{"id":1253,"date":"2022-09-05T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T19:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/rory-mcilroy-liv-golfs-cameron-smith-nominated-for-pga-tour-player-of-the-year-award\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T19:21:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T19:21:56","slug":"rory-mcilroy-liv-golfs-cameron-smith-nominated-for-pga-tour-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/rory-mcilroy-liv-golfs-cameron-smith-nominated-for-pga-tour-player-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy & LIV Golf’s Cameron Smith nominated for PGA Tour Player of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rory McIlroy (right) beat Scottie Scheffler (left) at the Tour Championship to win the FedEx Cup on 28 August<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rory McIlroy has been nominated for the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year award alongside recent LIV Golf recruit Cameron Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n

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World number one Scottie Scheffler, who won four tournaments in the 2021-22 season, has also been shortlisted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Northern Ireland’s McIlroy last month became the first player to <\/span>win the FedEx Cup three times.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Smith won The Players Championship and Open Championship before <\/span>defecting to the LIV series<\/span><\/a> last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Australian, who also won the PGA Tour’s Sentry Tournament of Champions in January, tied for fourth on his debut in the Saudi-backed LIV circuit in Boston on Sunday, earning $1.5m (\u00a31.3m).<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith joined LIV Golf following the culmination of the FedEx Cup, becoming the highest-ranked player to link up with the controversial tour. <\/span><\/p>\n

Players competing in the LIV series are currently barred from playing in PGA Tour events, although the DP World Tour has temporarily lifted suspensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

World number three McIlroy, who has been one of LIV’s most vocal critics, won the season-ending Tour Championship to claim his third FedEx Cup having also won the CJ Cup and Canadian Open. <\/span><\/p>\n

American Scheffler won the Phoenix Open, Arnold Palmer Invitational and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play before clinching his first major title at The Masters.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Player of the Year award will be determined by a vote of tour members who played in at least 15 FedEx Cup events during the season, with voting to close on Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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