World No.1 Scottie Scheffler Named PGA Tour 'Player of the Year'

PGA Peers Overwhelmingly Support with 89% Votes... "Best Player"
Record Highest Single-Season Earnings... Earned 34.3 Billion Won This Season

Scottie Scheffler. Photo by Getty Images/Multibits

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hee-jun] Scottie Scheffler (USA) was named the PGA Tour Player of the Year for the 2021-2022 season.

The PGA Tour announced on the 10th (local time) that Scheffler was selected as Player of the Year. He received 89% of the votes, surpassing fellow nominees 'FedEx Cup Champion' Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and 'The Open Champion' Cameron Smith (Australia).

With this, Scheffler became the first player to win the Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year award (2019), PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (2020), and PGA Tour Player of the Year (2022). The Jack Nicklaus Award, given to the Player of the Year, was established in 1990.

Hailing from Texas, Scheffler won four times during the 2021/2022 season, including the major tournament Masters, and rose to world No. 1. Although he narrowly lost to McIlroy in a come-from-behind victory at the Tour Championship, the votes from his PGA Tour peers favored Scheffler.

Scheffler earned $14,046,910 (approximately 19.37155 billion KRW) in prize money this season, setting the record for the highest single-season earnings in PGA Tour history. The previous record was $12,030,465 set by Jordan Spieth (USA) in the 2014-2015 season. Including bonuses, Scheffler's total earnings for this season reached $24,796,910 (approximately 34.3 billion KRW).

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