Which PGA Tour award honors the lowest adjusted scoring average?

The PGA Tour award honoring the lowest adjusted scoring average is the Byron Nelson Award.

The award recognizes the season’s leading PGA Tour scorer after adjusted scoring accounts for the difficulty of the courses played. It is named for Byron Nelson, the legendary golfer whose 1945 season included 18 victories and 11 consecutive wins.

The award is often confused with the Vardon Trophy because both honor scoring excellence. The key distinction is the presenting organization: the Byron Nelson Award is given by the PGA Tour, while the Vardon Trophy was presented by the PGA of America. Their eligibility requirements have also differed, including the minimum number of qualifying rounds.

Tiger Woods has won the Byron Nelson Award several times, including after recording a 67.79 scoring average in 2000 and again in 2007. That remains one of the clearest examples of the award’s focus on sustained scoring performance rather than a single tournament result.