The PGA Tour has revealed its three nominations for the 2024 Jack Nicklaus Award for Player of the Year, and four players in the running for the Arnold Palmer Award to recognize the Rookie of the Year.
PGA Tour Player Directors and members of the Player Advisory Council have nominated Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy for the Jack Nicklaus Award.
In all three cases there is little surprise. World No.1 Scheffler had an outstanding year on the PGA Tour with seven wins including The Masters among 16 top-10 finishes. The American also didn’t miss a cut throughout the season while he also took the Byron Nelson Award for lowest scoring average with 68.645.
Scottie Scheffler won seven times on the PGA Tour in 2024
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Like Scheffler, Schauffele also didn’t miss a cut all year, while among his 15 top-10 finishes from his 22 starts were his first two Major titles, at the PGA Championship and The Open.
As for McIlroy, he claimed wins at the at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and Wells Fargo Championship among seven top-10 finishes with only one missed cut.
The Wells Fargo Championship was one of two PGA Tour wins Rory McIlroy achieved during the year
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Scheffler is looking for his third Jack Nicklaus Award in succession, while McIlroy’s third and most recent Player of the Year award came in 2019. Schauffele is hoping to take the honor for the first time.
The players in line for the Arnold Palmer Award are Nick Dunlap, Max Greyserman, Jake Knapp and Matthieu Pavon.
Dunlap caused a sensation when he became the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in 1991 when he claimed The American Express. After turning pro, he then followed that up with victory in the Barracuda Championship. That made him the first player to win a PGA Tour event in the same season as both an amateur and professional. He also recorded two more top-10 finishes and made 15 cuts in 23 starts.
Nick Dunlap won The American Express as an amateur
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While Greyserman didn’t claim his maiden PGA Tour win in 2024, he finished runner-up three times and made three other top-10 finishes. He also made 19 cuts from his 26 starts.
Knapp won the Mexico Open among three other top-10 finishes, while he made 17…
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