Old Tom Morris Award
The Old Tom Morris Award is the highest honor awarded by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). It has been awarded every year since 1983 to a person who, through their continued commitment , has contributed to the good of golf in a similar way to Old Tom Morris .
Morris (1821-1908) was initially a greenkeeper in Prestwick , ran a golf club workshop in St Andrews , won the British Open four times as a golf professional (1861, 1862, 1864 and 1867) and made a name for himself from 1875 as a golf architect .
The award winner is nominated by the board of the GCSAA. The award is presented annually during the GCSAA training conference, which takes place in conjunction with a golf industry exhibition.
Award winners
| year | Award winners | nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Arnold Palmer |
 United States
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| 1984 | Bob Hope |
United States
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| 1985 | Gerald Ford |
United States
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| 1986 | Patty Berg |
United States
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| 1987 | Robert Trent Jones, Sr. |
 England
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| 1988 | Gene Saracen |
United States
|
| 1989 | Juan Chi-Chi Rodríguez |
 Puerto Rico
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| 1990 | Sherwood A. Moore | |
| 1991 | William C. Campbell |
United States
|
| 1992 | Tom Watson |
United States
|
| 1993 | Dinah Shore |
United States
|
| 1994 | Byron Nelson |
United States
|
| 1995 | James R. Watson | |
| 1996 | Tom Fazio |
United States
|
| year | Award winners | nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Ben Crenshaw |
United States
|
| 1998 | Ken Venturi |
United States
|
| 1999 | Jaime Ortiz-Patiño |
 Spain
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| 2000 | Nancy Lopez |
United States
|
| 2001 | Tim Finchem |
United States
|
| 2002 | Walter Woods, Esq. | |
| 2003 | Pete Dye |
United States
|
| 2004 | Rees Jones |
United States
|
| 2005 | Jack Nicklaus |
United States
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| 2006 | Joseph M. Duich | |
| 2007 | Charlie Sifford |
United States
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| 2008 | Greg Norman |
 Australia
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| 2009 | Col. John Morley |
England
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| 2010 | Judy Rankin |
United States
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| 2011 | Nick Price |
 Zimbabwe
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| 2012 | Peter Jacobsen |
United States
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| 2013 | Mike Hurdzan |
United States
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| 2014 | Annika Sörenstam |
 Sweden
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| 2015 | Dan Jenkins |
United States
|
Footnotes
- ↑ James R. Watson, ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Agronomist, not: James D. Watson , biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
- ↑ WorldGolf.com: Colonel John Morley selected to receive Old Tom Morris Award
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- Old Tom Morris
- GCSAA: Old Tom Morris Award (English)