Category of ESPY Award | ||
Winners & Nominees Jordan Spieth, Jordan Spieth, Winner, Dustin Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Nominee, Jason Day, Jason Day, Nominee, Danny Willett, Danny Willett, Nominee, Jordan Spieth, Jordan Spieth, Winner, Rory McIlroy, Rory McIlroy, Nominee, Billy Horschel, Billy Horschel, Nominee, Bubba Watson, Bubba Watson, Winner, Henrik Stenson, Henrik Stenson, Nominee, Martin Kaymer, Martin Kaymer, Nominee, Adam Scott, Adam Scott, Nominee, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods, Winner, Rory McIlroy, Rory McIlroy, Nominee, Justin Rose, Justin Rose, Nominee, Brandt Snedeker, Brandt Snedeker, Nominee, Adam Scott, Adam Scott, Nominee, Bubba Watson, Bubba Watson, Winner, Webb Simpson, Webb Simpson, Nominee, Rory McIlroy, Rory McIlroy, Nominee, Bill Haas, Bill Haas, Nominee, Luke Donald, Luke Donald, Nominee | ||
The Best Male Golfer ESPY Award has been presented annually in two different periods to the professional male golfer adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. It was originally presented between 1993 and 2004, but was, along with the parallel Best Female Golfer ESPY Award, subsumed in 2005 by the Best Golfer ESPY Award. The Best Male and Female Golfer Awards returned to the ESPY list in 2009.
Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.
Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous. Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.