Male Player of the Year

GOLF WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

1975 Jack Nicklaus
1976 Jack Nicklaus and Jerry Pate (tie)
1977 Tom Watson
1978 Tom Watson
1979 Tom Watson
1980 Tom Watson
1981 Tom Kite
1982 Tom Watson
1983 Hal Sutton
1984 Tom Watson
1985 Curtis Strange
1986 Greg Norman
1987 Curtis Strange
1988 Curtis Strange
1989 Tom Kite
1990 Nick Faldo
1991 Fred Couples
1992 Fred Couples
1993 Nick Price
1994 Nick Price
1995 Greg Norman
1996 Tom Lehman
1997 Tiger Woods
1998 Mark O’Meara
1999 Tiger Woods
2000 Tiger Woods
2001 Tiger Woods
2002 Tiger Woods
2003 Tiger Woods
2004 Vijay Singh
2005 Tiger Woods
2006 Tiger Woods
2007 Tiger Woods
2008 Padraig Harrington
2009 Tiger Woods
2010 Graeme McDowell
2011 Luke Donald
2012 Rory McIlroy
2013 Adam Scott
2014 Rory McIlroy
2015 Jordan Spieth
2016 Dustin Johnson
2017 Justin Thomas
2018 Brooks Koepka
2019 Brooks Koepka
2020 Dustin Johnson
2021 Collin Morikawa
2022 Scottie Scheffler
2023 Jon Rahm