World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has claimed the Jack Nicklaus Award because the PGA TOUR Participant of the 12 months whereas 21-year-old Aldrich Potgieter has been named the Arnold Palmer Award winner because the 2025 PGA TOUR Rookie of the 12 months.
Scheffler, a 19-time PGA TOUR winner who gained six occasions in 2025, together with two majors – the PGA Championship and The Open Championship – is simply the second participant to win the award 4 or extra consecutive occasions (Tiger Woods/1999-2003).
South Africa’s Potgieter, the 2025 Rocket Basic champion, was considered one of 5 rookies to win on the PGA TOUR this season and the one rookie to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs. The Mossel Bay, South Africa native is the third South African winner of the Arnold Palmer Award, becoming a member of Ernie Els (1994) and Trevor Immelman (2006).
“On behalf of the PGA TOUR, congratulations to Scottie Scheffler on being named PGA TOUR Participant of the 12 months and Aldrich Potgieter on incomes PGA TOUR Rookie of the 12 months honors for 2025,” stated PGA TOUR CEO Brian Rolapp. “Scottie’s constant degree of success has been nothing in need of spectacular as he continues to chase historical past on the PGA TOUR, and we’re excited to see what he’ll ship in 2026.
“What Aldrich has achieved at such a younger age is really outstanding. He has captivated followers throughout the globe together with his residence nation of South Africa and the TOUR is thrilled to see what his future holds.”
The Participant of the 12 months and Rookie of the 12 months awards are decided by a member vote, with PGA TOUR members who performed in at the very least 15 official FedExCup occasions in the course of the 2025 season eligible to vote. For the primary time, members voted through PGA TOUR CENTRAL, the TOUR’s new participant app and web site, with the voting interval operating from December 4-12.
Scheffler earned the Jack Nicklaus Award over three different nominees: Tommy Fleetwood, Ben Griffin and Rory McIlroy. Potgieter obtained the Arnold Palmer Award over 4 different nominees: Michael Brennan, Steven Fisk, William Mouw and Karl Vilips.
Jack Nicklaus Award – Scottie Scheffler
With a PGA TOUR-best six victories, Scheffler, 29, earned at the very least six wins for the second consecutive season (7/2024) and joined Tiger Woods as the one gamers to file six or extra wins in a number of seasons since 1983.
Scheffler opened his season with a T9 on the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am after being sidelined from competitors following an damage to his proper hand sustained in December 2024.
In his first victory of the season at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, Scheffler matched the low 72-hole rating on the PGA TOUR together with his 31-under 253 whole. Two weeks later, he claimed his third profession main title on the PGA Championship, successful by 5 at Quail Hole Membership.
On the Memorial Event introduced by Workday, Scheffler turned the primary participant since Tiger Woods (1999-2001) to efficiently defend his title at Muirfield Village Golf Membership with a four-stroke victory over fellow PGA TOUR Participant of the 12 months nominee Ben Griffin.
He added a second main championship title at The Open Championship, finishing the third leg of the Profession Grand Slam together with his victory at Royal Portrush Golf Membership.
Scheffler’s fifth victory of the season got here in thrilling style on the BMW Championship, the place he chipped in on the par-3 seventeenth gap to outlive a weekend duel with Robert MacIntyre at Caves Valley Golf Membership. He took the FedExCup standings lead into the next week’s TOUR Championship for the fourth consecutive yr, ultimately ending T4.
Scheffler captured his nineteenth profession TOUR title and sixth of the season on the Procore Championship, successful an occasion on TOUR in his event debut for the primary time. Two weeks later, he represented america as considered one of six computerized qualifiers in his third profession Ryder Cup.
The Dallas native obtained the Byron Nelson Award for the bottom Scoring Common on TOUR (68.131) for the third yr in a row. He ranked first in scoring common in Spherical 1 (67.45), Spherical 2 (68.00), Spherical 3 (68.40) and Spherical 4 (68.10), turning into the primary participant since Tiger Woods (2000) to guide the TOUR in all 4 classes in a single season.
Scheffler completed inside the highest 25 in all 20 begins, with a season-high 17 top-10 finishes (together with 15 straight) and no missed cuts. He led the TOUR in Strokes Gained: Tee to Inexperienced (2.361), Strokes Gained: Method the Inexperienced (1.291) and Strokes Gained: Complete (2.743).
Arnold Palmer Award – Aldrich Potgieter
On the age of 20 years, 9 months, 16 days, Potgieter turned the ninth-youngest PGA TOUR winner for the reason that begin of the 1983 season and youngest TOUR winner from South Africa together with his win on the Rocket Basic. Potgieter survived a three-man playoff towards Chris Kirk and Max Greyserman, birdieing the fifth further gap at Detroit Golf Membership to say his maiden TOUR title and transfer to a career-high No. 49 within the Official World Golf Rating.
Along with his win in Detroit, Potgieter recorded top-10s on the VidantaWorld Mexico Open (P2) and the Charles Schwab Problem (T6) and led the PGA TOUR in Driving Distance (325) for the season. Potgieter went viral for a 374-yard drive he hit in Mexico and a driver off the deck the identical week.
Of the 36 rookies on the PGA TOUR for the 2025 season, Potgieter was the one rookie to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs and went on to complete No. 56 within the FedExCup Fall standings, incomes spots within the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am and The Genesis Invitational in 2026 through the Aon Subsequent 10.
Potgieter earned 2025 PGA TOUR membership by means of the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Factors Checklist and have become the second-youngest graduate in Korn Ferry Tour historical past, incomes his TOUR card at 20 years and 23 days previous.
