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Cantlay's one-shot victory over world number one Rahm at the
Tour Championship on Sunday gave him a season-high four wins in
24 events following triumphs at the Zozo Championship, Memorial
Tournament and BMW Championship.
World number four Cantlay, who has already secured a spot on
this year's U.S. Ryder Cup team, recorded seven top-10 finishes
and made 19 cuts during the season.
Rahm led the PGA Tour with 15 top-10 finishes and won his first
career major at the U.S. Open only 15 days after he tested
positive for COVID-19 at the Memorial and was forced to withdraw
from the event ahead of the final-round with a six-stroke lead.
DeChambeau secured victories at the 2020 U.S. Open, played last
September as part of the PGA Tour's 2020-21 season, and Arnold
Palmer Invitational during a campaign in which he had nine
top-10 finishes.
Morikawa won the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession
before collecting his second career major title at the British
Open while English won the Sentry Tournament of Champions and
Travelers Championship.
Voting for the honor, known as the Jack Nicklaus Award, will
close on Sept. 10 with the winners announced at a later date.
Will Zalatoris, whose season was highlighted by a runner-up
finish at the Masters in April, and Garrick Higgo, who won the
Palmetto Championship, were the two nominees for the PGA Tour's
Rookie of the Year, known as the Arnold Palmer Award.
Both awards are determined by a member vote, with PGA Tour
members who played in at least 15 official money events during
the 2020-21 season eligible to participate.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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