Nick Dunlap has earned the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year for 2024.
Dunlap became the first player in Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same season.
At 20 years old, the Alabama native is alo the youngest rookie award winner since Jordan Spieth in 2013.
“Nick carved out his place in the PGA Tour record book,” commissioner Jay Monahan said in a news release on Thursday. “To begin 2024 as a collegiate golfer and end it with two PGA Tour victories and among the top-50 players in the FedExCup is truly impressive.”
The award is voted on by PGA Tour members who played in at least 15 events during the 2024 season. Dunlap received 57 per cent to finish ahead of fellow nominees Max Greyserman, Jake Knapp and Matthieu Pavon.
As a sophomore at the University of Alabama, Dunlap won The American Express in January to become the first amateur winner on tour since Phil Mickelson in 1991. He turned professional four days after the victory.
Dunlap added to his historic season with a victory at the Barracuda Championship in July.
He finished No. 49 in the FedExCup standings, qualifying him for the Tour’s Signature Events in 2025 by virtue of finishing among the top 50.
Dunlap ended his amateur career as the No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He won the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2023 U.S. Amateur, joining Tiger Woods as the only players to win each title.
-Field Level Media
