World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler won six times on the PGA Tour in 2025 and Masters champion Rory Ngcroy registered three wins.
That didn’t leave much for the rest of the touring membership to fight for and yet the under 17 winners lifted the trophy for the first time.
How are they positioned and what hope is there for any bright ones again in 2026 and beyond? Let’s take a look.
1. Tommy Fleetwood
Achievements Pre-2025: Winner of seven DP World Championships, a regular major league championship and a Ryder Cup star.
Performance in 2025: The Englishman came to Sep TOP TOP TOP on the PGA Tour until the last week in August but the Win remained good. Then he broke this year’s sister (and career) and tour champion, tied for the Ryder Cup and later won the DP World tour.
Future potential: Bursting with confidence, a big triumph is the only thing missing from a CV and you can fill it.
2. Cameron Young
Success Pre-2025: Third highest finisher on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour – But neither of them was successful.
2025 Performance: Victory at the Wyndham Championship, a good performance at the FedEx Cufp Playoff, and Rebuln Ryder Cup Debut (he was the main partner of the senior team in the USA).
Future potential: He is a TOP TOP TOP TOP 10 BOARDS honoree – expect that number to rise.
3. Ben Griffin
Success Pre-2025: winner of the third round of the Canadian Championship in 2018, he briefly offered Pro Golf before the sponsor begged him to reconsider.
Performance of 2025: Won The Zurich Classic Pairs event with Andrew Novak in April, Charles Schwab challenge is his in November and, between the big 10s venut and the Ryder Cup Debut.
Future potential: Popular, talented and now free to express himself. Expect more wins.
4. Min Woo Lee
Achievements Pre-2025: 3-time winner on the DP World Tour.
2025 performance: Aussie Blew the Halfway Head at the Players Championship and wins the Houston Open at its next tournament.
Potential future: More wins are likely, especially if he develops his career.
5. Ryan Fox
Pre-2025 Success: Four-time winner on the DP world tour including the 2023 BMW PGA Championship.
2025 performance: Won May’s Myrtle Beach Classic and June’s Canadian Open play-offs.
What’s next: Everyone in golf is hoping the beloved kiwi makes the 2026 Cup Team.
6. Thomas appears
Achievements Pre-2025: The Belgian was an eight-time runner-up on the DP World and PGA Tours.
2025 performance: Broke the Ducks in impressive fashion with a seven-game winning streak in open Phoenix.
Potential for the future: solid but unstructured after a career-high 15 wins in the majors and the Olympics in late 2023 and 2024 were impressive.
7. Sami and Valimaki
Achievements Pre-2025: Four-time winner of the DP World Tour.
2025 Performance: Finn needed a big fall and got it with a second in the WWT Championship and a win at the RSM Classic.
Future prospects: His best PGA golf has come in scoring events.
8. Aldrich Potgieter
Success Pre-2025: The 2022 British AMATEUR Champion opened 2024 with a win (again 59) on the Korn Ferry Tour.
2025 performance: Second in Mexico open and won the rocket classic in June.
Future prospects: A big hitter (he hit a home run this year) and a big prospect for South Africa, but he gets too cold when it’s not too hot when it’s not hot.
9. Michael Brennan
Success Pre-2025: A series of near misses for the third Tier Ameral Tour.
Performance 2025: The three-time winner of the American tour then threw his way to win an invitation to the announcement of the Bank of Utah Championship.
Future prospects: Another big one, many have high hopes for him.
10. Andrew Novak
Achievement Pre-2025: Before November 2024 He did not have a top three on the PGA Tour.
2025 performance: Between November 2024 and the end of April 2025 He was three times five times victorious with Ben Griffin in the old Zurich belt event.
Future prospects: A poor record last season in contention holds him back.
11. Ryan Gerard
Success Pre-2025: Winner in KFT in 2024.
2025 Performance: Second Texas Open and Barracuda championship win.
Future prospects: A 28th tee-to-green ranking suggests he may be able to kick on.
12. Brian Campbell
Success Pre-2025: five-year runner at KFT.
2025 performance: Odd victories at the Mexico Open and John Deere Classic.
Future prospects: He is a short-handed hitter who faces big courses.
13. Karl Vilips
Success Pre-2025: Won in One Pro FREAD IN KFT mid-2024.
Performance of 2025: Discovered open puerto rico in his third start of the year.
Future prospects: The Aussie’s game is great, his B game is poor.
14. Adam Schenk
Pre-2025 Success: Two-time runner-up on the PGA Tour in 2023.
2025 performance: the majority is poor and wins the Bermuda championship with one hand!
Future prospects: Those gremlins in the green nest need to be dealt with.
15. Joe Highsmith
Pre-2025 Success: Missed performance on the third Tier Canadian Tour in 2022.
2025 Performance: Great Classic winner in March but closed the year with 11 failures out of 60 failures.
Future prospects: Missing too many cuts at the PGA tour level.
16. William Mouw
Success Pre-2025: three-time runner-up on the 2024 kft.
2025 performance: The last cycle made in 61 that received the ISCO championship in July without blue.
Possible future: however to compete against Elite Company – TBD in 2026.
17. Steven Fisk
Success Pre-2025: Winner in KFT in 2024.
2025 performance: broke out in the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Future potential: Another top 30 ranked SG Tee green.
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