The 2024 PGA Tour season is formally within the books.
And there have been some nice moments: Scottie Scheffler’s dominance; Xander Schauffele’s two-major marketing campaign; Bryson DeChambeau’s thrilling win at Pinehurst; wild finishes at TPC Sawgrass, Houston and the Scottish.
In fact, there have been some that have been much less memorable, too.
Here’s a rating of all 39 occasions contested within the Tour’s return to a single-year schedule, listed so as from least compelling to most compelling.
Principally meh
39. Tour Championship
Winner: Scottie Scheffler
Lasting reminiscence: Once more, the staggered begin saps the seriousness from the playoff finale, and Scheffler leaves little to doubt as he cruises to a $25 million victory. This occasion wants a reset.
38. Barracuda Championship
Winner: Nick Dunlap
Lasting reminiscence: Just like the Tour Championship’s staggered begin, it could be time to do away with the modified Stableford format. Dunlap received by scoring 19 factors on Sunday. He was a rebound shy of a double-double.
37. John Deere Traditional
Winner: Davis Thompson
Lasting reminiscence: The stone-faced Thompson birdied six holes on the entrance 9 en path to a final-round 64 and four-shot win. Yawn.
36. Myrtle Seashore Traditional
Winner: Chris Gotterup
Lasting reminiscence: It was a robust week for 16-year-old Blades Brown, who tied for twenty sixth. As for this occasion’s debut? It might’ve been extra attention-grabbing. Gotterup led by 4 photographs to start Sunday and completed six clear.
35. Cognizant Traditional
Winner: Austin Eckroat
Lasting reminiscence: The dangerous breaks continued for the previous Honda Traditional, as climate pushed the end to Monday, the place Eckroat’s three-shot win was overshadowed by the Seminole pro-member.
34. CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Winner: Taylor Pendrith
Lasting reminiscence: TPC Craig Ranch is likely to be the worst venue on Tour, and Ben Kohles’ 72nd-hole collapse at hand the title to Pendrith didn’t do a lot to detract from that.
33. Corales Puntacana Championship
Winner: Billy Horschel
Lasting reminiscence: Horschel closed with a file 63 to win by two and earn most likely the worst champion’s apparel in golf – a straw hat and white button-down (or is it up?).
32. Puerto Rico Open
Winner: Brice Garnett
Lasting reminiscence: The four-hole playoff between Garnett and Erik Barnes was good, however that was about it.
31. AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am
Winner: Wyndham Clark
Lasting reminiscence: Climate shortened this one to 54 holes, as Clark was notified of his win whereas taking part in ping-pong. However Clark’s third-round 60 was one thing.
In case you’ll recall …
30. Zurich Traditional of New Orleans
Winners: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry
Lasting reminiscence: Most likely McIlroy and Lowry signing karaoke after profitable. The precise golf was simply OK, even with a playoff. That stated, there’s nonetheless room for crew golf on the Tour calendar.
29. Charles Schwab Problem
Winner: Davis Riley
Lasting reminiscence: This was an emotional one, coming shortly after Grayson Murray’s dying and Riley’s sister’s mind surgical procedure to take away a tumor. Riley received on cruise management, although.
28. 3M Open
Winner: Jhonattan Vegas
Lasting reminiscence: Tempo of play appeared to suck among the life out of this end earlier than Vegas birdied the par-5 18th for his first win since 2017.
27. Mexico Open
Winner: Jake Knapp
Lasting reminiscence: This one was ugly down the stretch as Knapp began spraying it and misplaced a four-shot lead in seven holes. But, regardless of hitting simply two fairways, Knapp held off Sami Valimaki, whose drive on the final ended up towards a wired boundary fence and compelled him to take an unplayable.
26. Rocket Mortgage Traditional
Winner: Cam Davis
Lasting reminiscence: Akshay Bhatia’s 72nd-hole three-putt clinched the victory for Davis.
25. RBC Heritage
Winner: Scottie Scheffler
Lasting reminiscence: Scheffler made simply two bogeys or worse all week, and the ultimate spherical was principally a formality that resulted in a three-shot win for Scheffler.
24. Farmers Insurance coverage Open
Winner: Matthieu Pavon
Lasting reminiscence: Pavon practically made a multitude left of the 18th fairway earlier than clutching as much as sink an 8-footer for birdie on his ultimate gap to file his first profession Tour win.
23. Arnold Palmer Invitational
Winner: Scottie Scheffler
Lasting reminiscence: Scheffler broke out of a 54-hole tie with Shane Lowry to win by 5 photographs as the remainder of the Tour was simply beginning to notice it is likely to be a protracted season for them. Wyndham Clark was cleared of any wrongdoing on Saturday night, though it positive appeared like his ball moved within the tough on No. 18.
22. The Sentry
Winner: Chris Kirk
Lasting reminiscence: A feel-good story with Kirk profitable by a shot over Theegala, and plenty of birdies coming in – possibly even too many.
21. RBC Canadian Open
Winner: Robert MacIntyre
Lasting reminiscence: Something was going to be a letdown from final season, although MacIntyre getting his first Tour win – and together with his dad on the bag – was an actual second that put an exclamation on one of the genuine occasions on the Tour schedule.
PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA – MARCH 23: Peter Malnati of america performs his shot from the 14th tee in the course of the third spherical of the Valspar Championship at Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Membership on March 23, 2024 in Palm Harbor, Florida. (Picture by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Photographs)
(Picture by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Photographs)
Well worth the worth of admission
20. Valspar Championship
Winner: Peter Malnati
Lasting reminiscence: Cameron Younger once more let a possible maiden Tour title slip away as Malnati birdied the robust par-3 seventeenth and held on for his first Tour triumph.
19. BMW Championship
Winner: Keegan Bradley
Lasting reminiscence: Citadel Pines and the elevation threw these gamers a little bit of a curveball. Bradley had some challenges from Adam Scott, Ludvig Åberg and Sam Burns, although all fizzled with a number of holes left.
18. ISCO Championship
Winner: Harry Corridor
Lasting reminiscence: Tour diehards will recognize the five-man playoff, which ended on the third additional go-round when Corridor chipped in from 45 ft.
17. Wyndham Championship
Winner: Aaron Rai
Lasting reminiscence: Rai birdied his ultimate gap to edge Max Greyserman whereas Matt Kuchar bizarrely determined, mid-hole, that he needed to complete solo on Monday morning. There wasn’t as a lot playoff drama this time, although.
16. Wells Fargo Championship
Winner: Rory McIlroy
Lasting reminiscence: McIlroy began the ultimate spherical two photographs off the lead earlier than firing a closing 65 – he performed his ultimate 11 holes in 6 underneath – to runaway with a five-shot win over Schauffele.
15. Vacationers Championship
Winner: Scottie Scheffler
Lasting reminiscence: Not even protesters might cease Scheffler from profitable the ultimate signature occasion of the season. He polished off this win in a playoff over Tom Kim.
14. Sony Open
Winner: Grayson Murray
Lasting reminiscence: The final win for Murray, who died by suicide in Could. He jarred a 40-footer in a three-man playoff to defeat Keegan Bradley and Ben An. There was additionally Carl Yuan hitting his second shot at No. 18 into the grandstands and getting free aid regardless of not discovering his ball.
13. Valero Texas Open
Winner: Akshay Bhatia
Lasting reminiscence: This one was wild as Bhatia misplaced a six-shot lead, harm his shoulder whereas fist-pumping a playoff-forcing birdie, after which beat Denny McCarthy, who birdied every of his ultimate seven holes of regulation, in a playoff.
12. Memorial Event
Winner: Scottie Scheffler
Lasting reminiscence: Muirfield Village was brutal on Sunday, yielding simply six under-par rounds, and Scheffler’s closing 74 was ok for a one-shot win over Collin Morikawa.
11. Genesis Invitational
Winner: Hideki Matsuyama
Lasting reminiscence: Tiger Woods withdrew due to the flu, Jordan Spieth was disqualified and Matsuyama went bonkers on Sunday with a 62 to go from six photographs again to a winner by three.
HOUSTON, TEXAS – MARCH 31: Stephan Jaeger of Germany and Scottie Scheffler of america shake arms on the 18th inexperienced in the course of the ultimate spherical of the Texas Kids’s Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course on March 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Picture by Joe Scarnici/Getty Photographs)
Was on fringe of my seat
10. Masters Event
Winner: Scottie Scheffler
Lasting reminiscence: There was some drama across the flip with a number of stars considering they nonetheless had an opportunity, however finally there have been some automobile crashes in Amen Nook and Scheffler put the pedal down for an additional four-shot Masters victory.
9. FedEx St. Jude Championship
Winner: Hideki Matsuyama
Lasting reminiscence: This one overcame an uninspiring TPC Southwind and scorching Memphis warmth. Matsuyama seemed to be on his method to a calming win earlier than going bogey-double at Nos. 14 and 15. Viktor Hovland led late, however he too gave away a shot, at No. 17. Matsuyama then birdied every of the ultimate two holes to carry off Hovland, Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler. The race for the highest 50 is already top-of-the-line issues in regards to the Tour season.
8. WM Phoenix Open
Winner: Nick Taylor
Lasting reminiscence: A wild climate week culminated in Taylor birdieing No. 18 thrice on Sunday and outlasting Charley Hoffman in a playoff.
7. Genesis Scottish Open
Winner: Robert MacIntyre
Lasting reminiscence: One other heartwarming win by MacIntyre, who drained a 22-foot birdie putt on the final to win and avenge his heartbreak from a 12 months earlier.
6. Texas Kids’s Open
Winner: Stephan Jaeger
Lasting reminiscence: Jaeger gutted out a one-shot win over 5 gamers, together with Scottie Scheffler, who missed a 5-footer on the final that will’ve pressured a playoff. Eight gamers had at the very least a share of the lead on Sunday on this one.
LA QUINTA, CA – JANUARY 21: An emotional Nick Dunlap (a) (USA) departs the inexperienced to signal his scorecard after profitable The American Categorical event at PGA West, Dye Stadium Course on January 21, 2024 in La Quinta, California. (Picture by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs)
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On the spot classics
5. The American Categorical
Winner: Nick Dunlap
Lasting reminiscence: Dunlap grew to become the primary newbie in 33 years to win on Tour, and he did so with a profitable putt on the final. I bear in mind the storytelling right here being significantly sturdy with Brandel Chamblee within the sales space and Steve Burkowski bringing his school experience to the interviews.
4. The Gamers
Winner: Scottie Scheffler
Lasting reminiscence: Scheffler closed in 64 to erase a five-shot deficit as Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark each faltered late.
3. PGA Championship
Winner: Xander Schauffele
Lasting reminiscence: Scottie Scheffler’s stunning arrest the morning of the second spherical was arguably the headline of the 12 months, however the end of the particular championship was thrilling as nicely, as Schauffele grew to become the primary participant since Phil Mickelson in 2005 to birdie the ultimate gap to win the PGA by a shot.
2. The Open
Winner: Xander Schauffele
Lasting reminiscence: Royal Troon dazzled and the weather wreaked havoc on Saturday earlier than Schauffele held off everybody for the claret jug.
1. U.S. Open
Winner: Bryson DeChambeau
Lasting reminiscence: Rory McIlroy missed two quick putts in his final three holes whereas DeChambeau bought up and down from 55 yards out of a carry bunker to place the exclamation level on his second U.S. Open crown.
