Rory McIlroy beat out Brooks Koepka to his third PGA Tour Player of the Year honor.

Voting for the award was open to players who competed in at least 15 official FedEx Cup events during the 2018-19 season.

While the Tour does not release vote totals and announced McIlroy the winner over Koepka, Matt Kuchar and Xander Schauffele, in alphabetical order, it was long considered a two-man race between McIlroy and Koepka. For all of his accomplishments last season, McIlroy did not claim a major title while Koepka won the PGA Championship and remains the top-ranked player in the world.

“Look, Brooks has had an incredible year, an incredible two, three years, whatever it is,” McIlroy said. “He’s the No. 1 player in the world in the world golf rankings, and I don’t know, I think this speaks volumes of what PGA Tour players feel is important, and you know, because I think that — and I’ve harped on about this a little bit over the course of the year.”

“Yeah, I’m at a loss for words,” McIlroy said. “So thinking that I’ve won my third Jack Nicklaus trophy, to be presented with the Jack Nicklaus trophy by the man himself today was very surprising.