The Golfer of the Year is competed for annually over eight of the scheduled competitions. The included competitions are identified by the letters GOY in brackets after the competition title. In 2017 the included competitions are the 3 T’s, the Lombard Trophy, the Dr Butler Cup, the Professionals Prize, the PGA Tankard, Trophies Day and the Presidents Prize. The top 10 players are awarded points- 10, 9, 8 etc – based on their finishing position. It is a league format throughout.
| Name | The 3 Ts | Lombard Trophy | Dr Butler | Pros Prize | Vice Captains | PGA Tankard | Trophies Day | Presidents Prize | Total Points |
| Mark O’Neill | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| Michael Cooke | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Lex Flavin | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michael O’Toole | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Conor McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| Mark R Doyle | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Dominic Burrowes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Noel Hickey | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Paul Flynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Eddie Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jim Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Kieran Durkan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| James O’Driscoll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Peter Myles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Ian Harbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| Jake Whelan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Cornelius O’Brien | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Mark McGarry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Desmond McDermott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| George Frisby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Paul J Errity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Shay Brennan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Camillus Mountaine | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Stephen Van Loon | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Brian Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Henry Costello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Thomas S O’Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Robert Byrne | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Alan W Kelly | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cian Coghlan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Des Hickey | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Gary Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| James Franey Jnr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Peter Nalty | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Philip O’Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brian Hickey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Philip Knowles | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Aidan Keogh | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| John A Nolan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Alex Halpin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| David J Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Michael Tolan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ken Le Gros | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Conor D O’Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Donal Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Martin Cooley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Denis F O’Brien | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brian Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| David Cripps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| David Dempsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ciaran Murphy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brendan O’Sillivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerard O’Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Holden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Barney Champion | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alec Myles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Geoff Bryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maurice Lynch Jnr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Sherlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |