PGA Tour rewind: 1 emoji to describe 2018-19 for golf's biggest names

Now that the PGA Tour season has come to a close, it's time to look back on the entertaining year that was, both on and off the course.

And what better way to do that than using emojis? 😆

Here is one emoji to describe the 2018-19 campaign for golf's best players and biggest newsmakers:

Brooks Koepka: 💪

Koepka flexed on his competition in 2018-19, especially in major championships. After finishing runner-up at the Masters, he defended his PGA Championship crown. Koepka then came up just short in his attempt to win three straight U.S. Opens and placed T-4 at the Open Championship. By finishing behind a total of five golfers in four majors, the 29-year-old put together a major season matched by only Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Jordan Spieth.

Rory McIlroy: 💰

McIlroy recommitted to the PGA Tour this season, playing more events in 2018-19 than ever before, and it paid off in a big way. He won the Players Championship, Canadian Open, and Tour Championship, cumulating in a second career FedEx Cup title and a whopping $24.3 million in earnings - a new Tour record.

Tiger Woods: 🐐

With his victory at the Masters, Tiger returned to the top of the sport he once dominated for years. Earning his fifth green jacket took a toll on the 43-year-old and ultimately put an end to his season before the calendar flipped to May. Though he didn't finish the year strong or healthy, Woods displayed tremendous perseverance for major No. 15, provided an iconic sports moment, and proved exactly why he's the GOAT.

Jordan Spieth: 💩

Is there any other way to describe Spieth's season? He failed to make the Tour Championship for the second straight year by only recording four top-10s in 21 events. The ball-striking that once made Spieth elite has disappeared and torpedoed him to No. 33 in the world rankings. It's unlikely Spieth will be selected to play for the United States at the upcoming Presidents Cup - a far fall from grace for the three-time major winner.

Dustin Johnson: 🤔

Johnson's campaign ended in confusing fashion, as he failed to finish inside the top 20 in any of his final eight events. His driver left him, and it appeared as though he forgot how to putt as the year went along. During the Tour Championship - where he finished last - he admitted he was "worn out" and appears to need the offseason more than anyone on Tour.

Justin Thomas: 🚑

Thomas was on track for a monster season until a wrist injury derailed his momentum. He started the year with four top-10s in five starts but hit a tree with his follow-through at the Honda Classic and suffered an injury that lingered for weeks, forcing him to miss the PGA Championship and spend months regaining his form. While he did win the BMW Championship in the playoffs, 2018-19 will be looked back at as a missed opportunity for the 26-year-old.

Bryson DeChambeau: 🐢

DeChambeau and his turtle-like pace became the face of the slow-play crisis on the PGA Tour in 2018-19. A recent video of him taking over two minutes to hit an 8-foot putt was the catalyst for change on the European Tour and potential revisions to the PGA Tour's pace-of-play policy, and his antics ignited controversy in January.

Phil Mickelson: 🤹

Mickelson won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February and has been a sideshow on the PGA Tour since, courtesy of his outrageous social media videos. It started as he drove down Magnolia Lane at Augusta National for Round 3, when he proclaimed he was going to "hit bombs" all day long. He then introduced calf-exercise videos and "Phireside with Phil" chats that have fans yearning for more Mickelson content.

Matt Kuchar: 🇲🇽

Kuchar's stinginess in Mexico will forever be remembered as the biggest off-course story of the 2018-19 season. Kuchar's nice-guy image took a beating after it was revealed he tipped a local Mexican caddie $5,000 after winning the Mayakoba Classic, where he earned nearly $1.3 million for his efforts. Since then, the 41-year-old has been unable to escape cheap shots from fellow players, with McIlroy the latest to take a jab prior to The Northern Trust.

Sergio Garcia: 😤

Starting with his bunker tantrum and green-damaging rampage that got him disqualified from the European Tour's Saudi Arabian event, it was a year for on-course outbursts from the 39-year-old Garcia. He had a run-in with Kuchar during the WGC-Match Play after missing a tap-in putt, he threw his club at his unsuspecting caddie at The Open, and he recently smashed his driver into the tee deck at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Perhaps some anger management sessions could do the Spaniard some good this offseason.

Rickie Fowler: 🤝

It was another year of shaking hands with major winners for Fowler, who’s built a reputation of being among the first players to congratulate the champions instead of becoming one himself. The 30-year-old did manage to take down the Waste Management Open for his first title since 2017, but until he wins an elusive major, every year will feel like a disappointment.

Jon Rahm: 📈

Many pegged Rahm as a candidate to contend at all four majors and perhaps claim his first during the 2018-19 season. Even though the 24-year-old failed to collect an official PGA Tour title as an individual (he and Ryan Palmer won the Zurich Classic team event), his stock is rising due to his drastic change in on-course attitude. After blowing the lead with an ill-advised shot on Sunday at The Players, Rahm contended at Augusta and Pebble Beach and displayed a newfound calmness that will help him next year.

Justin Rose: 😴

Even a new lineup of eccentric golf shirts couldn't turn around an otherwise boring season from Rose. The world No. 4 won the Farmers Insurance Open early in the year at Torrey Pines, but aside from that, coasted through the calendar. The Englishman didn't come close to replicating his 2018 FedEx Cup-winning form, and at 39 years old, perhaps he never will.

Patrick Cantlay: 🤫

Cantlay quietly went about his business and turned in a phenomenal season without anyone seeming to notice. He beat a loaded field to claim the Memorial Tournament, held a late lead at the Masters, climbed into the top 10 in the world rankings, and finished second in strokes gained: total to McIlroy. Talk about flying under the radar.