Jason Day is in line to become the maiden winner of the Greg Norman Medal after being nominated for the award on Friday.
Day is one of the eight players in the running for the inaugural medal, which will be presented to Australia's best male or female golfer, after a breakthrough year on the US PGA Tour.
The 28-year-old rocketed to the world No.1 ranking for the first time this year off the back of his maiden major victory at the PGA Championship in August, coupled with four other tournament wins.
He recently relinquished his top ranking after opting to stay home for the birth of his second child rather than playing in the HSBC Champions tournament.
Adam Scott, Matt Jones, Marc Leishman, Steven Bowditch, Karrie Webb, Minjee Lee and Rebecca Artis have also been nominated for the award.
