List of golf awards

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This is a list of golf awards.

Award Yearfounded NotesPGA Player of the Year1948Selected using a points system with marks awarded for wins, money list position and scoring average. PGA Tour Player of the Year1990Selected by the tour players by ballot. Also known as the Jack Nicklaus Trophy. Rookie of the Year1990Players who are eligible are in their first season of PGA Tour membership. Vardon Trophy1937Awarded (by the PGA of America) to leader in adjusted scoring average with a minimum of 60 rounds played. Byron Nelson Award1980Awarded (by the PGA Tour) to leader in adjusted scoring average with a minimum of 50 rounds played. Arnold Palmer Award1981Given to the player with the most money earned in a season. Payne Stewart Award2000Given to the player whose "values align with the character, charity and sportsmanship that Stewart showed". Comeback Player of the Year1991Players vote for the honoree.

Award Yearfounded NotesJack Nicklaus Trophy1990Player of the Year, determined by vote of the players at season's end. Arnold Palmer Award1980Given to the player with the most money earned in a season. Charles Schwab Cup2001Points are earned for thousands of dollars earned in top ten finishes at tournaments. Rookie of the Year1990Players vote for the honoree. Comeback Player of the Year1991Players vote for the honoree. Byron Nelson Award1980Given to the golfer with the lowest scoring average of the season.

Award Yearfounded NotesHarry Vardon Trophy1937Awarded to the leader of the Race to Dubai, previously known as the Order of Merit. This has largely been based on prize money since 1980, but has previously used a points system and stroke average at different times. Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year1960Selected by a panel comprising the PGA European Tour, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, and the Association of Golf Writers. Seve Ballesteros Award2008Selected by a ballot of tour members. Founded as the European Tour's Players' Player of the Year Award, and renamed in honour of Ballesteros in 2017.