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.
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
Award
Year founded
Notes
Harry Vardon Trophy
1937
Awarded 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 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.
Seve Ballesteros Award
2008
Selected 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.
United States Golf Association
LPGA Tour
See: LPGA#LPGA Tour awards
Intercollegiate golf
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