Player and Rookie of The Year Awards
PGA Tour players compete for two player of the year awards. The PGA Player of the Year award dates back to 1948 and is awarded by the PGA of America. Since 1982 the winner has been selected using a points system with points awarded for wins, money list position and scoring average. The PGA Tour Player of the Year award, also known as the Jack Nicklaus Trophy, is administered by the PGA Tour and was introduced in 1990; the recipient is selected by the tour players by ballot, although the results are not released other than to say who has won. More often than not the same player wins both awards; in fact, as seen in the table below, the PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year have been the same every year from 1992 through 2011. The Rookie of the Year award was also introduced in 1990. Players are eligible in their first season of PGA Tour membership; several of the winners had a good deal of international success before their PGA Tour rookie season, and some have been in their thirties when they won the award.
| Year | PGA Player of the Year | PGA Tour Player of the Year | PGA Tour Rookie of the Year | Comeback Player of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rory McIlroy | None | ||
| 2011 | Luke Donald | Luke Donald | Keegan Bradley | None |
| 2010 | Jim Furyk | Jim Furyk | Rickie Fowler | Stuart Appleby |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Marc Leishman | None |
| 2008 | Pádraig Harrington | Pádraig Harrington | Andrés Romero | Dudley Hart |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Brandt Snedeker | Steve Stricker |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Trevor Immelman | Steve Stricker |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Sean O'Hair | Jay Haas |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | Vijay Singh | Todd Hamilton | John Daly |
| 2003 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Ben Curtis | Peter Jacobsen |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Jonathan Byrd | Gene Sauers |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Charles Howell III | Joe Durant |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Michael Clark II | Paul Azinger |
| 1999 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Carlos Franco | Steve Pate |
| 1998 | Mark O'Meara | Mark O'Meara | Steve Flesch | Scott Verplank |
| 1997 | Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Stewart Cink | Bill Glasson |
| 1996 | Tom Lehman | Tom Lehman | Tiger Woods | Steve Jones |
| 1995 | Greg Norman | Greg Norman | Woody Austin | Bob Tway |
| 1994 | Nick Price | Nick Price | Ernie Els | Hal Sutton |
| 1993 | Nick Price | Nick Price | Vijay Singh | Howard Twitty |
| 1992 | Fred Couples | Fred Couples | Mark Carnevale | John Cook |
| 1991 | Corey Pavin | Fred Couples | John Daly | Bruce Fleisher, D. A. Weibring |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | Wayne Levi | Robert Gamez | - |
| Year | PGA Player of the Year |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Tom Kite |
| 1988 | Curtis Strange |
| 1987 | Paul Azinger |
| 1986 | Bob Tway |
| 1985 | Lanny Wadkins |
| 1984 | Tom Watson |
| 1983 | Hal Sutton |
| 1982 | Tom Watson |
| 1981 | Bill Rogers |
| 1980 | Tom Watson |
| 1979 | Tom Watson |
| 1978 | Tom Watson |
| 1977 | Tom Watson |
| 1976 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1974 | Johnny Miller |
| 1973 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1972 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1971 | Lee Trevino |
| 1970 | Billy Casper |
| 1969 | Orville Moody |
| 1968 | No award |
| 1967 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1966 | Billy Casper |
| 1965 | Dave Marr |
| 1964 | Ken Venturi |
| 1963 | Julius Boros |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer |
| 1961 | Jerry Barber |
| 1960 | Arnold Palmer |
| 1959 | Art Wall, Jr. |
| 1958 | Dow Finsterwald |
| 1957 | Dick Mayer |
| 1956 | Jack Burke, Jr. |
| 1955 | Doug Ford |
| 1954 | Ed Furgol |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan |
| 1952 | Julius Boros |
| 1951 | Ben Hogan |
| 1950 | Ben Hogan |
| 1949 | Sam Snead |
| 1948 | Ben Hogan |
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