GARY PLAYER AT 90

1961
PGA Tour moneylist winner

1965
BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year

1966
​​​​​​​Received the Bob Jones Award from the United States Golf Association

1974
Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, the same year as the inaugural class

1976
​​​​​​​The world’s first golfer to be featured on any country’s postal stamp in South Africa

1994
Named Honorary Member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1994

1995
Received Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from University of St Andrews in 1995

1997
​​​​​​​Received Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

1999

Named Honorary Member of Carnoustie

Received Honorary Doctorate in Law, University of Dundee, Scotland

2000
South African Sportsman of the Century award

2003
Received the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award

Awarded the Order of Ikhamanga for excellence in golf and contribution to non-racial sport in South Africa

2006
Payne Stewart Award from the PGA Tour

2007
Inducted into the African American Sports Hall of Fame, with a Lifetime Achievement Award

2009
​​​​​​​Awarded the inaugural Breeders Cup ‘Sports and Racing Excellence Award’ at Santa Anita Park

2011
Inducted into the Asian Pacific Golf Hall of Fame with Jack Nicklaus

Gary Player Design was selected amongst the finalists to design the golf course for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio

2012
Received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award at The Players Championship – the first international to receive this accolade.

2021
Received the USA Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump