The PGA Tour introduced its nominees for 2 main end-of-the-season awards, with Scottie Scheffler main the poll.
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Scottie Scheffler may be the runaway favourite for PGA Tour Participant of the 12 months, however does the race for PGA Tour Rookie of the 12 months have the potential to be a lopsided vote too? We’ll discover out subsequent month.
The Tour just lately launched its nominees for its 2024 Jack Nicklaus Award (participant of the 12 months) and Arnold Palmer Award (rookie of the 12 months), and the trio of gamers put up for the highest prize are not any shock: Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy.
Scheffler, the World No. 1, gained seven of his 19 begins, which included victories on the Masters, Gamers, RBC Heritage, the Memorial and Tour Championship. (He additionally gained gold on the Olympics.) Scheffler’s trying to turn out to be the primary participant to win the Jack Nicklaus Award three straight years since Tiger Woods gained in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Scheffler’s seven-win season has made him the betting favourite over Schauffele, who gained the PGA Championship and Open Championship to say the primary two main titles of his profession.
McIlroy, who has gained this award 3 times earlier than, gained the Zurich Basic and Truist Championship in 2024.
Like Scheffler with participant of the 12 months, Nick Dunlap is the front-runner for the rookie award. The 20-year-old gained twice final season, which included his victory at The American Categorical when he was nonetheless an newbie. That victory — the primary by an newbie since Phil Mickelson in 1991 — earned him a PGA Tour membership. Dunlap then turned professional, and when he gained six months later on the Barracuda Championship, he grew to become the primary participant in Tour historical past to win as an newbie {and professional} in the identical season.
The opposite rookie-of-the-year nominees are Max Greyserman, Jake Knapp and Matthieu Pavon. Greyserman had three runner-up finishes in 26 begins. Knapp gained the Mexico Open at Vidanta; and Pavon gained the Farmers Insurance coverage Open. Pavon, who completed seventeenth within the FedEx Cup standings, was additionally the one rookie to qualify for the Tour Championship.
Each awards are voted on by Tour gamers who performed in a minimum of 15 occasions through the 2024 season. Voting closes subsequent week, and winners will likely be introduced by the tip of the 12 months.
