Scheffler wins Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour Player of Year

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, whose seven victories on tour this previous season had been probably the most since Tiger Woods in 2007, gained the Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour Player of the Year.

Scheffler, who gained a second inexperienced jacket on the Masters, a gold medal on the Paris Olympics and a FedEx Cup title, is the primary golfer since Woods (2005 to 2007) to win the honour in three consecutive seasons.

“On behalf of the PGA Tour, congratulations to Scottie Scheffler on a very historic season, capped off together with his first FedExCup title and at the moment a 3rd consecutive Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour Player of the Year,” commissioner Jay Monahan stated in an announcement Tuesday. “Scottie took on challenges from the very best gamers on the earth on the most important levels all season, and being honored as PGA Tour Player of the Year is the last word signal of respect from his friends.”

On Sunday, Scheffler gained his second straight title on the Hero World Challenge, an unofficial event that Woods hosts within the Bahamas, which gave Scheffler 9 victories worldwide this 12 months.

Remarkably, Scheffler completed first in 43% of his 21 begins in 2024, together with the Olympics and the Hero. He additionally was runner-up twice. He made greater than $29.2 million in on-course earnings this previous season.

“It feels good,” Scheffler stated Sunday, after he beat Tom Kim by six strokes within the Bahamas. “I’ve been lucky to get some wins out of some actually good golf. This was one other week the place I performed actually stable and was in a position to see some good outcomes from that. Overall, it was a fairly enjoyable 12 months.”

According to the PGA Tour, Scheffler acquired 91% of the vote by his friends. Xander Schauffele, who gained the PGA Championship and The Open Championship, and Rory McIlroy had been the opposite golfers who acquired votes.

PGA Tour members who competed in at the very least 15 tournaments had been eligible to vote on the award from Nov. 25 to Dec. 4.

The consequence definitely wasn’t a shock given Scheffler’s dominance in 2024. In addition to profitable the Masters and the Tour Championship, he turned the primary participant to efficiently defend his title on the Players Championship. He is the primary golfer to win the Players, a serious championship and the FedEx Cup in the identical season.

The 28-year-old additionally gained titles at 4 signature occasions towards elite fields: Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Heritage, Memorial Tournament and Travelers Championship. He had a tour-best 16 top-10 finishes in 19 begins and did not miss a reduce.

Scheffler was the primary golfer since Arnold Palmer in 1962 to have six PGA Tour victories in a season earlier than July 1.

Scheffler additionally acquired the Byron Nelson Award for having the bottom scoring common on tour (68.65). He completed first in photographs gained: whole (2.496) and method (1.269) and was second off the tee (.816).

“I feel the most important factor that I see is that he is all the time attempting to get higher,” Kim stated Sunday. “Despite profitable 9 instances this 12 months, he is all the time discovering little methods, and I feel it is actually, actually cool to see and you may take so much from that. He wins 95% of the time.”