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PGA TOUR: The biggest winners and losers of the 2018 season

By Cameron Salce

ST LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Brooks Koepka of the United States poses with the Wanamaker Trophy on the 18th green after winning the 2018 PGA Championship with a score of -16 at Bellerive Country Club on August 12, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
ST LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Brooks Koepka of the United States poses with the Wanamaker Trophy on the 18th green after winning the 2018 PGA Championship with a score of -16 at Bellerive Country Club on August 12, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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PGA TOUR: 2018’s major championship winners and losers (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

This year’s PGA tour season was one of the most exciting and extensively watched in recent memory. This season has already provided golf fans a ton of thrilling moments, and the buzz these tournaments have generated has the game in a great place heading into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the Ryder Cup, and the start of next season.

From Patrick Reed holding off Jordan Spieth’s astounding come back on Sunday at Augusta in the season’s first major, to Brooks Koepka and Tiger Woods battling it out at the PGA Championship in the last one, it was definitely a year for the record books on the PGA TOUR.  The ratings for the PGA Championship were the highest they have been since 2009, and it is no coincidence that was also when Tiger was in contention.

Koepka quietly had one of the best seasons the game of golf has ever seen and he has to be considered this year’s biggest winner because of it. Yet his performance was somewhat overshadowed by the resurgence of golf’s number one attraction in Woods, who came close to winning a major twice this season.

Plenty of other players on the PGA TOUR could also be considered winners besides the three guys that took home the major titles. The 2018 major season was filled with surprising performances and comebacks that have given players momentum they can take with them into next season.

There were also some major disappointments and flops in this season’s majors from some of the biggest stars in the game as well. Most of the guys that ended up on the wrong side of the list were expected to be in contention for every major but failed to bring any hardware home.

Here are the most notable “winners” and “losers” from the 2018 season:

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