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List of Vardon Trophy Winners

By Nick Heidelberger
Updated December 20, 2023
Fred Couples hitting a hybrid golf club
Jed Jacobsohn via Getty Images

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

YearWinnerAdj. Scoring Average
2023Scottie Scheffler68.63
2022Rory McIlroy68.67
2021JonRahm69.30
2020Webb Simpson68.98
2019Rory McIlroy69.06
2018Dustin Johnson68.70
2017Jordan Spieth68.85
2016Dustin Johnson69.17
2015Jordan Spieth68.91
2014Rory McIlroy68.83
2013Tiger Woods68.98
2012Rory McIlroy68.87
2011Luke Donald68.86
2010Matt Kuchar69.61
2009Tiger Woods68.05
2008Sergio García69.12
2007Tiger Woods67.79
2006Jim Furyk68.86
2005Tiger Woods68.66
2004Vijay Singh68.84
2003Tiger Woods68.41
2002Tiger Woods68.56
2001Tiger Woods68.81
2000Tiger Woods67.79
1999Tiger Woods68.43
1998David Duval69.13
1997Nick Price68.98
1996Tom Lehman69.32
1995Steve Elkington69.92
1994Greg Norman68.81
1993Nick Price69.11
1992Fred Couples69.38
1991Fred Couples69.59
1990Greg Norman69.10
1989Greg Norman69.49
1988Chip Beck69.46
1987Dan Pohl70.25
1986Scott Hoch70.08
1985Don Pooley70.36
1984Calvin Peete70.56
1983Raymond Floyd70.61
1982Tom Kite70.21
1981Tom Kite69.80
1980LeeTrevino69.73
1979Tom Watson70.27
1978Tom Watson70.16
1977Tom Watson70.32
1976Don January70.56
1975Bruce Crampton70.57
1974Lee Trevino70.53
1973Bruce Crampton70.57
1972Lee Trevino70.89
1971Lee Trevino70.27
1970Lee Trevino70.64
1969Dave Hill70.34
1968Billy Casper69.82
1967Arnold Palmer70.18
1966Billy Casper70.27
1965Billy Casper70.85
1964Arnold Palmer70.01
1963Billy Casper70.58
1962Arnold Palmer70.27
1961Arnold Palmer69.85
1960Billy Casper69.95
1959Art Wall Jr.70.35
1958Bob Rosburg70.11
1957Dow Finsterwald70.30
1956Cary Middlecoff70.35
1955Sam Snead69.86
1954Dutch Harrison70.41
1953Lloyd Mangrum70.22
1952Jack Burke Jr.70.54
1951Lloyd Mangrum70.05
1950Sam Snead69.23
1949Sam Snead69.37
1948Ben Hogan69.30
1947Jimmy Demaret69.90
1942-46No Trophy Awarded (WWII) --
YearWinnerPoints
1941Ben Hogan494
1940Ben Hogan423
1939Byron Nelson473
1938Sam Snead520
1937Harry Cooper500

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)

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)

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