Matt McCarty added to his growing trophy collection on Wednesday.

McCarty, 26, won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year. McCarty was a unanimous choice, voted on by Korn Ferry Tour players.

In his third season on the power circuit, McCarty finished first on the KFT points list thanks to three wins and six other top-10 finishes. McCarty’s three victories all came within a 35-day span from July to August, and his scoring average of 68.38 broke the Korn Ferry Tour record for lowest single-season scoring average by one player with at least 60 rounds played. For winning the points title, he earned exemptions to the 2025 US Open and Players Championship.

McCarty also earned full exempt status on Tour in 2025 and became the 13th player in league history to earn a “battlefield promotion” – an immediate jump to the PGA Tour – for winning three times in a season, although he quickly surpassed those gifts. by winning the Black Desert Championship this fall. The victory granted McCarty two more years of PGA Tour status, as well as an invitation to the 2025 Masters.

Past KFT Players of the Year include Scottie Scheffler, Sungjae Im, Jimmy Walker, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink and Tom Lehman.