Scottie Scheffler goes for the four-peat.
The PGA Tour announced the finalists for Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Award) and Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award) honors on Wednesday, and Scheffler once again leads the voting.
Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Ben Griffin and Rory McIlroy are the finalists for Player of the Year; Michael Brennan, Steven Fisk, William Mouw, Aldrich Potgieter and Karl Vilips are nominated for Rookie of the Year.
Scheffler has won the last three Player of the Year awards, and when he won in 2024, he joined Tiger Woods as the only players to win in three consecutive years. (Tiger won five in a row from 1999-2003 and three in a row from 2005-2007.)
Scheffler is also the favorite this year. McIlroy had perhaps scored the most important victory of the season – he exorcised his Augusta National demons and claimed the career Grand Slam – but Scheffler won two majors in addition to McIlroy’s.
Scheffler won six times in total, taking home trophies at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, PGA Championship, Memorial, Open Championship, BMW and Procore. His two majors took his career total to four, and he is now just one US Open victory away from becoming the seventh player to win the career Grand Slam. In addition to the Masters, McIlroy won the Players and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am; he also won the Irish Open, although that victory does not count against his PGA Tour resume.
Griffin won three times in 2025. Tommy Fleetwood won once and claimed the Tour Championship for his long-awaited first PGA Tour victory.
All five Rookie of the Year finalists won once each in 2025. Potgieter was the only rookie to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, finishing 56th in the FedEx Cup Fall standings.
Both prizes are determined by a vote by the members. Voting closes on December 12 and the winners will be announced shortly afterwards.
Woods’ eleven Jack Nicklaus Awards are the most ever. Scheffler and McIlroy both have three.
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