The PGA Tour introduced this week the nominees for the Jack Nicklaus Award (Participant of the 12 months) and the Arnold Palmer Award (Rookie of the 12 months) for the 2024 season. Three gamers are nominated for the Jack Nicklaus Award: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler. The 4 nominees for the Arnold Palmer Award are Nick Dunlap, Max Greyserman, Jake Knapp and Matthieu Pavon.
Each awards are decided by a vote of PGA Tour members who performed in at the least 15 tournaments through the 2024 season. Voting will shut on Wednesday, December 4, and the winners shall be introduced on the finish of the 12 months.
The favourite to win the Participant of the 12 months award is Scottie Scheffler, who had an incredible first half of the season. The world primary turned the first participant to efficiently defend The Gamers after which gained for the second time at Augusta. He lastly closed out the season with seven wins. The icing on the cake of his historic season was his Olympic gold medal, which can also be taken into consideration for this vote. Earlier than the Paris occasion, the race was vast open, as Xander Schauffele gained two majors, the PGA Championship and the British Open.
Concerning the Rookie of the 12 months award, it must be famous that Dunlap turned the primary beginner in three a long time to win on the PGA Tour together with his victory on the American Categorical in January. Not solely that, however he went on to win the Barracuda Championship in July. Pavon gained the Farmers Insurance coverage Open and Knapp the Mexico Open. Nonetheless, Greyserman has 5 top-five finishes, three of that are runner-up finishes.
