GOLF WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
The William D. Richardson Award is given to recognize an individual who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to golf. Richardson, of The New York Times, was instrumental in the founding of the GWAA.
1948 Robert A. Hudson
1949 Scotty Fessenden
1950 Bing Crosby
1951 Richard Tufts
1952 Chick Evans
1953 Bob Hope
1954 Babe Zaharias
1955 Dwight Eisenhower
1956 George S. May
1957 Francis Ouimet
1958 Bob Jones
1959 Patty Berg
1960 Fred Corcoran
1961 Joseph C. Dey Jr.
1962 Walter Hagen
1963 Joe & Herb Graffis
1964 Clifford Roberts
1965 Gene Sarazen
1966 Robert E. Harlow
1967 Max Elbin
1968 Charles Bartlett
1969 Arnold Palmer
1970 Roberto de Vicenzo
1971 Lincoln Werden
1972 Leo Fraser
1973 Ben Hogan
1974 Byron Nelson
1975 Gary Player
1976 Herbert Warren Wind
1977 Mark Cox
1978 Jack Nicklaus
1979 Jim Gaquin
1980 Jack Tuthill
1981 Robert Trent Jones
1982 Chi Chi Rodriguez
1983 William C. Campbell
1984 Sam Snead
1985 Lee Trevino
1986 Kathy Whitworth
1987 Frank Hannigan
1988 Roger Barry
1989 Ben Crenshaw
1990 P.J. Boatwright
1991 Tom Watson
1992 Deane R. Beman
1993 Harvey Penick
1994 Peggy Kirk Bell
1995 Joseph Jemsek
1996 Bob Green
1997 Peter Dobereiner
1998 Dick Taylor
1999 Judy Rankin
2000 Nancy Lopez
2001 Karsten Solheim
2002 Judy Bell
2003 Dave Anderson
2004 Mark McCormack
2005 Dan Jenkins
2006 Sandy Tatum
2007 The Harmon Family
2008 Louise Suggs
2009 Furman Bisher
2010 Pete Dye
2011 Jack Burke, Jr.
2012 Major Dan Rooney
2013 David Fay
2014 Rhonda Glenn
2015 Doc Giffin
2016 Dottie Pepper
2017 Tim Finchem
2018 Billy Payne
2019 Johnny Miller
2020 Mike Whan
2022 Bob Ford
2023 Mike Keiser