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PGA Tour
24-year-old Scottie Scheffler (USA) won the PGA Tour 2019-20 Rookie of the Year Award (Arnold Palmer Award) as the leading first-season player, based on the votes of his peers. He finished 5th on the final FedEx Cup standings, and 22nd on the Tour's money list with earnings of $2,833,438.
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PGA Tour
21-year-old Sungjae Im (S Kor) won the PGA Tour 2018-19 Rookie of the Year Award (Arnold Palmer Award) as the leading first-season player, based on the votes of his peers. He finished 19th on the final FedEx Cup standings, and 31st on the Tour's money list with earnings of $2,851,134.
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PGA Tour
22-year-old Aaron Wise (USA) won the PGA Tour 2017-18 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player, based on the votes of his peers. He finished 28th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $3,486,407.
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PGA Tour
Xander Schauffele (USA) won the PGA Tour 2016-17 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player, based on the votes of his peers. He finished 12th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $4,312,674.
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PGA Tour
Emiliano Grillo (Arg) won the PGA Tour 2015-16 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player, based on the votes of his peers. He finished 22nd on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $3,371,705.
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PGA Tour
Daniel Berger (USA) won the PGA Tour 2014-15 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player, based on the votes of his peers. He finished 25th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $3,028,901.
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PGA Tour
Chesson Hadley (USA) won the PGA Tour 2013-14 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 58th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $1,703,316.
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PGA Tour
Jordan Spieth (USA) won the PGA Tour 2013 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 10th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $3,879,820 on the Tour.
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PGA Tour
John Huh (USA) won the PGA Tour 2012 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 28th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $2,692,113.
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PGA Tour
Bradley (USA) won the PGA Tour 2011 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 13th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $3,758,600.
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PGA Tour
Fowler (USA) won the PGA Tour 2010 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 22nd on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $2,857,108. Fowler (21) became the youngest winner of this award since Tiger Woods (20) in 1996.
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PGA Tour
Leishman (Aus) won the PGA Tour 2009 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 47th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $1,742,243.
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PGA Tour
Romero (Arg) won the PGA Tour 2008 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 36th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $2,064,612.
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PGA Tour
Snedeker (USA) won the PGA Tour 2007 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 17th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $2,836,643.
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PGA Tour
Immelman (RSA) won the PGA Tour 2006 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished seventh on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $3,844,189.
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PGA Tour
O'Hair (USA) won the PGA Tour 2005 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 18th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $2,462,482.
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PGA Tour
Hamilton (USA) won the PGA Tour 2004 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 11th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $3,063,778. 39-year-old Open Championship winner Hamilton had spent the previous 12 years playing on the Asian and Japanese Tours.
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PGA Tour
Curtis (USA) won the PGA Tour 2003 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 46th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $1,434,911. During the season 26 year-old Curtis won the Open Championship.
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PGA Tour
Byrd (USA) won the PGA Tour 2002 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 39th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $1,462,713.
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PGA Tour
Howell (USA) won the PGA Tour 2001 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished ninth on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $2,702,747.
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PGA Tour
Clark (USA) won the PGA Tour 2000 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 56th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $854,822.
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PGA Tour
Franco (Para) won the PGA Tour 1999 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 11th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $1,864,584. The first PGA Tour player to exceed $1 million in his rookie year.
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PGA Tour
Flesch (USA) won the PGA Tour 1998 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 35th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $777,186.
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PGA Tour
Cink (USA) won the PGA Tour 1997 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 29th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $809,580.
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PGA Tour
Woods (USA) won the PGA Tour 1996 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 24th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $790,594.
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PGA Tour
Austin (USA) won the PGA Tour 1995 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 24th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $736,497.
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PGA Tour
Els (RSA) won the PGA Tour 1994 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 19th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $684,440.
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PGA Tour
Singh (Fiji) won the PGA Tour 1993 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 19th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $657,831.
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PGA Tour
Carnevale (USA) won the PGA Tour 1992 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 70th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $220,922.
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PGA Tour
Daly (USA) won the PGA Tour 1991 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 17th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $574,783.
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PGA Tour
Gamez (USA) won the inaugural PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 27th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $461,407.
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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