Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy or Matt Fitzpatrick? Have your say on who should win PGA Tour's Player of the Year award
Who will be crowned the 2026 PGA Tour Player of the Year? Have your say! Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy among names who could claim honour; watch all four rounds of the Tour Championship live on Sky Sports
Monday 24 August 2026 14:06, UK
Rory McIlroy insists it’s ‘all to play for’ in the race to be crowned PGA Tour Player of the Year, but who is still in contention for the coveted Jack Nicklaus Award
McIlroy said ahead of the BMW Championship there was 'no chance' he should be considered, despite defending his title at The Masters, but he remains a contender after finishing third behind Wyndham Clark at the BMW Championship.
Scottie Scheffler has won the award - determined by a vote by PGA Tour members - each of the last four seasons and could challenge for a fifth consecutive title, with the world No 1 enjoying another consistent campaign.
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Scheffler, Clark, Matt Fitzpatrick, Chris Gotterup and Cameron Young are all multiple winners on the PGA Tour this season, while others could join to make a late Player of the Year push at the season-ending Tour Championship, live on Sky Sports.
Victory at the FedExCup finale at East Lake this week could be enough to give one of that quintet the edge ahead of the shortlist being revealed in the autumn, with this season's race shaping up as one of the tightest and most open in recent years.
Who will be crowned the 2026 PGA Tour Player of the Year? Take a look at the potential contenders and have your say…
Scottie Scheffler
Scheffler may not have won as many tournaments as he did in 2025, but he has still enjoyed an excellent year, picking up two victories. His first came at The American Express in January, and his second came in August at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
What's been most remarkable about Scheffler this season is his consistency. The world No 1 has placed as a runner-up five times on the PGA Tour in 2026, notably becoming the first-ever PGA Tour player to secure three consecutive solo runner-up finishes at The Masters, the RBC Heritage and The Cadillac Championship.
Rory McIlroy
McIlroy has won this award three times, and after successfully defending his Masters title in April, he once again finds himself a contender to be crowned the PGA Tour's Player of the Year.
He's played some fantastic golf this season, notably dazzling fans with his incredible distance off the tee at The Open, and has enjoyed some great results too, including a tied-second finish at the Genesis Invitational, top-ten finishes at the PGA Championship and Genesis Scottish Open and, more recently, securing third place at the BMW Championship.
Matt Fitzpatrick
It's been Fitzpatrick's most successful PGA Tour season to date, with the 2022 US Open Champion clinching three PGA Tour victories, while placing as a runner-up twice, notably just missing out on winning The Players.
After being denied by Young at TPC Sawgrass, Fitzpatrick went on to win at his next PGA Tour start at The Valspar Championship, before claiming back-to-back titles at the RBC Heritage and the Zurich Classic of New Orleans alongside his brother Alex.
Wyndham Clark
Clark is another player who has enjoyed his most successful season on the PGA Tour, winning his third event of 2026 at the BMW Championship.
The American's first victory of the year came at the CJ Cup in May, before he won his second US Open title at Shinnecock Hills, with Clark showcasing his incredible putting skills to beat Sam Burns by a shot.
Cameron Young
Young picked up the second and third victories of his PGA Tour career in 2026, winning The Players in March and outscoring Scheffler to win The Cadillac Championship in May.
He came close to winning his first major championship at The Open in July, where he finished one shot back from winner Ryan Fox, in second place.
Chris Gotterup
Gotterup got his 2026 campaign off to a fast start, winning the season-opening Sony Open in Hawaii in January, before he beat Hideki Matsuyama in a play-off to win the WM Phoenix Open the following month.
The 27-year-old's third win came later in the season at the John Deere Classic, making this his most successful season on the PGA Tour yet.
What's next?
The PGA Tour season reaches its climax at the Tour Championship at East Lake GC, where only the top 30 players in the standings are eligible to compete for the FedExCup and $10m first prize.
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