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 (by the PGA of America) to leader in adjusted scoring average with a minimum of 60 rounds played.
Byron Nelson Award	1980	Awarded (by the PGA Tour) 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.
Comeback Player of the Year	1991	Players vote for the honoree.

Champions Tour

Award	Year Founded	Notes
Jack Nicklaus Trophy	1990	Player of the Year, determined by vote of the players at season's end.
Arnold Palmer Award	1980	Given to the player with the most money earned in a season.
Charles Schwab Cup	2001	Points are earned for thousands of dollars earned in top-ten finishes at tournaments.
Rookie of the Year	1990	Players vote for the honoree.
Comeback Player of the Year	1991	Players vote for the honoree.
Byron Nelson Award	1980	Given to the golfer with the lowest scoring average of the season.

European Tour

Award	Year Founded	Notes
Harry Vardon Trophy	1937	Awarded to the golfer who has won the most money. Through the 2008 season, the money list was known as the Order of Merit; it is now called the Race to Dubai.
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	1960	Selected by a panel comprising the PGA European Tour, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St.Andrews and the Association of Golf Writers.

United States Golf Association

Bob Jones Award
Joe Dey Award
Herbert Warren Wind Book Award
Green Section Award

LPGA Tour

See: LPGA#LPGA Tour awards

Intercollegiate golf

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