ESPN and ABC have unveiled the annual ESPY award nominations for its Jul. 11 present, and 4 PGA Tour and LPGA gamers have obtained nominations.
Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda, the world’s top-ranked gamers, every obtained a pair of nominations. In the meantime, Lilia Vu and 2024 PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele are up for one award.
The previous Texas Longhorn is in rivalry for Greatest Male Athlete and Greatest Golfer. Korda is up for Greatest Feminine Athlete and within the Greatest Golfer class. Vu and Schauffele full the 4 gamers for the Greatest Golfer.
Final 12 months, Scheffler took dwelling the Greatest Golfer Award, however will he retain that title? He’s on fairly the run in 2024, profitable six instances earlier than Jul. 1, an unimaginable achievement final completed by Arnold Palmer in 1962.
The 28-year-old gained 4 of eight PGA Tour Signature Occasions, his second Masters, and the 2024 Gamers Championship. He can even signify Staff USA in Paris for the 2024 Olympic Video games, becoming a member of Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, and Wyndham Clark.
As for Greatest Male Athlete, Scheffler has some staunch competitors. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Los Angeles Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani, and Edmonton Oilers heart Connor McDavid all obtained nominations for Greatest Male Athlete alongside Scheffler. All 4 have carried out large issues for his or her groups this previous 12 months, however can Scheffler change into the primary golfer since Tiger Woods to win this award?
Woods final gained it in 2008, following his dramatic U.S. Open victory at Torrey Pines. He has gained this award 5 instances, essentially the most of any athlete in ESPY historical past, per the PGA Tour.
With that stated, Korda can be on a historic heater. She gained 5 consecutive tournaments and tied for seventh on the Cognizant Founders Cup earlier than incomes her sixth victory of the 12 months on the Mizuho Americas Open.
Like Scheffler, Korda will signify Staff USA in Paris, becoming a member of Vu and Rose Zhang within the Ladies’s Golf Olympic Competitors.
However Korda is up in opposition to some heavy hitters for the Greatest Athlete, Ladies’s Sports activities award. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, tennis phenom Coco Gauff, and WNBA celebrity A’ja Wilson, who performs for the Las Vegas Aces, all obtained nominations alongside Korda.
The final feminine golfer to take dwelling this title was Annika Sörenstam in 2005 and 2006.
Final 12 months marked the primary time Greatest Feminine and Greatest Male Golfer have been mixed into one class. Korda and Schauffele have been each nominated final 12 months however fell to Scheffler. This shall be Vu’s first ESPY nomination.
ABC will host ESPN’s annual award present on July 11 at 8 p.m. ET. Followers can vote for his or her favorites now via July 11 at 5 p.m. ET.
Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By. For extra golf protection, observe us @_PlayingThrough on all main social platforms. You too can observe her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.
