Aaron Wise Named PGA Tour Rookie Of The Year 2018

The young American won the Byron Nelson Championship in his rookie year amongst many other good finishes

Aaron Wise Named PGA Tour Rookie Of The Year 2018
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The young American won the AT&T Byron Nelson in his rookie year amongst many other good finishes

Aaron Wise Named PGA Tour Rookie Of The Year 2018

Aaron Wise has been named the 2017/18 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.

The American's year was highlighted by his maiden PGA Tour victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson.

That came in the very next start after his T2nd place at the Wells Fargo Championship where he challenged Jason Day down the stretch, eventually finishing two back after the former world number one birdied his final two holes.

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As well as those two special weeks, Wise was T6th at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, his first ever WGC after reaching the world's top 50, finished T5th at The Northern Trust, a FedEx Cup Playoff tournament, and recorded T16 and T15 finishes at the final two FedEx Cup Playoff events.

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Along with Satoshi Kodaira and Austin Cook, Wise was one of just three PGA Tour rookies to win on Tour last season, although he was the only one to reach the season-ending Tour Championship, reserved for the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings.

The 22-year-old, who graduated from the Web.com Tour, eventually finished 24th in the FedEx Cup and won just shy of $3.5m in his rookie season.

Past winners of the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Award include: Jordan Spieth (2013), Rickie Fowler (2010), Brandt Snedeker (2007), Tiger Woods (1996), Ernie Els (1994) and Vijay Singh (1993).

Aaron Wise wins AT&T Byron Nelson

Wise won his maiden PGA Tour title at the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson

Last year's Rookie of the Year winner was Xander Schauffele who won the Greenbrier and Tour Championship. He recently won the WGC-HSBC Champions and reached a career-high 12th in the world.

The PGA Tour's Rookie of the Year honour was first awarded in 1990. It is voted for by PGA Tour members.

Aaron Wise was a highly successful amateur, winning the individual honours at the 2016 NCAA Division 1 Championship.

He made his professional debut at the 2016 US Open and then won on the MacKenzie Tour (Canada) later that year.

His second pro win came on the Web.com Tour a year later.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV