ESPN and ABC have unveiled the annual ESPY award nominations for its Jul. 11 present, and 4 PGA Tour and LPGA gamers have obtained nominations.
Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda, the world’s top-ranked gamers, every obtained a pair of nominations. In the meantime, Lilia Vu and 2024 PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele are up for one award.
The previous Texas Longhorn is in competition for Greatest Male Athlete and Greatest Golfer. Korda is up for Greatest Feminine Athlete and within the Greatest Golfer class. Vu and Schauffele full the 4 gamers for the Greatest Golfer.
Final yr, Scheffler took dwelling the Greatest Golfer Award, however will he retain that title? He’s on fairly the run in 2024, profitable six instances 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 Occasions, his second Masters, and the 2024 Gamers Championship. He may also symbolize Crew USA in Paris for the 2024 Olympic Video games, becoming a member of Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, and Wyndham Clark.
As for Greatest Male Athlete, Scheffler has some staunch competitors. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Los Angeles Dodgers famous person Shohei Ohtani, and Edmonton Oilers heart Connor McDavid all obtained nominations for Greatest Male Athlete alongside Scheffler. All 4 have executed super issues for his or her groups this previous yr, however can Scheffler turn 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 instances, essentially 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 symbolize Crew USA in Paris, becoming a member of Vu and Rose Zhang within the Ladies’s Golf Olympic Competitors.
However Korda is up towards some heavy hitters for the Greatest Athlete, Ladies’s Sports activities award. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, tennis phenom Coco Gauff, and WNBA famous person A’ja Wilson, who performs for the Las Vegas Aces, all obtained nominations alongside Korda.
The final feminine golfer to take dwelling this title was Annika Sörenstam in 2005 and 2006.
Final yr marked the primary time Greatest Feminine and Greatest Male Golfer have been mixed into one class. Korda and Schauffele have been each nominated final yr however fell to Scheffler. This will likely be Vu’s first ESPY nomination.
ABC will host ESPN’s annual award present on July 11 at 8 p.m. ET. Followers can vote for his or her favorites now by way of July 11 at 5 p.m. ET.
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