Scheffler Wins Player Vote as PGA Tour Player of the Year Over Rahm

Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, watches his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, on Dec. 3, 2023. Fernando Llano/AP Photo

KAPALUA, Hawaii.—Scottie Scheffler has been voted PGA Tour player of the year over Jon Rahm, a player vote that raises questions of whether Rahm was penalized for defecting to LIV Golf.

Scheffler is the first back-to-back winner since Tiger Woods in 2006–07. The world’s No. 1 player had the best statistical season since Woods by leading the tour in all the important categories from the tee to the green, along with scoring.