USGA Herbert Warren Wind Award
1987 – Al Barkow, "Gettin' to the Dance Floor"
1989 – Phil Pilley, "Golfing Art"
1990 – Robert Trent Jones Sr., with Larry Dennis, "Golf's Magnificent Challenge"
1991 – Bobby Burnet, "The St. Andrews Opens"
1992 – Rhonda Glenn, "The Illustrated History of Women's Golf"
No award was given in 1988 or from 1993-96
1997 – Davis Love III, "Every Shot I Take"
1998 – Lawrence Donegan, "Maybe I Should Have Been a Three-Iron"
1999 – David Owen, "The Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament"
2000 – Stephen Lowe, "Sir Walter and Mr. Jones"
2001 – Bradley S. Klein, "Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and His Golf Courses"
2002 – Mark Frost, "The Greatest Game Ever Played"
2003 – Phil Pilley, "Heather and Heaven"
2004 – James Dodson, "Ben Hogan: An American Life"
2005 – John Strege, "When War Played Through: Golf During World War II"
2006 – James W. Finegan, "Where Golf is Great: The Finest Courses of Scotland and Ireland"
2007 – Kevin Cook, "Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son"
2008 – David Malcom and Peter E. Crabtree, "Tom Morris of St. Andrews: The Colossus of Golf 1821-1908"
2009 – John de St. Jorre, "The Story of Golf at The Country Club"
2010 – David Barrett, "Miracle at Merion: The Inspiring Story of Ben Hogan's Amazing Comeback and Victory in the 1950 U.S. Open"
2011 – Don Van Natta Jr., "Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias"
2012 – James Dodson, "American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and the Modern Age of Golf"
2013 – Jeff Silverman, "Merion: The Championship Story"
2014 – James R. Hansen, "A Difficult Par"
2015 – Roger McStravick, "St. Andrews: In the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris"
2016 – Kevin Robbins, "Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf" and Peter Lewis, "Why Are There 18 Holes?"
2017 – Dr. Lane Demas, "Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf"
2018 – Donald Steel, "Par Excellence: The Biography of Sir Michael Bonallack, OBE"
2019 – Kevin Robbins, "The Last Stand of Payne Stewart"
2020 – Roger McStravick, "St. Andrews: The Road War Papers"
2021 – Derek Markham, "A Matter of Course: The Life of William Herbert Fowler, 1856-1941, Golf Course Architect"
2022 – James Roth, "Bless•ed One"
2023 – Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson"
2024 – John Moran and Rand Jerris, "The Prairie Raynor"
