The Vardon Trophy Award
Here is the complete list of Vardon Trophy Winners. The Vardon Trophy is awarded annually to the player on the PGA Tour with the lowest scoring average for the year.
The player must play a minimum of 60 rounds in official tournament play. The Trophy is presented by the PGA of America and was first given in 1937 to Harry Cooper.
Who has won the most Vardon Trophies?
Originally, the Vardon Trophy was awarded on the basis of a points system until it was changed to the lowest average score in 1947. There obviously was some sort of debacle over the award at some point during the transition to lowest adjusted scoring average seeing as there is no winner from 1942 to 1947.
If you don’t feel like looking through the list to find out who has won it the most times we got you covered. Tiger Woods has won the Vardon Trophy a record 9 times (as of 2019). At the peak of his prime, from 1999-2003, Tiger won the award 5 consecutive times.
Not to mention, Tiger has the top 7 scoring averages as the winner of the award. Not very surprising, but still flat-out impressive how dominant he was.
Notably, Lee Trevino and Billy Casper won it 5 times a piece, while Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead each won it 4 times.
Vardon Trophy Winners
| Year | Winner | Adjusted Scoring Average | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dustin Johnson | 68.70 | U.S.A |
| 2017 | Jordan Spieth | 68.85 | U.S.A |
| 2016 | Dustin Johnson | 69.17 | U.S.A |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | 68.91 | U.S.A |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy | 68.83 | Northern Ireland |
| 2013 | Tiger Woods | 68.98 | U.S.A |
| 2012 | Rory McIlroy | 68.87 | Northern Ireland |
| 2011 | Luke Donald | 68.86 | England |
| 2010 | Matt Kuchar | 69.61 | U.S.A |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | 68.05 | U.S.A |
| 2008 | Sergio Garcia | 69.12 | Spain |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | 67.79 | U.S.A |
| 2006 | Jim Furyk | 68.86 | U.S.A |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | 68.66 | U.S.A |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | 68.84 | Fiji |
| 2003 | Tiger Woods | 68.41 | U.S.A |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | 68.56 | U.S.A |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | 68.81 | U.S.A |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | 67.79 | U.S.A |
| 1999 | Tiger Woods | 68.43 | U.S.A |
| 1998 | David Duval | 69.13 | U.S.A |
| 1997 | Nick Price | 68.98 | Zimbabwe |
| 1996 | Tom Lehman | 69.32 | U.S.A |
| 1995 | Steve Elkington | 69.92 | Australia |
| 1994 | Greg Norman | 68.81 | Australia |
| 1993 | Nick Price | 69.11 | Zimbabwe |
| 1992 | Fred Couples | 69.38 | U.S.A |
| 1991 | Fred Couples | 69.59 | U.S.A |
| 1990 | Greg Norman | 69.1 | Australia |
| 1989 | Greg Norman | 69.49 | Australia |
| 1988 | Chip Beck | 69.49 | U.S.A |
| 1987 | Dan Pohl | 70.25 | U.S.A |
| 1986 | Scott Hoch | 70.08 | U.S.A |
| 1985 | Don Pooley | 70.36 | U.S.A |
| 1984 | Calvin Peete | 70.56 | U.S.A |
| 1983 | Raymond Floyd | 70.61 | U.S.A |
| 1982 | Tom Kite | 70.21 | U.S.A |
| 1981 | Tom Kite | 69.8 | U.S.A |
| 1980 | Lee Trevino | 69.73 | U.S.A |
| 1979 | Tom Watson | 70.27 | U.S.A |
| 1978 | Tom Watson | 70.16 | U.S.A |
| 1977 | Tom Watson | 70.32 | U.S.A |
| 1976 | Don January | 70.56 | U.S.A |
| 1975 | Bruce Crampton | 70.51 | Australia |
| 1974 | Lee Trevino | 70.53 | U.S.A |
| 1973 | Bruce Crampton | 70.57 | Australia |
| 1972 | Lee Trevino | 70.89 | U.S.A |
| 1971 | Lee Trevino | 70.27 | U.S.A |
| 1970 | Lee Trevino | 70.64 | U.S.A |
| 1969 | Dave Hill | 70.34 | U.S.A |
| 1968 | Billy Casper | 69.82 | U.S.A |
| 1967 | Arnold Palmer | 70.18 | U.S.A |
| 1966 | Billy Casper | 70.27 | U.S.A |
| 1965 | Billy Casper | 70.85 | U.S.A |
| 1964 | Arnold Palmer | 70.01 | U.S.A |
| 1963 | Billy Casper | 70.58 | U.S.A |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | 70.27 | U.S.A |
| 1961 | Arnold Palmer | 69.85 | U.S.A |
| 1960 | Billy Casper | 69.95 | U.S.A |
| 1959 | Art Wall | 70.35 | U.S.A |
| 1958 | Bob Rosburg | 70.11 | U.S.A |
| 1957 | Dow Finsterwald | 70.3 | U.S.A |
| 1956 | Cary Middlecoff | 70.35 | U.S.A |
| 1955 | Sam Snead | 69.86 | U.S.A |
| 1954 | E.J. "Dutch" Harrison | 70.41 | U.S.A |
| 1953 | Lloyd Mangrum | 70.22 | U.S.A |
| 1952 | Jack Burke | 70.54 | U.S.A |
| 1951 | Lloyd Mangrum | 70.05 | U.S.A |
| 1950 | Sam Snead | 69.23 | U.S.A |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | 69.37 | U.S.A |
| 1948 | Ben Hogan | 69.3 | U.S.A |
| 1947 | Jimmy Demaret | 69.9 | U.S.A |
| 1941 | Ben Hogan | 494 points | U.S.A |
| 1940 | Ben Hogan | 423 points | U.S.A |
| 1939 | Byron Nelson | 473 points | U.S.A |
| 1938 | Sam Snead | 520 points | U.S.A |
| 1937 | Harry Cooper | 500 points | U.S.A |
