Overview
- Golfweek selected Scottie Scheffler over Rory McIlroy after weighing McIlroy’s Masters breakthrough against Scheffler’s full-season resume.
- Scheffler won the PGA Championship and The Open among six titles, led 28 Tour statistical categories, and earned the Byron Nelson Award with a 68.13 scoring average.
- He became the first since Tiger Woods in 2000 to lead scoring average in every round and logged a Tour-best 17 top-10s without a missed cut.
- The PGA TOUR had already named Scheffler its 2025 Player of the Year, reinforcing the awards consensus around his season-long dominance.
- McIlroy completed the career Grand Slam by winning the Masters in a playoff and added marquee wins and a strong Ryder Cup showing, as players and analysts continued to debate moment versus metrics.