This week’s Ten Things digs into the newly wide-open Player of the Year race between Scottie Scheffler and Wyndham Clark, previews the Tour Championship at East Lake, and asks whether Rory McIlroy’s BMW Championship form signals a late-season resurgence.
This week’s Ten Things covers Scottie Scheffler’s statement win at Memphis and the case for Player of the Year, Jordan Spieth’s narrow miss on the top 50 cut, a breakdown of Bellerive Country Club ahead of the BMW Championship and why the current playoff format might be lacking in stakes.
In capturing the award, Scheffler earned the distinction of being the only player to have been selected as the PGA Tour Player of the Year, PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (in 2020) and Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year (2019).
The PGA of America uses a year-long points formula to determine its winner, with tournament victories, official money standings, and scoring averages featured in its equation.
To the shock of many, including himself, Rory McIlroy was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year. Not as surprising is the debate that has subsequently ensued.
The news of Rory McIlroy winning PGA Tour Player of the Year over Brooks Koepka sent shockwaves across the golf world on Thursday morning. No one seemed more surprised than Rory McIlroy.
The PGA uses a year-long points formula to determine its winner, with tournament victories, official money standings, and scoring averages featured in its equation.
During a year in which 24 different players have claimed titles in 29 LPGA events, the 22-year-old native of Thailand has been the closest to a consistent force, winning three times and posting 15 top-10 finishes in 25 starts.
A $US10 million bonus will be up for grabs when the four-tournament FedEx Cup Playoffs kick off on Thursday. But according to Tiger Woods, another coveted US PGA Tour prize has already been locked up.
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