Golfers and Rookies of The Year
The European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award is named after the English three-time Open Champion Sir Henry Cotton. The winner is now selected by a panel comprising the PGA European Tour, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St.Andrews and the Association of Golf Writers. It is usually given to the rookie who places highest on the Order of Merit, but this is not always the case. The award predates the founding of the formal tour in 1972. There have been five years when no award was made.
| Year | Golfer of the Year | Country | Rookie of the Year | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | Ricardo Santos | Portugal |
| 2011 | Luke Donald | England | Tom Lewis | England |
| 2010 | Martin Kaymer & Graeme McDowell (shared) |
Germany Northern Ireland |
Matteo Manassero | Italy |
| 2009 | Lee Westwood | England | Chris Wood | England |
| 2008 | Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | Pablo Larrazábal | Spain |
| 2007 | Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | Martin Kaymer | Germany |
| 2006 | Paul Casey | England | Marc Warren | Scotland |
| 2005 | Michael Campbell | New Zealand | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Spain |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | Fiji | Scott Drummond | Scotland |
| 2003 | Ernie Els | South Africa | Peter Lawrie | Ireland |
| 2002 | Ernie Els | South Africa | Nick Dougherty | England |
| 2001 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | Paul Casey | England |
| 2000 | Lee Westwood | England | Ian Poulter | England |
| 1999 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | Sergio García | Spain |
| 1998 | Lee Westwood | England | Olivier Edmond | France |
| 1997 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | Scott Henderson | Scotland |
| 1996 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark |
| 1995 | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | Jarmo Sandelin | Sweden |
| 1994 | Ernie Els | South Africa | Jonathan Lomas | England |
| 1993 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | Gary Orr | Scotland |
| 1992 | Nick Faldo | England | Jim Payne | England |
| 1991 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | Per-Ulrik Johansson | Sweden |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | England | Russell Claydon | England |
| 1989 | Nick Faldo | England | Paul Broadhurst | England |
| 1988 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | Colin Montgomerie | Scotland |
| 1987 | Ian Woosnam | Wales | Peter Baker | England |
| 1986 | Seve Ballesteros | Spain | José María Olazábal | Spain |
| 1985 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | Paul Thomas | Wales |
| 1984 | Philip Parkin | Wales | ||
| 1983 | Grant Turner | England | ||
| 1982 | Gordon Brand Jnr | Scotland | ||
| 1981 | Jeremy Bennett | England | ||
| 1980 | Paul Hoad | England | ||
| 1979 | Mike Miller | Scotland | ||
| 1978 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland | ||
| 1977 | Nick Faldo | England | ||
| 1976 | Mark James | England | ||
| 1975 | No award | |||
| 1974 | Carl Mason | England | ||
| 1973 | Pip Elson | England | ||
| 1972 | Sam Torrance | Scotland | ||
| 1971 | David Llewellyn | Wales | ||
| 1970 | Stuart Brown | England | ||
| 1969 | Peter Oosterhuis | England | ||
| 1968 | Bernard Gallacher | Scotland | ||
| 1967 | No award | |||
| 1966 | Robin Liddle | Scotland | ||
| 1965 | No award | |||
| 1964 | No award | |||
| 1963 | Tony Jacklin | England | ||
| 1962 | No award | |||
| 1961 | Alex Caygill | England | ||
| 1960 | Tommy Goodwin | England | ||
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