Scottie Scheffler won the 2025 Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour Player of the Year on Monday to become the first golfer since Tiger Woods (1999-2003) to earn the honor in four consecutive seasons.
The World No. 1’s six-win year included major victories at the PGA Championship and Open Championship.
Scheffler also won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at McKinney, Texas, in May; the Memorial Tournament at Dublin, Ohio, in June; the BMW Championship at Owings Mills, Md., in August; and the Procore Championship at Napa, Calif., in September.
Scheffler finished in the top 10 of all four major tournaments. He was fourth at the Masters and tied for seventh at the U.S. Open in addition to his triumphs in the PGA Championship at Charlotte, N.C., and the Open Championship in Northern Ireland.
He also was a member of the United States’ Ryder Cup team that lost 15-13 to Team Europe at Farmingdale, N.Y., in September. Scheffler dropped all four of his matches over the first two days before winning his Sunday singles match.
Opponents nominated for Player of the Year were Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy and Ben Griffin.
As accomplished as he is on the course, Scheffler made waves during a press conference before the Open Championship when he said that rising to the top of the sport has not been as fulfilling as it would seem for the family man with a wife and young son.
“To get to live out your dreams is very special, but at the end of the day, I’m not out here to inspire the next generation of golfers,” Scheffler said at the time. “I’m not out here to inspire someone to be the best player in the world, because what’s the point?
“This is not a fulfilling life. It’s fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it’s not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart.”
South Africa’s Aldrich Potgieter was named the Arnold Palmer Award winner as PGA Tour Rookie of the Year after winning the Rocket Classic in June at Detroit.
Potgieter’s victory at Detroit made him the ninth youngest winner of a PGA Tour event (since 1983) at 20 years, 289 days. Michael Brennan, Steven Fisk, William Mouw and Karl Vilips also were nominated for Rookie of the Year.
