site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | section: | slug: golf-awards-2026-scottie-scheffler-cameron-young-gary-woodland | sport: golf | route: article_single.us | 6-keys: media/spln/golf/reg/free/stories ![Image 3: [object Object] Logo](https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2020/04/22/e9ceb731-8b3f-4c60-98fe-090ab66a2997/screen-shot-2020-04-22-at-11-04-56-am.png) Build a franchise, control your destiny, play like the pros Play Now Golf awards for 2026: Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young show out as Gary Woodland tugs at heartstrings Revisiting the best players, moments and tournaments of the 2026 PGA Tour season For golf fans, the PGA Tour season not only serves as entertainment through the long months of winter and longer months of summer, but as a passage of time. Tournaments serve as benchmarks for the time of year as one bleeds into another before major championship season arrives in full force. Holidays once consisted of the Hawaii Swing.
The Tournament of Champions held at Kapalua was canceled due to course conditions, and the Sony Open was contested for the final time on the PGA Tour in 2026. January waltzes into February, where Pebble Beach and Riviera thrive before a switch in the coast brings a switch in the style of golf courses for fans to take in. The Players Championship saw Cameron Young claim his biggest title to date, thanks to the biggest drive on the 72nd hole in the Shotlink era (375 yards with … a golf ball that conforms with proposed future rollback standards -- a conversation for a different day).
Rory McIlroy had the biggest 36-hole lead in Masters history. It did not last as Young played his way into the final pairing with the reigning champion, as runs were made by the likes of Scottie Scheffler and Justin Rose. What did remain what McIlroy's arms in the green jacket as he became the fourth to defend his crown at the Masters.
Video 12Audio 3Audio 41/1 Skip Ad Continue watching after the adVisit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE Meanwhile, Scheffler finished in second place for the first time. Little did he know he would do it four more times on the PGA Tour last season with runner-up results to Matt Fitzpatrick the next week along with Young, Viktor Hovland and Jackson Koivun in short order. Aaron Rai worked through the back nine at Aronimink in expert fashion to hold off Jon Rahm at the PGA Championship.
The same was true for Wyndham Clark at the U.S. Open; Sam Burns posed as his closest competitor. Ryan Fox finished in a flurry to raise the Claret Jug and put an end to the major championship season.
There was still golf left to be played, however. Koivun turned professional and turned heads at the 3M Open, where he kept Scheffler at bay. It proved enough to catch the attention of more than just the fans, as captain Brandt Snedeker selected him for the U.S.
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