The golf world hasn’t seen a Player of the Year race this captivating in a very long time. Both Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have delivered the kind of seasons that get etched into golf history forever. Yet only one can claim the ultimate individual honor when the dust settles on 2025.

Scottie Scheffler (L) and Rory McIlroy of the PGA Tour celebrate after winning The Shwdown on December 17, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images for The Showdown.

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The four major championships have come and gone in 2025 with three new winners being crowned across the biggest events of the season. Rory McIlroy won his Masters in dramatic fashion this April, completing the career grand slam and punching his ticket into golf's most exclusive club.

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Scheffler won by four shots Sunday at Royal Portrush, his fourth major victory and first in an Open Championship.

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The top-ranked golfer cruised to another dominant outing to claim the British Open. Scheffler, who entered the day with a massive four-shot lead, pushed it to seven at one point en route to his four-shot victory at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Nobody even came close to catching him.