Race for PGA Tour Player of the Year remains wide open with no front-runner emerging from star-studded pack
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Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas are probably your leaders at the moment, but plenty will change
The PGA Tour super season is 60% completed, yet no leader for Player of the Year has emerged. Thirty events -- including three major championships -- have been played, and somehow nobody has more victories than Stewart Cink (two). With just 20 tournaments -- and three majors -- remaining, the race is wide open for the taking. This is somewhat unusual in recent years, although this year is anything but normal in the way it has been structured. In 2019, the race was clearly between just Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy (who went on to win). In 2018, Koepka had it locked up by the time the fourth major was played. Same for Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and McIlroy in the years that preceded. Maybe that will also be true by the time the PGA Championship, this season's fourth major, is completed next month. But in this season with 50 tournaments and six major championships? An entire career could be made over the last five months. If you had to vote today, I suppose Bryson DeChambeau would likely be the pick. He took the U.S. Open last September and owns a dramatic victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. He has five top 10s in just 10 starts, and is second on the money list behind Justin Thomas (who has two extra starts). But it's not the most solid ground given that the Player of the Year winner almost always has at least three victories -- and more would probably be expected in this super season.More Related News