$110M-worth star named PGA TOUR Player of the Year
On Tuesday, December 10, the PGA Tour announced that Scottie Scheffler is the Player of the Year for the 2024 season. This marks the third straight year he has won the Jack Nicklaus Award.
Scheffler had an incredible season on the PGA Tour, claiming seven titles and earning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. He closed the season with a FedEx Cup title and maintained his position as World No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) throughout the year.
After Tiger Woods, the $10 million golfer is only the second player to win the PGA Tour Player of the Year for three consecutive seasons. Woods won the Jack Nicklaus Award for five straight seasons from 1999 to 2003 and then again for three consecutive seasons from 2005 to 2007.
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan congratulated Scheffler in an official statement on receiving the award.
"Scottie took on challenges from the best players in the world on the biggest stages all season, and being honored as PGA Tour Player of the Year is the ultimate sign of respect from his peers," he said as per the PGA Tour.
The voting for the Jack Nicklaus Award took place from November 25 to December 4, and the members who played in at least 15 tournaments during the season cast their votes. Scheffler received an impressive 91 percent of the votes to beat Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy.
Scheffler is now the third player to win the PGA Tour Player of the Year three or more times. Tiger Woods has won the award eleven times, most recently in 2013, while McIlroy has won it three times, with 2019 being the most recent year.
PGA Tour Player of the Year winners over the years explored
Here are the PGA Tour Player of the Year winners since 2000:
- 2024: Scottie Scheffler (3)
- 2022-23: Scottie Scheffler (2)
- 2021-22: Scottie Scheffler (1)
- 2020-21: Patrick Cantlay (1)
- 2019-20: Dustin Johnson (2)
- 2018-19: Rory McIlroy (3)
- 2017-18: Brooks Koepka (1)
- 2016-17: Justin Thomas (1)
- 2015-16: Dustin Johnson (1)
- 2014-15: Jordan Spieth (1)
- 2013-14: Rory McIlroy (2)
- 2013: Tiger Woods (11)
- 2012: Rory McIlroy (1)
- 2011: Luke Donald (1)
- 2010: Jim Furyk (1)
- 2009: Tiger Woods (10)
- 2008: Padraig Harrington (1)
- 2007: Tiger Woods (9)
- 2006: Tiger Woods (8)
- 2005: Tiger Woods (7)
- 2004: Vijay Singh (1)
- 2003: Tiger Woods (6)
- 2002: Tiger Woods (5)
- 2001: Tiger Woods (4)
- 2000: Tiger Woods (3)
- 1999: Tiger Woods (2)
- 1998: Mark O'Meara (1)
- 1997: Tiger Woods (1)
- 1996: Tom Lehman (1)
- 1995: Greg Norman (1)
- 1994: Nick Price (2)
- 1993: Nick Price (1)
- 1992: Fred Couples (2)
- 1991: Fred Couples (1)
- 1990: Wayne Levi (1)