What is the Bob Jones Award?

More about the Bob Jones Award

Presented annually since 1955 the Bob Jones Award is the highest honor given by the USGA.

The Award recognizes an individual who demonstrates spirit, personal character and respect.

Bob Jones Award Winners

2022 — Juli Inkster
2021 — Robert C. Lewis Jr.
2020 — Se Ri Pak
2019 — Lee Elder
2018 — Dennis Walters
2017 — Bob Ford
2016 — Judy Bell
2015 — Barbara Nicklaus
2014 — Payne Stewart
2013 — Davis Love III
2012 — Annika Sorenstam
2011 — Lorena Ochoa
2010 — Mickey Wright
2009 — O. Gordon Brewer Jr.
2008 — George H.W. Bush
2007 — Louise Suggs
2006 — Jay Haas
2005 — Nick Price
2004 — Jackie Burke Jr.
2003 — Carol Semple Thompson
2002 — Judy Rankin
2001 — Thomas Cousins
2000 — Barbara McIntire
1999 — Edgar Updegraff
1998 — Nancy Lopez
1997 — Fred Brand Jr.
1996 — Betsy Rawls
1995 — Herbert Warren Wind
1994 — Lewis Oehmig
1993 — P.J. Boatwright Jr.
1992 — Gene Sarazen
1991 — Ben Crenshaw
1990 — Peggy Kirk Bell
1989 — Chi Chi Rodriguez
1988 — Isaac B. Grainger
1987 — Tom Watson
1986 — Jess Sweetser
1985 — Fuzzy Zoeller
1984 — R. Jay Sigel
1983 — Maureen Ruttle Garrett
1982 — William J. Patton
1981 — JoAnne Carner
1980 — Charles Yates
1979 — Tom Kite
1978 — Bing Crosby & Bob Hope
1977 — Joseph C. Dey Jr.
1976 — Ben Hogan
1975 — Jack Nicklaus
1974 — Byron Nelson
1973 — Gene Littler
1972 — Michael Bonallack
1971 — Arnold Palmer
1970 — Roberto de Vicenzo
1969 — Gerald H. Micklem
1968 — Robert B. Dickson
1967 — Richard S. Tufts
1966 — Gary Player
1965 — Glenna Collett Vare
1964 — Charles Coe
1963 — Patty Berg
1962 — Horton Smith
1961 — Joseph B. Carr
1960 — Charles Evans Jr.
1959 — Findlay S. Douglas
1958 — Margaret Curtis
1957 — Mildred D. Zaharias
1956 — William C. Campbell
1955 — Francis Ouimet