AGW Award Winners.

OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO GOLF AWARD – THE MICHAEL WILLIAMS TROPHY

1999 Sir Michael Bonallack OBE
2000 Percy Huggins DFC
2001 Joan Rothschild
2003 John Jacobs OBE
2004 Ken Schofield CBE
2005 Jack Nicklaus
2006 Dave Thomas
2007 Bob Torrance
2008 Peter Alliss
2009 Peter McEvoy OBE
2010 Severiano Ballesteros
2011 Bernhard Langer
2012 Peter Cowen
2013 Sir Nick Faldo MBE
2014 Tony Jacklin CBE
2015 Dame Laura Davies DBE
2016 George O’Grady CBE
2017 Peter Dawson OBE
2018 John Paramor
2019 Wilma Erskine
2020 No award (pandemic restrictions)
2021 No award (pandemic restrictions
2022 Billy Foster
2023 Tiger Woods
2024 Paul Lawrie
2025 Catriona Matthew

The Trophy shall be called the Association of Golf Writers Award for Outstanding Services to Golf and shall be the permanent property of the Association.

At the end of each year, the Committee shall invite members to nominate a person or persons for consideration. The Committee shall then discuss the list of nominations and shall decide whether to award the trophy.

The Trophy, which is dedicated to the memory of former Association chairman Michael Williams, shall be held by the winner for a period of one year from the date of presentation.

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ARNOLD PALMER OPEN AWARD

List of winners

2013 Padraig Harrington

2014 Ian Poulter

2015 Paul McGinley

2016 Colin Montgomerie MBE

2017 Justin Rose MBE

2018 Ernie Els

2019 Graeme McDowell MBE

2020 – no award

2021 – no award

2022 Sandy Lyle MBE

2023 Thomas Bjorn

2024 Henrik Stenson

2025 Francesco Molinari

The trophy is awarded each year to the person or person who, in the opinion of the AGW committee, have made particular efforts to assist the AGW membership in its endeavours to provide media coverage of golf.

The Committee will decide whether to award the trophy, and the Committee welcomes recommendations for trophy recipients from members of the AGW.