European Tour Rookie of the Year Award Winners
This is the list of the European Tour's Rookie of the Year award recipients. The award was first given out in 1960, which predates the founding of the European Tour, but the tour does recognize those awards given out prior to 1972.
2022 — Thriston Lawrence
2021 — Matti Schmid
2020 — Sami Valimaki
2019 — Robert MacIntyre
2018 — Shubhankar Sharma
2017 — Jon Rahm
2016 — Wang Jeung-hun
2015 — Byeong Hun An
2014 — Brooks Koepka
2013 — Peter Uihlein
2012 — Ricardo Santos
2011 — Tom Lewis
2010 — Matteo Manassero
2009 — Chris Wood
2008 — Pablo Larrazabal
2007 — Martin Kaymer
2006 — Marc Warren
2005 — Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
2004 — Scott Drummond
2003 — Peter Lawrie
2002 — Nick Dougherty
2001 — Paul Casey
2000 — Ian Poulter
1999 — Sergio Garcia
1998 — Olivier Edmond
1997 — Scott Henderson
1996 — Thomas Bjorn
1995 — Jarmo Sandelin
1994 — Jonathan Lomas
1993 — Gary Orr
1992 — Jim Payne
1991 — Per-Ulrik Johansson
1990 — Russell Claydon
1989 — Paul Broadhurst
1988 — Colin Montgomerie
1987 — Peter Baker
1986 — Jose María Olazabal
1985 — Paul Thomas
1984 — Philip Parkin
1983 — Grant Turner
1982 — Gordon Brand Jr.
1981 — Jeremy Bennett
1980 — Paul Hoad
1979 — Mike Miller
1978 — Sandy Lyle
1977 — Nick Faldo
1976 — Mark James
1974 — Carl Mason
1973 — Philip Elson
1972 — Sam Torrance
1971 — David Llewellyn
1970 — Stuart Brown
1969 — Peter Oosterhuis
1968 — Bernard Gallacher
1967 — no award
1966 — Robin Liddle
1965 — no award
1964 — no award
1963 — Tony Jacklin
1962 — no award
1961 — Alex Caygill
1960 — Tommy Goodwin
The official name of the award is the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award. Henry Cotton (1907-1987) is the British golfer who won the Open Championship three times and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Yearly Rookies of the Year on the European Tour
2023 — Ryo Hisatsune2022 — Thriston Lawrence
2021 — Matti Schmid
2020 — Sami Valimaki
2019 — Robert MacIntyre
2018 — Shubhankar Sharma
2017 — Jon Rahm
2016 — Wang Jeung-hun
2015 — Byeong Hun An
2014 — Brooks Koepka
2013 — Peter Uihlein
2012 — Ricardo Santos
2011 — Tom Lewis
2010 — Matteo Manassero
2009 — Chris Wood
2008 — Pablo Larrazabal
2007 — Martin Kaymer
2006 — Marc Warren
2005 — Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
2004 — Scott Drummond
2003 — Peter Lawrie
2002 — Nick Dougherty
2001 — Paul Casey
2000 — Ian Poulter
1999 — Sergio Garcia
1998 — Olivier Edmond
1997 — Scott Henderson
1996 — Thomas Bjorn
1995 — Jarmo Sandelin
1994 — Jonathan Lomas
1993 — Gary Orr
1992 — Jim Payne
1991 — Per-Ulrik Johansson
1990 — Russell Claydon
1989 — Paul Broadhurst
1988 — Colin Montgomerie
1987 — Peter Baker
1986 — Jose María Olazabal
1985 — Paul Thomas
1984 — Philip Parkin
1983 — Grant Turner
1982 — Gordon Brand Jr.
1981 — Jeremy Bennett
1980 — Paul Hoad
1979 — Mike Miller
1978 — Sandy Lyle
1977 — Nick Faldo
1976 — Mark James
1974 — Carl Mason
1973 — Philip Elson
1972 — Sam Torrance
1971 — David Llewellyn
1970 — Stuart Brown
1969 — Peter Oosterhuis
1968 — Bernard Gallacher
1967 — no award
1966 — Robin Liddle
1965 — no award
1964 — no award
1963 — Tony Jacklin
1962 — no award
1961 — Alex Caygill
1960 — Tommy Goodwin
The European Tour Rookie of the Year award winner is determined by a panel vote that include representatives of European Tour, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, and the Association of Golf Writers. It was originally handed out by Cotton himself, which explains why this award pre-dates the establishment of the European Tour. When the tour formed in the early 1970s, it continued Cotton's award.
