A number of PGA Tour golfers achieved beyond what was expected of them entering the 2024 season.
Let’s see who blew past their expected baseline over the last year.
🏌♀Collin Morikawa: The 27-year-old, two-time major winner had the highest expected win value without actually winning a PGA Tour event. This was statistically the best year he has ever put together as a professional.
Morikawa also reached personal bests in driving, playing around the greens and putting.
🏌♀Aaron Rai: Rai went from being an average PGA Tour player in 2020 to gaining 1.0 strokes per round and winning for the first time on the PGA Tour in 2024. Making it to the Tour Championship is a massive deal for players because it means you were consistently one of the 30 best on the PGA Tour over the course of seven months, and Rai easily qualified finishing 23rd in the FedEx Cup standings – an improvement of 55 spots from his prior best finish.
Nick Dunlap: Dunlap won twice on the PGA Tour this season. He played his way into the top 50 in the FedEx Cup despite not receiving FedEx Cup points for winning the American Express.
A reminder: He’s just 20 years old.
🏌♀Akshay Bhatia: Bhatia was downright bad two years ago – about a -1.0 SG guy on the Korn Ferry Tour. Now? He’s a +1.0 guy on the PGA Tour and a two-time champion with a real shot at making future United States team events.
He notably won the Texas Open this year and probably should have taken the Rocket Mortgage Classic as well.
🏌♀Sahith Theegala: Finishing 3rd in the FedEx Cup, Theegala is another player who has improved season over season for the last six years. He shored up his driving and was the most accurate he’s ever been as a professional.
