List of Vardon Trophy Winners

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Updated December 20, 2023
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While winning one of golf's four major championship ranks highest on any professional golfers list of priorities, there are a number of other highly sought after awards. While championship wins celebrate an achievement over four rounds of golf, The Vardon Trophy celebrates consistent excellence throughout the entire PGA Tour.

The Vardon Trophy is awarded by the PGA of America (not the PGA Tour) to the golfer with the lowest scoring average who has played 60 or more rounds during the season. Named for the great British golfer Harry Vardon, a golfer who won the British Open an unmatched six times, it was first awarded in 1937.

Throughout its history, the PGA of America has adjusted the minimums required for players to be eligible for the Vardon Trophy. The current 60-round minimum has been in place since 1988. From 1980-1987 there was an 80-round minimum. 

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List of All-Time Harry Vardon Trophy Winners

Year Winner Adj. Scoring Average
2023 Scottie Scheffler 68.63
2022 Rory McIlroy 68.67
2021 JonRahm 69.30
2020 Webb Simpson 68.98
2019 Rory McIlroy 69.06
2018 Dustin Johnson 68.70
2017 Jordan Spieth 68.85
2016 Dustin Johnson 69.17
2015 Jordan Spieth 68.91
2014 Rory McIlroy 68.83
2013 Tiger Woods 68.98
2012 Rory McIlroy 68.87
2011 Luke Donald 68.86
2010 Matt Kuchar 69.61
2009 Tiger Woods 68.05
2008 Sergio García 69.12
2007 Tiger Woods 67.79
2006 Jim Furyk 68.86
2005 Tiger Woods 68.66
2004 Vijay Singh 68.84
2003 Tiger Woods 68.41
2002 Tiger Woods 68.56
2001 Tiger Woods 68.81
2000 Tiger Woods 67.79
1999 Tiger Woods 68.43
1998 David Duval 69.13
1997 Nick Price 68.98
1996 Tom Lehman 69.32
1995 Steve Elkington 69.92
1994 Greg Norman 68.81
1993 Nick Price 69.11
1992 Fred Couples 69.38
1991 Fred Couples 69.59
1990 Greg Norman 69.10
1989 Greg Norman 69.49
1988 Chip Beck 69.46
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 LeeTrevino 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 Jr. 70.35
1958 Bob Rosburg 70.11
1957 Dow Finsterwald 70.30
1956 Cary Middlecoff 70.35
1955 Sam Snead 69.86
1954 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
1942-46 No Trophy Awarded (WWII)  --
Year Winner Points
1941 Ben Hogan 494
1940 Ben Hogan 423
1939 Byron Nelson 473
1938 Sam Snead 520
1937 Harry Cooper 500
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Golfers With the Most Vardon Trophies

It is incredibly difficult to earn one Vardon Trophy, but remarkably 16 gofers have managed to win multiple times. The golfer with the most Vardon Trophies is living legend Tiger Woods with an unrivaled nine Vardon Trophy wins.

Tiger Woods: 9 Vardon Trophy Wins

Tiger Woods (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013)

Casper & Trevino: 5 Vardon Trophies

Billy Casper (1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968)
Lee Trevino (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1980)

Palmer, Snead & McIlroy: 4 Vardon Trophies

Arnold Palmer (1961, 1962, 1964, 1967)
Sam Snead (1938, 1949, 1950, 1955)
Rory McIlroy (Rory McIlroy (2012, 2014, 2015, 2022)

Hogan, Norman & Watson: 3 Vardon Trophies

Ben Hogan (1940, 1941, 1948)
Greg Norman (1989, 1990, 1994)
Tom Watson (1977, 1978, 1979)

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7 Players With 2 Vardon Trophies

Fred Couples (1991, 1992)
Bruce Crampton (1973, 1975)
Tom Kite (1981, 1982)
Lloyd Mangrum (1951, 1953)
Nick Price (1993, 1997)
Jordan Spieth (2015, 2017)
Dustin Johnson (2016, 2018)