Goren Trophy

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The Goren Trophy (formerly the Herman Trophy) is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

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History

The Herman Trophy was donated in 1951 by Sally Lipton, formerly Mrs. Lou Herman, in memory of Lou Herman (1908–1950), a Houston jeweler who was ACBL Life Master #218. Mrs. Lipton was a member of the ACBL office staff in New York and an ACBL tournament director. In 2008, the trophy was renamed the Goren Trophy to honor one of the game's greatest contributors, Charles Goren.

Herman Trophy winners

Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints.

Herman Trophy [1]
YearWinnerMasterpoints
1952 Al Roth n/a
1953 John Crawford n/a
1954 Paul Hodge n/a
1955Milton Ellenbyn/a
1956 Paul Hodge n/a
1957 Lew Mathe n/a
1958 Sylvia Stein n/a
1959Mort Rubinown/a
1960 Oswald Jacoby n/a
1961 Phil Feldesman n/a
1962 Marshall Miles n/a
1963 Eric Murray 211
1964Harold Rockaway180
1965 Mike Lawrence 211
1966 Charles Coon 144
1967 Sami Kehela 155
1968Henry Bethe144
1969 Sylvia Stein 150
1970 Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger 154
1971John Grantham150
1972 Steve Robinson 181
1973 Larry T. Cohen 207
1974 Fred Hamilton 202
1975Walt Walvick171
1976 Paul Soloway 199
1977 John Mohan 160
1978 Bob Hamman 165
1979 Bobby Levin 233
1980 Jeff Meckstroth 225
1981 Chip Martel 225
1982 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 191
1983 Marty Bergen 233
1984 Grant Baze 200
1985 Eric Rodwell 364.75
1986 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 211.55
1987 Jill Meyers 176.00
1988 Bob Hamman 269.55
1989 Mark Molson 253.71
1990 Eddie Wold 276.26
1991 David Berkowitz 356.65
1992Haig Tchamitch201.66
1993 Bob Hamman 355.13
1994 Mark Lair 365.06
1995 Jeff Meckstroth 407.77
1996 Michael Rosenberg 445.77
1997 Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard 320.31
1998 Eric Rodwell 328.59
1999 Geir Helgemo 449.37
2000 George Jacobs 365.22
2001  George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace  333.75
2002 Dan Morse 388.81
2003 Geoff Hampson 374.79
2004 Jeff Meckstroth 381.16
2005 Zia Mahmood 416.88
2006 Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian 334.13
2007 Lew Stansby 375.28

Goren Trophy winners

Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints.

Goren Trophy
YearWinnerMasterpoints
2008 Eric Rodwell [2] 623.75 *
2009 Jeff Meckstroth [3] 377.66
2010 Steve Garner [4] 326.20
2011 James Cayne, Michael Seamon [5] 378.63
2012 Zia Mahmood [6] 348.08
2013 Agustin Madala [7] 402.22
2014 Allan Graves, Richard Schwartz [8] 377.02
2015 Boguslaw Gierulski, Ron Pachtmann, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Piotr Zatorski [9] 375.94
2016 Eric Greco [10] 382.88
2017 Joe Grue [11] 266.10
2018 Joe Grue [12] 422.31
2019 Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Jacek Pszczoła [13] 400.00
2020 no winner (cancelled due to COVID-19)
2021 Geoff Hampson [14] 356.88
2022 Simon Cope, Kevin Rosenberg [15] 404.00

See also

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References

  1. List of previous Herman Trophy winners, Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81, November 26, 2008, pages 16–17.
  2. 2008 winner. ACBL official website
  3. 2009 winner. ACBL official website
  4. 2010 winners. ACBL official website
  5. 2011 winners. ACBL official website
  6. 2012 winner. ACBL official website
  7. 2013 winner. ACBL official website
  8. 2014 winners. ACBL official website
  9. 2015 winners. ACBL official website
  10. 2016 winner. ACBL official website
  11. 2017 winner. ACBL official website
  12. 2018 winner. ACBL official website
  13. 2019 winner. ACBL official website
  14. 2021 winner. ACBL official website
  15. 2022 winners. ACBL official website