The 2025 PGA Tour season is almost here, but before the fun begins, you know we can’t resist serving up some hot takes for the year ahead. Let’s take a look at our four boldest predictions for the 2025 season.
Scottie Scheffler will have a better year than he did in 2024
Scheffler’s 2024 season is one of the best we’ve ever seen in professional golf. The undisputed No. 1 player in the world won seven times and finished worse than 10th only twice in 19 starts. It seems impossible to replicate that dominance, but Scheffler hasn’t even hit his peak yet.
The putter has held Scheffler back for most of his career, but he recently switched to a claw grip and promptly won the Hero World Challenge by six shots. If this new grip cooperates all year and Scheffler continues to lap the field with his ball-striking, there’s no reason he can’t win eight times with multiple majors.
Tommy Fleetwood will win his first major championship
Fleetwood has been knocking at the door of his first major for quite some time now, but 2025 will be the year he finally kicks it down.
This year’s major rota couldn’t be better suited for Fleetwood’s game. The Englishman finished T3 at The Masters last season, has three straight top-14 finishes at Quail Hollow Club, finished runner-up the last time The Open was held at Royal Portrush and is a great fit for Oakmont Country Club. It’s time, Tommy!
Rickie Fowler will lose his PGA Tour card
Fowler has been a bit lucky to stick around on the PGA Tour the last few years. The American grabbed the 125th and final spot in the 2022 FedEx Cup standings to narrowly keep his card, and a win in 2023 kept him alive for two more seasons.
Fowler’s full-time status runs out after this season, which is bad timing considering full-time PGA Tour cards will drop from 125 to 100 next year. Fowler will need to finish inside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup standings to keep his card for another year, something he’s failed to accomplish in three of his past four seasons.
Will Zalatoris will finish the year as a top-10 player in the OWGR
Zalatoris didn’t play well in 2024, but let’s not forget he was coming off a microdiscectomy on two herniated discs in his back. The 28-year-old is coming off a full, strong offseason in which he added 15 pounds of muscle and more speed off the tee. This is a great opportunity for Zalatoris to return to the impressive form we saw from him a few years ago.
Remember, this is the same player who finished T8 or better in six of his first eight major championship starts. Zalatoris plays his best golf on difficult courses, and he’s not afraid of the spotlight. Now that he’s finally healthy again, Zalatoris has the talent to knock off a few wins and return to a top-10 world ranking.
