He was joined in the running by Max Greyserman, Jake Knapp and Frenchman Mathieu Pavon.
It was a record-breaking season for Dunlap.
He is the youngest (20 years old) winner of the trophy since Jordan Spieth, who was Rookie Of The Year in 2013.
Nick Dunlap, results
He was the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour, winning “only” The American Express, since 1991, when another amateur, Phil Mickelson, won, also in January, the Northern Telecom Open in Tucson.
The last one is an all-time record.
Two weeks after his victory, Dunlap made his pro debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and six months later he won his second title on the Tour, the Barracuda Championship, a PGA Tour tournament played concurrently with the Open Championship.
In this way, the young man from Huntsville became the first player in history to win on the PGA Tour as both an amateur and a pro.
Dunlap finished the season ranked 67th in the FedEx ranking, which also guarantees him access to all eight Signature Events on the calendar for 2025.
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