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 |
| Peter Kennedy Jnr | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| Jim Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| Cian Coghlan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Barry Connell | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Stephen Van Loon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| Jim McAuliffe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| John Kent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Gerald M Murphy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Paul Finlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Karl Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Paul Hackett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Conor D O’Brien | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Paul Green | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Dunne Snr | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Oisin Reilly | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Robert Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Brian O’Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| David J Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kieran Perry | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| John Chambers | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| A J Crinion | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Michael Tolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Robert Bolton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Ian McDunphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Stephen Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| David Walsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Anthony Brannock | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Evan Hollowed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Michael Gilmartin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| David Tyrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gregory Swift | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| David Errity | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Brian Finn | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Lex Flavin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Maurice A Lynch Jnr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Con Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Conor Faughnan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| James Mountaine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jonathan Mooney | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Joseph Denvir | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Patrick McCann | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Francis Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jimmy Cullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul J Errity | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Martin Croft | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Brian Raymond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Dermot Usher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Rory Campion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Philip Knowles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Jason Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dean Hollowed | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vivian Giles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gerard Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ray Colgan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Niall Kelly | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| James Blaney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Terrance McGovern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dylan Harbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Damien Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert White | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Niall Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Skelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Franey Jnr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Dunne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paddy Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fergal Scolard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |