American Scottie Scheffler was chosen as the PGA Tour's Player of the Year on Monday for the fourth consecutive season (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), a feat previously achieved only by his compatriot Tiger Woods, who holds the all-time record of five consecutive wins (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) and 11 overall.
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This Jack Nicklaus Award is given by a vote of the golfers themselves, although the PGA Tour did not specify the percentage of votes received by Scheffler and the other three candidates for the highest individual honor on the American circuit: Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, England's Tommy Fleetwood, and American Ben Griffin.
Scheffler, 29, capped off another sensational season, adding six more PGA titles to his 19-year-old record, including two major championships (US PGA, British Open), bringing his tally to four after winning two Masters titles (2022, 2024).
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Therefore, only the US Open is missing for Scottie to join the select group of golfers who have completed the Grand Slam, a club McIlroy joined this year after his Masters victory, the sixth in history after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods.
A prodigy of consistency since his first victory at the 2022 Phoenix Open, Scheffler finished 2025 with the lowest round-to-round average (68.13) for the third consecutive year, and with another compelling statistic of his regularity: he has the best average in the first round (67.45), the second (68.00), the third (68.40), and the fourth (68.10), the first golfer to achieve this feat since Tiger Woods in 2000.
Meanwhile, 21-year-old South African Aldrich Potgieter was chosen as Rookie of the Year after winning his first title at the Rocket Classic and being the only one of the 36 PGA Tour rookies to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoff.
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