Here is a summary of all of the major men’s amateur golf awards: –
THE MARK H. McCORMACK MEDAL
This prize is presented annually by The R&A and USGA to the leading player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after the final ‘elite’ event of the season, normally the U.S. Amateur or the European Amateur.
The Mark H. McCormack Medal
It honours Mark McCormack, the founder of IMG and a huge supporter of golf.
The Men’s Medal was first presented in 2007, with the Women’s starting in 2011.
Since 2012 the men’s winner has been invited to play in the following year’s U.S. Open and The Open provided they remain an amateur.
The Past Men’s Winner’s are: –
2017 Joaquín Niemann (CHL)
Joaquín Niemann receives the 2017 McCormack Medal (Photo: USGA)
2016 Maverick McNealy (USA)
2015 Jon Rahm (ESP)
2014 Oliver Schniederjans (USA)
2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG)
Matt Fitzpatrick receives the 2013 McCormack Medal (Photo: USGA)
2012 Chris Williams (USA)
2011 Patrick Cantlay (USA)
2010 Peter Uihlein (USA)
2009 Nick Taylor (CAN)
2008 Danny Lee (NZ)
2007 Colt Knost (USA)
SCRATCH PLAYERS WORLD AMATEUR OF THE YEAR
2017 Doug Ghim (USA)
2016 Curtis Luck (AUS)
2015 Bryson DeChambeau (USA)
2014 Oliver Schniederjans (USA)
2013 Bobby Wyatt (USA)
2012 Hideki Matsuyama (JPN)
2011 Patrick Cantlay (USA)
2010 Peter Uihlein (USA)
2009 Rickie Fowler (USA)
2008 Danny Lee (NZ)
2007 Jamie Lovemark (USA)
ENGLAND GOLF ORDER OF MERIT
2017 Matthew Jordan
2016 Scott Gregory
2015 Ashley Chesters
2014 Ashley Chesters
2013 Max Orrin
2012 Neil Raymond
2011 Tom Lewis
GOLF UNION OF IRELAND ORDER OF MERIT – WILLIE GILL AWARD
2017 John Ross Galbraith
2016 Colm Campbell Jr
2015 Cormac Sharvin
2014 Jack Hume
2013 Reeve Whitson
2012 Alan Dunbar
2011 Paul Cutler
SCOTTISH GOLF AMATEUR GOLFER OF THE YEAR – KIRKWOOD TROPHY
2017 Connor Syme
2016 Robert MacIntyre
2015 Ewen Ferguson
2014 Bradley Neil
2013 James Ross
2012 Jack McDonald
2011 Michael Stewart
SCOTTISH GOLF ORDER OF MERIT – BONE TROPHY
2017 Calum Fyfe
2016 Euan McIntosh
2015 Kyle Godsman
2014 Bradley Neil
2013 Jack McDonald
2012 Scott Borrowman
2011 James White
WALES GOLF ORDER OF MERIT
2017 Jack Davidson
2016 Joshua Davies
2015 David Boote
2014 Evan Griffith
2013 Rhys Pugh
2012 Ben Westgate
2011 Rhys Pugh
WELSH AMATEUR GOLFER OF THE YEAR
2017 Jack Davidson
2016 David Boote
2015 Tim Harry, Tom Williams and Ben Chamberlain
2014 Evan Griffith
2013 Amy Boulden
2012 Amy Boulden and Rhys Pugh
2011 Amy Boulden and Rhys Pugh
2010 Amy Boulden
2009 Rhys Pugh
2008 Breanne Loucks
2007 Llewellyn Matthews
THE BEN HOGAN AWARD
This prize is presented annually by a Committee representing The Friends of Golf, the Golf Coaches Association of America and the Colonial Golf Club to the outstanding male amateur and U.S. collegiate golfer of the year.
Prior to 2002 academic performance was also included in the Award’s criteria.
In February each year a 25-man Watch List is announced. In April this is cut to 10 semi-finalists before a final three are invited to the award ceremony in early May.
The Award is presented at a banquet in May at the Colonial Country Club prior to the PGA Tour’s annual tournament there; in 2018 this was the FortWorth Invitational but in recent years it had been the Crowne Plaza Invitational.
Since 2005 the sponsors of the Invitational event played at Colonial have invited The Ben Hogan Award winner to compete in the following year’s championship.
The Past Winner’s are: –
2018 Doug Ghim (Texas)
Doug Ghim Receives The 2018 Ben Hogan Award (Photo: Ben Hogan Award)
2017 Maverick McNealy (Stanford)
2016 Jon Rahm (Arizona State)
2015 Jon Rahm (Arizona State)
2014 Patrick Rodgers (Stamford)
2013 Chris Williams (Washington)
2012 Patrick Cantlay (UCLA)
2011 Peter Uihlein (Oklahoma State)
2010 Nick Taylor (Washington)
2009 Kyle Stanley (Clemson)
2008 Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State)
2007 Chris Kirk (Georgia)
2006 Matt Every (Florida)
2005 Ryan Moore (UNLV)
2004 Bill Haas (Wake Forest)
2003 Ricky Barnes (Arizona) and Hunter Mahan (Oklahoma State)
2002 D.J. Trahan (Clemson)
THE FRED HASKINS AWARD
This prize has been presented since 1971 to the outstanding U.S. college golfer as voted for by college golfers and coaches.
This award is named in honour of Liverpool-born Fred Haskins, who served as pro at the Country Club of Columbus for 34 years.
It is now awarded in early June with the presentation televised live in the U.S. on the Golf Channel.
Recent past winners: –
2018 Norman Xiong (Oregon)
Norman Xiong With The Fred Haskins Award (Photo: Norman Xiong)
2017 Braden Thornberry (Ole Miss)
2016 Beau Hossler (Texas)
2015 Maverick McNealy (Stanford)
2014 Patrick Rodgers (Stanford)
2013 Michael Kim (California)
2012 Justin Thomas (Alabama)
2011 Patrick Cantlay (UCLA)
2010 Russell Henley (Georgia)
2009 Matt Hill (North Carolina State)
2008 Kevin Chappell (UCLA)
2007 Jamie Lovemark (USC)
2006 Pablo Martin (Oklahoma State)
2005 Ryan Moore (UNLV)
2004 Bill Haas (Wake Forest)
2003 Hunter Mahon (Oklahoma State)
2002 Graeme McDowell (UAB)
2001 Bryce Molder (Georgia Tech)
2000 Charles Howell III (Oklahoma State)
1999 Luke Donald (Northwestern)
1998 Matt Kutcher (Georgia Tech)
1997 Bred Elder (Texas)
1996 Tiger Woods (Stanford)
1995 Stewart Cink (Georgia Tech)
1994 Justin Leonard (Texas)
1993 David Duval (Georgia Tech)
1992 Phil Mickelson (Arizona State)
1991 Phil Mickelson (Arizona State)
1990 Phil Mickelson (Arizona State)
1989 Robert Games (Arizona)
1988 Bob Estes (Texas)
1987 Billy Mayfair (Arizona State)
1986 Scott Verplank (Oklahoma State)
1985 Sam Randolph (Southern California)
1984 John Inman (North Carolina)
1983 Brad Faxon (Furman)
1982 Willie Wood (Oklahoma State)
1981 Bob Tway (Oklahoma State)
1980 Bobby Clampett (Brigham Young)
1979 Bobby Clampett (Brigham Young)
1978 Lindy Miller (Oklahoma State)
1977 Scott Simpson (Southern California)
1976 Phil Hancock (Florida)
1975 Jay Haas (Wake Forest)
1974 Curtis Strange (Wake Forest)
1973 Ben Crenshaw (Texas)
1972 Ben Crenshaw (Texas)
1971 Ben Crenshaw (Texas)
SGA Amateur of the Month
Since 2003 the Southern Golf Association (SGA) have awarded and Amateur of the Month prize to the leading amateur player, male or female, in each month of the golf season (March to October).
The Award is determined by a panel of experts, comprising college coaches, golf writers and golf administrators. Nominations are put forward by the panel who then select the recipient from the names suggested. It started off as a National award but quickly became International in it’s outlook.
Previous GB&I winners include: –
Richie Ramsay (SCO) – August 2006
Rhys Davies (WAL) – date not known
Matthew Fitzpatrick (ENG) – August 2013
Alice Hewson (ENG) – jointly with Dave Houghton in September 2015
Josh Hilleard (ENG) – April 2016
Josh Hilleard receives his Award from Nigel Edwards (Photo: Golf Bible)
All male recipients of the Award are exempted into the Southern Amateur Championship which is staged annually in July.
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