ESPN and ABC have unveiled the annual ESPY award nominations for its Jul. 11 present, and 4 PGA Tour and LPGA gamers have acquired nominations.
Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda, the world’s top-ranked gamers, every acquired a pair of nominations. Meanwhile, Lilia Vu and 2024 PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele are up for one award.
The former Texas Longhorn is in competition for Best Male Athlete and Best Golfer. Korda is up for Best Female Athlete and within the Best Golfer class. Vu and Schauffele full the 4 gamers for the Best Golfer.
Last yr, Scheffler took house the Best Golfer Award, however will he retain that title? He is on fairly the run in 2024, profitable six occasions earlier than Jul. 1, an unimaginable achievement final achieved by Arnold Palmer in 1962.
The 28-year-old received 4 of eight PGA Tour Signature Events, his second Masters, and the 2024 Players Championship. He can even signify Team USA in Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games, becoming a member of Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, and Wyndham Clark.
As for Best Male Athlete, Scheffler has some staunch competitors. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Los Angeles Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani, and Edmonton Oilers middle Connor McDavid all acquired nominations for Best Male Athlete alongside Scheffler. All 4 have completed great issues for his or her groups this previous yr, however can Scheffler develop into the primary golfer since Tiger Woods to win this award?
Woods final received it in 2008, following his dramatic U.S. Open victory at Torrey Pines. He has received this award 5 occasions, probably the most of any athlete in ESPY historical past, per the PGA Tour.
With that stated, Korda can be on a historic heater. She received 5 consecutive tournaments and tied for seventh on the Cognizant Founders Cup earlier than incomes her sixth victory of the yr on the Mizuho Americas Open.
Like Scheffler, Korda will signify Team USA in Paris, becoming a member of Vu and Rose Zhang within the Women’s Golf Olympic Competition.
But Korda is up towards some heavy hitters for the Best Athlete, Women’s Sports award. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, tennis phenom Coco Gauff, and WNBA celebrity A’ja Wilson, who performs for the Las Vegas Aces, all acquired nominations alongside Korda.
The final feminine golfer to take house this title was Annika Sörenstam in 2005 and 2006.
Last yr marked the primary time Best Female and Best Male Golfer had been mixed into one class. Korda and Schauffele had been each nominated final yr however fell to Scheffler. This will probably be Vu’s first ESPY nomination.
ABC will host ESPN’s annual award present on July 11 at 8 p.m. ET. Fans can vote for his or her favorites now via July 11 at 5 p.m. ET.
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