{"id":424272,"date":"2024-11-26T19:41:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=424272"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Scheffler-Schauffele-and-McIlroy-up-for-PGA-Player-of-the-Year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Scheffler-Schauffele-and-McIlroy-up-for-PGA-Player-of-the-Year\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheffler, Schauffele and McIlroy up for PGA Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, two-time major winner Xander Schuaffele and DP World Tour Championship winner Rory McIlroy were named Monday as 2024 PGA Tour Player of the Year award nominees.<\/p>\n

The Jack Nicklaus Award, named for the record 18-time major winner, and the Arnold Palmer Award for the PGA Rookie of the Year will be voted upon by PGA Tour members through December 4 with winners announced by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Nominees for PGA Rookie of the Year include France’s Matthieu Pavon and Americans Nick Dunlap, Jake Knapp and Max Greyserman.<\/p>\n

Scheffler and Schauffele are favorites in the top player race.<\/p>\n

Scheffler won Paris Olympic gold and captured seven titles on the PGA Tour, including his second Masters title in three seasons.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old American also won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players Championship, the Heritage and Memorial tournaments, the Travelers Championship and the season-ending Tour Championship to capture the FedEx Cup.<\/p>\n

He was the season money leader and took the Byron Nelson Award for low scoring average at 68.645 strokes. He had 16 top-10 PGA finishes without missing a cut.<\/p>\n

Schauffele captured his first two major titles, winning the PGA Championship and the British Open, and the 31-year-old American was second in scoring average at 69.137. He had 15 top-10 efforts without missing a cut.<\/p>\n

McIlroy won the Zurich Classic pairs event with Irishman Shane Lowry and his fourth Wells Fargo Championship on the PGA Tour and had 15 top-10s without a missed cut.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old from Northern Ireland almost captured his fifth major title and first since 2014 but settled for second at the US Open to Bryson DeChambeau.<\/p>\n

Among the rookies, 20-year-old Dunlap was the surprise story. He won the American Express title as an amateur on a sponsor exemption in January, turned professional and then captured the Barracuda Championship, becoming the first player in tour history to win as a pro and amateur in the same season.<\/p>\n

Pavon, 32, won the Farmers Insurance Open and was third at Pebble Beach as well as fifth in the US Open. He was the only rookie to qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship.<\/p>\n

Knapp, 30, won his first PGA title at the Mexico Open while Greyserman, 29, was a three-time runner-up.<\/p>\n

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Scottie Scheffler won his second Masters green jacket as well as Paris Olympic gold this season<\/p>\n

-Gregory Shamus
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