We’re 21 events into the 2024 PGA Tour season and there have now been four rookie winners.
That eclipses the number of rookie champs for all of last season, when Ludvig Aberg (RSM Classic), Vincent Norrman (Barbasol Championship) and Nico Echavarria (Puerto Rico Open) found victory lane.
Two of those 2023 wins were opposite-field events. The first three in 2024 were “regular” Tour stops, while the fourth was in an “additional” event, as the PGA Tour calls them.
There were just two rookie winners in 2022 and one each during the 2021 and 2020 seasons. There were six in 2017, so the 2024 season has a chance to be one of more prolific for rookies in a while.
Check out the list of rookie winners this season.
Nick Dunlap, American Express
Dunlap, 20, was the most surprising winner on Tour in a while when he claimed the American Express. He was also the first sponsor exemption to win on Tour since 2020. And he was the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since 1991.
Matthieu Pavon, Farmers Insurance Open
Matthieu Pavon, 31, became the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Tour with his victory at the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. The victory put him in prime position to represent France at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Jake Knapp, Mexico Open at Vidanta
Knapp, 29, made three of four cuts in 2024, including a tie for third at the Farmers, before breaking through with his first PGA Tour win at the Mexico Open at Vidanta. The one-time nightclub bouncer won by two over another rookie, Sami Valimaki.
Chris Gotterup, 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic
In his 27th PGA Tour start, the rookie out of Oklahoma blitzed the field at the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic, a new event on Tour, by six shots. Even better for Gotterup, the win earned him a spot in the 2024 PGA Championship.
Previewing the 2024 PGA Championship
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