Rahm, Koepka & Co. highlight best moments of 2023 men's golf majors - ESPN

And just like that, the 2023 major championship season is over in men's professional golf.

Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka each won another major championship title. World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler and four-time major champion Rory McIlroy didn't. Wyndham Clark and Brian Harman won majors for the first time.

At least golf fans still have the FedEx Cup playoffs, LIV Golf League team championship and Ryder Cup to look forward to.

The next major championship, the 2024 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, is 258 days away.

«It is always a shame,» Max Homa said. «It's so long until the next one.»

Here's a look back at the best and worst from the majors:

Choosing the best player in the majors wasn't a slam dunk like last season, when Scheffler won the Masters during his epic heater and tied for second in the U.S. Open, or when McIlroy finished in the top 10 in all four.

Scheffler had the best cumulative score, 18 under, among players who made the cut in each of the four majors in 2023. He tied for 10th at the Masters, for second at the PGA Championship, was solo third at the U.S. Open and tied for 23rd at The Open. He was the most consistent player, but his poor putting prevented him from collecting more hardware. He didn't finish better than 34th in strokes gained: putting in a major, while his ballstriking was out of this world in all of them.

McIlroy stunningly missed the cut at the Masters, but he tied for seventh at the PGA Championship, was solo second at the U.S. Open and tied for sixth at The Open. He'll head into another offseason trying to figure out how to end a nine-year drought without a major championship.

So, the best player in the 2023 majors is Rahm, who made the cut in all four and finished 15 under