Vardon Trophy

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The Vardon Trophy is awarded annually by the PGA of America to the PGA Tour's leader in scoring average. When the award was first given, in 1937, it was awarded on the basis of a points system. No award was given from 1942–1946 due to World War II. In 1947, the PGA began awarding it for low scoring average. In 1988, the trophy began going to the golfer with the lowest adjusted scoring average over a minimum of 60 rounds, with no mid-round withdraws. The trophy is named for golfing great Harry Vardon.

The PGA Tour presents its own Byron Nelson Award annually to the player with the lowest adjusted scoring average for the year. It has a 50-round minimum, and was instituted in 1988.^[1]

For both awards, non-medal rounds (such as in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and The International) count towards the minimum number of rounds but are not included in the calculation of the scoring average.^[2]

[edit] Winners

Year	Winner	Lowest Adjusted Scoring Average (60 round minimum)	Byron Nelson Award (50 round minimum)	Scoring Average
2006	Jim Furyk	68.86	Tiger Woods	68.11
2005	Tiger Woods	68.66	Tiger Woods	68.66
2004	Vijay Singh	68.84	Vijay Singh	68.84
2003	Tiger Woods	68.41	Tiger Woods	68.41
2002	Tiger Woods	68.56	Tiger Woods	68.56
2001	Tiger Woods	68.81	Tiger Woods	68.81
2000	Tiger Woods	67.79	Tiger Woods	67.79
1999	Tiger Woods	68.43	Tiger Woods	68.43
1998	David Duval	69.13	David Duval	69.13
1997	Nick Price	68.98	Nick Price	68.98
1996	Tom Lehman	69.32	Tom Lehman	69.32
1995	Steve Elkington	69.92	Greg Norman	69.06
1994	Greg Norman	68.81	Greg Norman	68.81
1993	Nick Price	69.11	Greg Norman	68.90
1992	Fred Couples	69.38	Fred Couples	69.38
1991	Fred Couples	69.59	Fred Couples	69.38
1990	Greg Norman	69.10	Greg Norman	69.10
1989	Greg Norman	69.49	Payne Stewart	69.485
1988	Chip Beck	69.46	Greg Norman	69.38

Year	Winner	Low Scoring Average
1987	Dan Pohl	70.25
1986	Scott Hoch	70.08
1985	Don Pooley	70.36
1984	Calvin Peete	70.56
1983	Raymond Floyd	70.61
1982	Tom Kite	70.21
1981	Tom Kite	69.80
1980	Lee Trevino	69.73
1979	Tom Watson	70.27
1978	Tom Watson	70.16
1977	Tom Watson	70.32
1976	Don January	70.56
1975	Bruce Crampton	70.57
1974	Lee Trevino	70.53
1973	Bruce Crampton	70.57
1972	Lee Trevino	70.89
1971	Lee Trevino	70.27
1970	Lee Trevino	70.64
1969	Dave Hill	70.34
1968	Billy Casper	69.82
1967	Arnold Palmer	70.18
1966	Billy Casper	70.27
1965	Billy Casper	70.85
1964	Arnold Palmer	70.01
1963	Billy Casper	70.58
1962	Arnold Palmer	70.27
1961	Arnold Palmer	69.85
1960	Billy Casper	69.95
1959	Art Wall	70.35
1958	Bob Rosburg	70.11
1957	Dow Finsterwald	70.30
1956	Cary Middlecoff	70.35
1955	Sam Snead	69.86
1954	E.J. "Dutch" Harrison	70.41
1953	Lloyd Mangrum	70.22
1952	Jack Burke, Jr.	70.54
1951	Lloyd Mangrum	70.05
1950	Sam Snead	69.23
1949	Sam Snead	69.37
1948	Ben Hogan	69.30
1947	Jimmy Demaret	69.90

Year	Winner	Points system winner
1941	Ben Hogan	494 points
1940	Ben Hogan	423 points
1939	Byron Nelson	473 points
1938	Sam Snead	520 points
1937	Harry Cooper	500 points

[edit] Multiple winners

Thirteen men have won the Vardon Trophy more than once through 2005.

• 6 wins
  • Tiger Woods: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005

• 5 wins
  • Billy Casper: 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968
  • Lee Trevino: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1980

• 4 wins
  • Arnold Palmer: 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967
  • Sam Snead: 1938, 1949, 1950, 1955

• 3 wins
  • Ben Hogan: 1940, 1941, 1948
  • Greg Norman: 1989, 1990, 1994
  • Tom Watson: 1977, 1978, 1979

• 2 wins
  • Fred Couples: 1991, 1992
  • Bruce Crampton: 1973, 1975
  • Tom Kite: 1981, 1982
  • Lloyd Mangrum: 1951, 1953
  • Nick Price: 1993, 1997

[edit] Notes and References

1. ^ Information on Byron Nelson Award
2. ^ Minimum rounds information