Nick Dunlap, who became the first player to win as a rookie and a professional in the same season, has been named the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year for the 2024 season.
The 20-year-old American player was nominated for the Arnold Palmer Award over Max Greyserman, Jake Knapp and Matthieu Pavon, receiving 57% of the membership vote.
“Nick has carved his own place in the PGA Tour record books,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said Thursday in a statement. “To start 2024 as a junior golfer and finish it with two PGA Tour victories and among the top 50 players in the FedExCup is truly amazing.”
In January, Dunlap won at the American Express in La Quinta, California, becoming the first non-major to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in 1991.
Four days after the victory, Dunlap announced that he was going to change his career and in July, he added to his successful season when he won the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club.
Dunlap went on to qualify for his first FedExCup where he advanced to the second of three events. He placed 49th in the FedExCup and qualified for the PGA Tour’s Signature Events in 2025 thanks to a top-50 finish.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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