List of golf awards
This is a list of golf awards.
PGA Tour
Award | Year founded | Notes |
PGA Player of the Year | 1948 | Selected using a points system with marks awarded for wins, money list position and scoring average. |
PGA Tour Player of the Year | 1990 | Selected by the tour players by ballot. Also known as the Jack Nicklaus Trophy. |
Rookie of the Year | 1990 | Players who are eligible are in their first season of PGA Tour membership. |
Vardon Trophy | 1937 | Awarded to leader in adjusted scoring average with a minimum of 60 rounds played. |
Byron Nelson Award | 1980 | Awarded to leader in adjusted scoring average with a minimum of 50 rounds played. |
Arnold Palmer Award | 1981 | Given to the player with the most money earned in a season. |
Payne Stewart Award | 2000 | Given to the player whose "values align with the character, charity and sportsmanship that Stewart showed". |
Comeback Player of the Year | 1991 | Players vote for the honoree. |
PGA Tour Champions
European Tour
United States Golf Association
- Bob Jones Award
- Joe Dey Award
- Herbert Warren Wind Book Award
- Green Section Award
LPGA Tour
Intercollegiate golf
- Haskins Award
- Ben Hogan Award
- Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award
- Dinah Shore Trophy Award
- Jack Nicklaus Award - given to the best NCAA Division I golf player