We’re just eight events into the 2024 PGA Tour season and there have already been three rookie winners.
That matches the number of rookie champs for all of last season, when Ludvig Aberg (RSM Classic), Vincent Norrman (Barbasol Championship) and Nico Echavarria (Puerto Rico Open) found victory lane.
Two of those 2023 wins were opposite-field events. All three in 2024 are “regular” Tour stops.
There were just two rookie winners in 2022 and one each during the 2021 and 2020 seasons. But, there were six in 2017, so the 2024 season has a chance to be one of more prolific for rookies in a while.
Check out the list of rookie winners this season.
Matthieu Pavon celebrates on the 18th green after winning the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. (Photo: Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports)
Matthieu Pavon, 31, became the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Tour with his victory at the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. The victory put him in prime position to represent France at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Jake Knapp lines up a putt on the 17th green during the final round of the 2024 Mexico Open at Vidanta. (Photo: Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
Knapp, 29, made three of four cuts in 2024, including a tie for third at the Farmers, before breaking through with his first PGA Tour win at the Mexico Open at Vidanta. The one-time nightclub bouncer won by two over another rookie, Sami Valimaki.
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