from +9 his first eight holes last week to finish t2 playing a back nine Sunday that gave him a chance to win.

Looking at his OWGR, it seems like he has really had a break through with his game this year.  Not unheard, especially for a young guy, but what do you think took him to the next level?

FWIW, with only 28 events and nothing rolling out in the next 5 weeks, there is a good chance for his ranking to continue to climb.

	Event		Tour		Week		Year		Finish		Rank Pts.		Weight		Adj. Pts		Rank
	Valero Texas Open		USA		16		2012		T2		12.00		1		12.00		90
	RBC Heritage		USA		15		2012		MC		0.00		1		0.00		113
	Shell Houston Open		USA		13		2012		T14		4.63		1		4.63		117
	Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard		USA		12		2012		T73		0.00		1		0.00		129
	Transitions Championship		USA		11		2012		MC		0.00		1		0.00		130
	Honda Classic		USA		9		2012		T36		1.83		1		1.83		129
	Mayakoba Golf Classic		USA		8		2012		1		24.00		1		24.00		137
	AT&T; Pebble Beach Pro-Am		USA		6		2012		T35		1.44		1		1.44		266
	Waste Management Phoenix Open		USA		5		2012		T12		5.50		1		5.50		275
	Farmers Insurance Open		USA		4		2012		T6		9.12		1		9.12		348
	Sony Open in Hawaii		USA		2		2012		53		0.00		0.9783		0.00		549
	Kolon Korea Open		One		41		2011		T6		4.94		0.837		4.13		508
	Daishin Securities KPGA Championship		Kor		35		2011		T10		0.00		0.7717		0.00		625
	Thailand Open		One		33		2011		T10		0.00		0.75		0.00		614
	Johnnie Walker Open		Kor		32		2011		T58		0.00		0.7391		0.00		611
	Indonesia Open presented by Enjoy Jakarta		One		29		2011		T23		0.00		0.7065		0.00		595
	LakeHills Open		Kor		22		2011		2		3.60		0.6304		2.27		561
	SK Telecom Open		One		21		2011		T68		0.00		0.6196		0.00		694
	Maekyung Open		One		19		2011		T5		2.07		0.5978		1.24		683
	Ballantine's Championship		Asa		18		2011		MC		0.00		0.587		0.00		800
	Volvo China Open		One		17		2011		MC		0.00		0.5761		0.00		795
	Indonesia Championship		One		13		2011		MC		0.00		0.5326		0.00		784=
	Australian PGA Championship		ANZ		50		2010		DQ		0.00		0.3696		0.00		779
	Australian Open		ANZ		49		2010		T24		1.58		0.3587		0.57		777
	Barclays Singapore Open		Asa		46		2010		T49		1.21		0.3261		0.39		859=
	Kolon Korea Open		One		41		2010		T26		0.00		0.2717		0.00		990
	SK Telecom Open		One		21		2010		T7		2.04		0.0543		0.11		945=
	GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf Championship		One		19		2010		T61		0.00		0.0326		0.00		1348=

	OWGR Position	90
	Total World Ranking Points	67.23
	Current Divisor (Number of Events - 40 Minimum)	40
	Official World Golf Ranking Points Average	1.68

[Ben]

Another solid HUH performance at The Players!

[mlf16507]

John will play well this week at Colonial.  Reason-I didn't pick him in TST Fantasy Golf!

[MEfree]

He withdrew last week...was he hurt or just playing poorly?

[Zeph]

[QUOTE]John Huh withdrew after 12 holes in his second round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship due to an elbow injury . The rookie walked off after a double bogey at the par-4 third hole. He was 8-over-par on the round with five bogeys and two doubles at the time. He opened with an even-par 70 on Thursday. If he's able, Huh will try again next week at Colonial where he's listed in the published field.[/QUOTE] http://fantasygolf.usatoday.com/content/player.asp?sport=GOL&id;=1773

[mlf16507]

Originally Posted by mlf16507

John will play well this week at Colonial.  Reason-I didn't pick him in TST Fantasy Golf!

After 3rd round, John is in 5th place!  If I used him, he would have missed the cut,  lol

[Ben]

Well, John is poised high up in FedEx cup rankings and with the start of the playoffs he got off to a bang. But on movind day yesterday, he was moving, but in the wrong direction. Let's see what today brings!

Let's go HUH

[MEfree]

Definitely some good rookies out there including Huh, Harris English, Bud Cauley, Noh, Potter Jr, Harmon, Chistian and Blixt, but not all of the good young guns are in the playoffs including http://thesandtrap.com/t/61140/ben-kohles-impressive , and http://thesandtrap.com/t/61591/trivia-which-player

[JetFan1983]

Originally Posted by JayMc

Ben - were you contacted by a reporter about your time playing with Huh?  On morning drive this morning it was mentioned that one of the reporters (don't remember his name) was unable to find much info about Huh, but had contacted one of his friends via an online forum.  Thought it might have been you.

Originally Posted by Ben

hahaha, yeap, that was me. It was Jerry Foltz, he sent me a PM here after John's showing in San Diego. We talked a bit that following Monday. There's not much dirt to dish on John. Actually there's no dirt... He's the model of the professional who's hard work and determination is paying off! Its all very motivating. He's really lit a fire under all of us that know him. I know I've never practiced as hard as I have been...

What did Foltz have to say?

I remember this episode of Morning Drive and distinctly remembered this thread and Ben. That was when I was having serious hand issues though and swore off all unnecessary computer use at that time, or I would have posted.

Foltz said "I was doing some research into this John Huh guy and literally found next to nothing...until I found this blog/website (sorry Erik, he called this place a "blog" ) and found a post by a mini-tour player who knew John and played with him and had nothing but great things to say." I'm paraphrasing of course as this episode was months ago.

Both GW and Foltz admitted that this was the only information on Huh out at that time, so thanks Ben. It was a really cool moment on the show if you're an avid Sandtrapper.

He never once mentioned the Sandtrap or Ben by name, but being that Ben has now confirmed Foltz PM'd him, my instincts were correct they were talking about this thread. Cool.

[Ben]

John had a great round yesterday of -6 which has him up near the lead and just barely inside the top 30 heading into round 3 of the BMW today. He's been paired with Adam Scott both days so far. He's still got Adam in his group along with Zack Johnson now. How cool!

Let's see another 66 today! (or better of course!)

[Ben]

1 Win

26th FedEx Cup. Only rookie to make the Tour Championship.

20/26 Cuts made

4 Top 10s

65th OWGR

Undisputed Rookie of the Year? I'd certainly hope so.

Super year John HUH!

[MEfree]

Originally Posted by Ben

1 Win

26th FedEx Cup. Only rookie to make the Tour Championship.

20/26 Cuts made

4 Top 10s

65th OWGR

Undisputed Rookie of the Year? I'd certainly hope so.

Super year John HUH!

I agree, but to play devils advocate, Bud Cauley has 2 more top 10s, a lower scoring ave and is ranked 55 (in part because of his good play at the end of last season which doesn`t count towards this year ROY).

If Cauley or someone like Seung Yul Noh (lower scoring ave, fewer missed cuts and more top 25s than either Huh or Cauley) were to win a fall series event, then the picture would get pretty clouded.

[Ben]

yeah I noticed Cauley was higher up in OWGR. Didn't know about the top 10s stats though. I know he would be the other big competition for John. But come on, Its gotta be HUH!

[MEfree]

Originally Posted by Ben

yeah I noticed Cauley was higher up in OWGR. Didn't know about the top 10s stats though. I know he would be the other big competition for John. But come on, Its gotta be HUH!

I think Jonas Blixt just put himself in contention for rookie of the year by winning this week in his 19th event of the season.  With 9 fewer starts than Huh, he has more top 3s and more top 10s than Huh and is not too far behind him on the money list.  I would still give the nod to Huh, but another strong finish by Blixt could make it really close.