World No. 1 and 2023 PLAYERS Championship winner Scottie Scheffler has received the Jack Nicklaus Award because the PGA TOUR Participant of the 12 months for the 2022-23 season.
Scheffler is the primary participant to win Participant of the 12 months honours in back-to-back seasons since Tiger Woods received the award in three straight years from 2005-2007.
Eric Cole, the one rookie to advance to the 2023 BMW Championship, has been named the PGA TOUR Rookie of the 12 months, receiving the Arnold Palmer Award.
Cole recorded two runner-up finishes on the season, together with the 2023 Cognizant Traditional (misplaced in a playoff) and the 2023 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP.
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 throughout the 2022-23 season eligible to vote.
The voting interval ran from December 1 via December 15. Scheffler acquired 38 p.c of the vote for the Jack Nicklaus Award and was chosen over 4 different nominees: Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm.
Cole acquired 51 p.c of the vote for the Arnold Palmer Award and was chosen over three different nominees: Ludvig Åberg, Nico Echavarria and Vincent Norrman.
Scheffler received twice throughout the 2022-23 season, efficiently defending his title on the WM Phoenix Open and profitable THE PLAYERS Championship by 5 strokes.
In 23 begins, Scheffler recorded 13 top-fives and 17 top-10s, each excessive marks for any participant in a single season on TOUR since 2005, when Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods every had 13 top-fives and Singh had 18 top-10s.
Scheffler set the PGA TOUR document for many Official Cash earned in a single season at $21,014,342, breaking his personal document set final season ($14,046,910).
Scheffler is the fourth participant to win the Jack Nicklaus Award in back-to-back seasons (est. 1990), becoming a member of Fred {Couples} (1991, 1992), Nick Value (1993, 1994), and Woods (5 straight from 1999-2003, three straight from 2005-2007).
McIlroy (thrice) and Dustin Johnson (twice) are the one different gamers to win Participant of the 12 months honours a number of occasions.
Scheffler additionally acquired the Byron Nelson Award for recording the bottom Scoring Common on TOUR in 2022-23. At 68.63, Scheffler’s Scoring Common was the bottom on TOUR since Tiger Woods in 2009 (68.05).
Cole completed the season No. 43 within the official FedExCup standings, turning into the lone rookie to qualify for the BMW Championship, and adopted that up with 4 top-fives throughout the FedExCup Fall, together with every of his ultimate three begins.
His complete of six top-five finishes throughout the 2022-23 season was tied for the fifth-most of any participant and trailed solely Scheffler (13), Patrick Cantlay (8), McIlroy (8) and Rahm (8), who all at present rank among the many prime 5 gamers within the Official World Golf Rating.
He led the TOUR with 554 birdies on the season, which was 59 greater than the second-highest complete.
At 35 years outdated, Cole is the second-oldest participant to win Rookie of the 12 months honors (est. 1990) and oldest since Todd Hamilton in 2004, who received the award at 39.
Scheffler and Cole had been introduced the awards at The Sentry, which serves because the PGA TOUR’s season-opening occasion for the primary time since 2013.
