Champions Tour: Who Should Win Rookie of the Year?
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The elongated 2020-21 PGA Tour Champions season concluded last week. Notably, Bernhard Langer won the season-end title, while Phil Mickelson won the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Remarkably, Phil remained -19 for the event and won the tournament by a stroke.
Moreover, now it’s time for the PGA Tour Champions award. There are multiple award categories, but the most exciting and closely fought is the Rookie of the Year award. Meanwhile, there were a lot of rookies since this was an elongated season. Hence, choosing one from the plethora of options will be tough. However, here is a player we believe deserves it the most.
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Who should win the Champions Tour Rookie of the Year award?
As the season ended last week with Bernhard Langer emerging as the winner of the Schwab Cup, it’s time now for the award ceremony to take place. However, this year, there are plenty of players who deserve to win an award, especially in the Rookie of the Year category. Notably, the Rookie of the Year will be decided by voting from the members of the PGA Tour Champions.
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It will be interesting to see what criteria will players keep in mind while voting. Will they prefer total wins? or Overall record in all 39 events or something else? Regardless, the most deserved candidate among all is Phil Mickelson.
Even though Phil was competing on the PGA Tour, he decided to tee it up at the Champions Tour. Moreover, he won four events in just six starts and matched Jack Nicklaus in the fastest to four victories. Phil has won $252,590 on the senior tour and finished 12th in the Schwab Cup ranking in just six events.
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However, the only thing that could hurt his ambitions is his irregularity on the Champions Tour and the fact that he hasn’t competed in a major event yet. But apart from that, there is nothing that can hold him back from winning the PGA Tour Champions Rookie of the Year award.
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