Ang award ng European Tour para sa nangungunang rookie ay pinangalanan ang Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. Si Henry Cotton ay isang manlalaro ng Ingles, isang 3-time British Open winner.
Sinimulang ibigay ni Cotton ang kanyang Rookie of the Year award bago pa itinatag ang European Tour, at ipinagpatuloy ang paglilibot ng award matapos na mabuo. Ginagawa nito ang Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award na isa sa mga pinakalumang parangal sa European golf. Ngayon, ang nagwagi ng award ay pinili nang magkasama ng European Tour, ang Association of Golf Writers at Royal & Ancient Golf Club ni St. Andrews.
European Tour Rookies ng Taon
2018 - Shubhankar Sharma
2017 - Jon Rahm
2016 - Wang Sa-hun
2015 - Byeong Hun An
2014 - Brooks Koepka
2013 - Peter Uihlein
2012 - Ricardo Santos
2011 - Tom Lewis
2010 - Matteo Manassero
2009 - Chris Wood
2008 - Pablo Larrazabal
2007 - Martin Kaymer
2006 - Marc Warren
2005 - Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
2004 - Scott Drummond
2003 - Peter Lawrie
2002 - Nick Dougherty
2001 - Paul Casey
2000 - Ian Poulter
1999 - Sergio Garcia
1998 - Olivier Edmond
1997 - Scott Henderson
1996 - Thomas Bjorn
1995 - Jarmo Sandelin
1994 - Jonathan Lomas
1993 - Gary Orr
1992 - Jim Payne
1991 - Per-Ulrik Johansson
1990 - Russell Claydon
1989 - Paul Broadhurst
1988 - Colin Montgomerie
1987 - Peter Baker
1986 - Jose María Olazabal
1985 - Paul Thomas
1984 - Philip Parkin
1983 - Grant Turner
1982 - Gordon Brand Jr.
1981 - Jeremy Bennett
1980 - Paul Hoad
1979 - Mike Miller
1978 - Sandy Lyle
1977 - Nick Faldo
1976 - Mark James
1974 - Carl Mason
1973 - Philip Elson
1972 - Sam Torrance
1971 - David Llewellyn
1970 - Stuart Brown
1969 - Peter Oosterhuis
1968 - Bernard Gallacher
1967 - walang parangal
1966 - Robin Liddle
1965 - walang parangal
1964 - walang parangal
1963 - Tony Jacklin
1962 - walang parangal
1961 - Alex Caygill
1960 - Tommy Goodwin
