Bob Jones Award

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The Bob Jones Award is the United States Golf Association's (USGA) highest award . The award bears his name in honor of Bobby Jones (1902–1971). It has been awarded annually since 1955 in recognition of outstanding athleticism in golf , which corresponds to the "spirit of Bobby Jones", his personal qualities and his attitude towards the game and the players.

Award winners

year Award winners nationality
1955 Francis Ouimet United StatesUnited States United States
1956 William C. Campbell United StatesUnited States United States
1957 Babe Zaharias United StatesUnited States United States
1958 Margaret Curtis United StatesUnited States United States
1959 Findlay S. Douglas ScotlandScotland Scotland
1960 Chick Evans United StatesUnited States United States
1961 Joe Carr IrelandIreland Ireland
1962 Horton Smith United StatesUnited States United States
1963 Patty Berg United StatesUnited States United States
1964 Charles Coe United StatesUnited States United States
1965 Glenna Collett Vare United StatesUnited States United States
1966 Gary Player South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
1967 Richard Tufts United StatesUnited States United States
1968 Bob Dickson United StatesUnited States United States
1969 Gerald H. Micklem EnglandEngland England
1970 Roberto DeVicenzo ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
1971 Arnold Palmer United StatesUnited States United States
1972 Michael Bonallack EnglandEngland England
1973 Gene Littler United StatesUnited States United States
1974 Byron Nelson United StatesUnited States United States
1975 Jack Nicklaus United StatesUnited States United States
1976 Ben Hogan United StatesUnited States United States
1977 Joseph Dey United StatesUnited States United States
1978 Bing Crosby and Bob Hope United StatesUnited States United States
1979 Tom Kite United StatesUnited States United States
1980 Charles Yates United StatesUnited States United States
1981 JoAnne Carner United StatesUnited States United States
1982 Billy Joe Patton United StatesUnited States United States
1983 Maureen Ruttle Garrett
1984 Jay Sigel United StatesUnited States United States
1985 Fuzzy Zoeller United StatesUnited States United States
1986 Jess Sweetser United StatesUnited States United States
year Award winners nationality
1987 Tom Watson United StatesUnited States United States
1988 Isaac B. Grainger United StatesUnited States United States
1989 Chi Chi Rodriguez Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
1990 Peggy Kirk Bell United StatesUnited States United States
1991 Ben Crenshaw United StatesUnited States United States
1992 Gene Saracen United StatesUnited States United States
1993 PJ Boatwright, Jr. United StatesUnited States United States
1994 Lewis Oehmig
1995 Herbert Warren Wind United StatesUnited States United States
1996 Betsy Rawls United StatesUnited States United States
1997 Fred Brand, Jr.
1998 Nancy Lopez United StatesUnited States United States
1999 Edgar Updegraff United StatesUnited States United States
2000 Barbara McIntire United StatesUnited States United States
2001 Tom cousins United StatesUnited States United States
2002 Judy Rankin United StatesUnited States United States
2003 Carol Semple Thompson United StatesUnited States United States
2004 Jack Burke, Jr. United StatesUnited States United States
2005 Nick Price ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe
2006 Jay Haas United StatesUnited States United States
2007 Louise Suggs United StatesUnited States United States
2008 George HW Bush United StatesUnited States United States
2009 O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. United StatesUnited States United States
2010 Mickey Wright United StatesUnited States United States
2011 Lorena Ochoa MexicoMexico Mexico
2012 Annika Sörenstam SwedenSweden Sweden
2013 Davis Love III United StatesUnited States United States
2014 Payne Stewart United StatesUnited States United States
2015 Barbara Nicklaus United StatesUnited States United States
2016 Judy Bell United StatesUnited States United States
2017 Bob Ford United StatesUnited States United States

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USGA honors Brewer with Bob Jones Award ( Memento of October 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

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