PGA Tour rookie of the year? And who was the comeback player of 2023? We’ve got thoughts

Ballots for PGA Tour awards for the year won’t be mailed out to players until December, but why wait?

The PGA Tour ended its 2023 season with the RSM Classic, the last of the fall events that don’t count in the FedEx Cup race. The new season, no longer using a wraparound season, will begin in January in Hawaii, with The American Express in La Quinta as the third event of the new season and the second full-field event of the year.

Ballots for PGA Tour awards for the year won’t be mailed out to players until December, with honors like player of the year and rookie of the year to be decided. But why wait that long, when we can just conjecture who will win some of the awards based on what we already know about the 2023 season?

So here’s a guess at who will walk away with one of the awards (not to mention one that is no longer handed out):