Scottie Scheffler wins fourth straight PGA Tour Player of Year award - ESPN

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, whose six victories in 2025 included the PGA Championship and Open Championship, won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the PGA Tour Player of the Year.

Scheffler, 29, is the first golfer since Tiger Woods (1999-2003) to win the award in four consecutive seasons.

Remarkably, Scheffler finished first in 30% of his 20 starts this past season, was in the top 10 in 17 events and in the top 25 in all of them.

South Africa's Aldrich Potgieter, who survived a playoff at the Rocket Classic in Detroit to become the PGA Tour's ninth-youngest champion since the start of the 1983 season, was named the Arnold Palmer Award winner as the Rookie of the Year.

«On behalf of the PGA Tour, congratulations to Scottie Scheffler on being named PGA Tour Player of the Year and Aldrich Potgieter on earning PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors for 2025,» PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said in a statement. «Scottie's consistent level of success has been nothing short of spectacular as he continues to chase history on the PGA Tour, and we're excited to see what he will deliver in 2026.

»What Aldrich has achieved at such a young age is truly remarkable. He has captivated fans across the globe including his home country of South Africa and the Tour is thrilled to see what his future holds."

PGA Tour members who competed in at least 15 tournaments were eligible to vote on the award from Dec. 4 to Dec. 12.

Along with his tour-leading six victories, Scheffler captured the Byron Nelson Award for best scoring average (68.131) for the third season in a row. He ranked first in scoring average in the first (67.45), second (68), third (68.4) and fourth (68.1) rounds, becoming the first golfer since Woods (2000) to lead the PGA Tour in