(January 10, 2025) — Scottie Scheffler, Nelly Korda and Ernie Els, three gamers who separated themselves from their friends on the course final season, have been voted 2024 Gamers of the Yr of their respective divisions by the Golf Writers Affiliation of America.
Scheffler, 29, gained 9 tournaments worldwide in 2024 en path to claiming a second GWAA Male Participant of the Yr honor, having gained beforehand in 2022. Among the many highlights for Scheffler in 2024 was claiming his second profession victory on the Masters, capturing an Olympic gold medal in Paris, turning into the primary golfer to repeat because the winner of The Gamers Championship and taking house the PGA Tour’s season-long FedEx Cup title for the primary time. Moreover, Scheffler gained 4 different signature occasions on the PGA Tour whereas main in three of the six main strokes-gained classes.
“I’m extraordinarily honored to be named the GWAA Participant of the Yr Award for the second time,” Scheffler mentioned. “2024 was a yr I’ll always remember. From successful my second Gamers and Masters, to successful Olympic gold, the FedEx Cup, to the delivery of my son.”
Scheffler posted a 68.01 scoring common on the PGA Tour in 2024, boosted by a begin to the season by which he shot a tour report 41 straight rounds of par or higher. Scheffler obtained 87.5 % of the first-place votes, beating a subject of finalists that included PGA and Open Championship winner Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, who gained the DP World Tour’s year-long Race to Dubai title for a sixth time.
Korda, 26, the GWAA Feminine Participant of the Yr, additionally made headlines early in 2024 when she gained in 5 straight LPGA begins, tying the tour’s report set by Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05). That streak was capped by victory on the Chevron Championship, the second main championship of Korda’s profession. She gained two extra LPGA titles for a complete of seven on the yr, essentially the most in a single season since Yani Tseng in 2011 and the primary American to win that many in a single yr since Beth Daniel in 1990. She additionally went 3-1 for the U.S. workforce that gained the Solheim Cup for the primary time since 2017.
“It means lots to me to win this prestigious award for a second time,” mentioned Korda, an honoree beforehand in 2021. “I’m very grateful to all of the writers and journalists that cowl our sport. It’s at all times particular to be acknowledged by the Golf Writers Affiliation of America and to be the Participant of the Yr is an amazing honor. It’s actually one thing I’m happy with and can look again on in my profession.”
All instructed, Korda had 11 top-10 finishes in 16 begins and lifted her profession LPGA win complete to fifteen—whereas additionally sitting out a part of the yr with a neck harm. She earned 88.6 % of the GWAA’s first-place votes, outpacing New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul.
Els, 55, grew to become simply the third participant to win the GWAA Senior Participant of the Yr award after having gained the GWAA Male POY honor beforehand in his profession, becoming a member of Tom Watson and Tom Lehman. In 2024, the South African native gained 3 times on the PGA Tour Champions, together with his first senior main title on the Kaulig Firms Championship (previously the Senior Gamers). He additionally claimed seven top-three finishes and 10 top-10s whereas ending no worse than tied for eighth in any of his 4 senior main begins.
Els garnered 60.2 % of the first-place votes, defeating Steven Alker, who gained the Charles Schwab Cup, and Padraig Harrington.
“Thanks for honoring me as your Participant of the Yr. I’ve at all times mentioned the golf journalist know what you’re speaking about,” Els mentioned. “Critically, although, thanks a lot and have an incredible 2025. I’ll see you all on the market this yr!”
The Golf Writers Affiliation of America is a company based in 1946 to advertise camaraderie amongst those that cowl the sport and to enhance working situations at tournaments. All three POY winners might be honored on the 51st annual ISPS Handa GWAA Dinner which takes place in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, the eve of the 89th Masters.
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