The Mark H. McCormack Medal is presented annually by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews to the leading player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after the last 'elite' event of the season. The award is named after World Golf Hall of Famer Mark McCormack, who was a supporter of golf and the founder of IMG. [1]
In 2011, New Zealand's Lydia Ko was awarded the first ever women's Mark H. McCormack Medal, [2] a trophy she retained in 2012 [3] and 2013.
Beginning in 2012, the previous year's men's winner receives an invitation to both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship provided he remains an amateur. [4] [5]
The medal is awarded to the male player ranked number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking the week after the U.S. Amateur or the European Amateur whichever finishes last.
Year | Winner | Country |
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2024 | Luke Clanton [6] | United States |
2023 | Gordon Sargent [7] | United States |
2022 | Keita Nakajima [8] | Japan |
2021 | Keita Nakajima [9] | Japan |
2020 | Takumi Kanaya [10] | Japan |
2019 | Cole Hammer [11] | United States |
2018 | Braden Thornberry [12] | United States |
2017 | Joaquín Niemann [13] | Chile |
2016 | Maverick McNealy [14] | United States |
2015 | Jon Rahm [15] | Spain |
2014 | Ollie Schniederjans [16] | United States |
2013 | Matt Fitzpatrick | England |
2012 | Chris Williams | United States |
2011 | Patrick Cantlay | United States |
2010 | Peter Uihlein | United States |
2009 | Nick Taylor | Canada |
2008 | Danny Lee | New Zealand |
2007 | Colt Knost | United States |
The medal is awarded to the female player ranked number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking the week after the U.S. Women's Amateur, the last elite women's WAGR event of the season.
Year | Winner | Country |
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2024 | Lottie Woad [17] | England |
2023 | Ingrid Lindblad [18] [19] | Sweden |
2022 | Rose Zhang [20] | United States |
2021 | Rose Zhang [21] | United States |
2020 | Rose Zhang [22] | United States |
2019 | Andrea Lee [23] | United States |
2018 | Jennifer Kupcho [24] | United States |
2017 | Leona Maguire [25] | Ireland |
2016 | Leona Maguire [26] | Ireland |
2015 | Leona Maguire [27] | Ireland |
2014 | Minjee Lee [28] | Australia |
2013 | Lydia Ko | New Zealand |
2012 | Lydia Ko | New Zealand |
2011 | Lydia Ko | New Zealand |
The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by The R&A, the governing body of the sport of golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 2,600 amateur tournaments per year and is updated each Wednesday. Rankings are based on the players' average performances in counting events over a rolling period. This period was 52 weeks initially but was gradually expanded during 2016 to 104 weeks, similar to those of the Official World Golf Ranking.
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