This is a list of golfers who have won five or more official money events on the PGA Tour.
Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold. On his fiftieth birthday a golfer becomes eligible to compete on the Champions Tour, and he is unlikely to add to his tally of PGA Tour wins after that date (Sam Snead was the oldest ever winner at 52, and Art Wall in 1975, Craig Stadler in 2003 and Fred Funk in 2007 are the three most recent over-50 winners).
Accumulating 20 wins is significant because it is one of the requirements for "lifetime membership" on the PGA Tour. This means that the golfer does not need to requalify for membership on the tour each year by finishing in the top 125 on the money list, or through an exemption for tournament victories. Many golfers struggle to do this through their forties, and go through a hiatus in their career before they qualify for the Champions Tour, but those with twenty wins avoid this problem. However lifetime members are required to maintain a certain (relatively modest) standard of play to retain their playing privileges: when they can no longer do so, they are moved into the "Past champions" membership category, effectively becoming honorary members.
Some of the players on the list have also won many events on other tours. In particular, a high proportion of the non-Americans have done so. Also, a substantial number of players born roughly between 1930 and 1955 have won many Champions Tour events, with some having significantly more wins on the senior circuit than on the regular PGA Tour (notably Hale Irwin and Gil Morgan).
The PGA Tour recognized The Open Championship as an official tour event in 1995. In 2002, it decided to classify Open Championship victories before 1995 as PGA Tour wins and the victory tallies in the table reflect this amendment.
The list is complete through the 2009 season.
| Rank | Name | Lifespan | Country | Wins | Majors | Winning span |
Span (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Snead | 1912–2002 | 82 | 7 | 1936–1965 | 30 | |
| 2 | Jack Nicklaus | 1940– | 73 | 18 | 1962–1986 | 25 | |
| 3 | Tiger Woods | 1975– | 71 | 14 | 1996–2009 | 14 | |
| 4 | Ben Hogan | 1912–1997 | 64 | 9 | 1938–1959 | 22 | |
| 5 | Arnold Palmer | 1929– | 62 | 7 | 1955–1973 | 19 | |
| 6 | Byron Nelson | 1912–2006 | 52 | 5 | 1935–1951 | 17 | |
| 7 | Billy Casper | 1931– | 51 | 3 | 1956–1975 | 20 | |
| 8 | Walter Hagen | 1892–1969 | 44 | 11 | 1916–1936 | 21 | |
| 9 | Cary Middlecoff | 1921–1998 | 40 | 3 | 1945–1961 | 17 | |
| 10 | Gene Sarazen | 1902–1999 | 39 | 7 | 1922–1941 | 20 | |
| Tom Watson | 1949– | 39 | 8 | 1974–1998 | 25 | ||
| 12 | Phil Mickelson | 1970– | 37 | 3 | 1991–2009 | 19 | |
| 13 | Lloyd Mangrum | 1914–1973 | 36 | 1 | 1940–1956 | 17 | |
| 14 | Vijay Singh | 1963– | 34 | 3 | 1993–2008 | 16 | |
| 15 | Horton Smith | 1908–1963 | 32 | 2 | 1928–1941 | 14 | |
| 16 | Harry Cooper | 1904–2000 | 31 | 0 | 1923–1939 | 17 | |
| Jimmy Demaret | 1910–1983 | 31 | 3 | 1938–1957 | 20 | ||
| 18 | Leo Diegel | 1899–1951 | 30 | 2 | 1920–1934 | 15 | |
| 19 | Gene Littler | 1930– | 29 | 1 | 1954–1977 | 24 | |
| Paul Runyan | 1908–2002 | 29 | 2 | 1930–1941 | 12 | ||
| Lee Trevino | 1939– | 29 | 6 | 1968–1984 | 17 | ||
| 22 | Henry Picard | 1906–1997 | 26 | 2 | 1932–1945 | 14 | |
| 23 | Tommy Armour | 1894–1968 | 25 | 3 | 1920–1938 | 19 | |
| Johnny Miller | 1947– | 25 | 2 | 1971–1994 | 24 | ||
| 25 | Gary Player | 1935– | 24 | 9 | 1958–1978 | 21 | |
| Macdonald Smith | 1892–1949 | 24 | 0 | 1924–1936 | 13 | ||
| 27 | Johnny Farrell | 1901–1988 | 22 | 1 | 1921–1936 | 16 | |
| Raymond Floyd | 1942– | 22 | 4 | 1963–1992 | 30 | ||
| 29 | Jim Barnes | 1886–1966 | 21 | 4 | 1916–1937 | 22 | |
| Willie Macfarlane | 1890–1961 | 21 | 1 | 1916–1936 | 21 | ||
| Lanny Wadkins | 1949– | 21 | 1 | 1972–1992 | 21 | ||
| Craig Wood | 1901–1968 | 21 | 2 | 1928–1944 | 17 | ||
| 33 | Hale Irwin | 1945– | 20 | 3 | 1971–1994 | 24 | |
| Davis Love III | 1964– | 20 | 1 | 1987–2008 | 22 | ||
| Bill Mehlhorn | 1898–1989 | 20 | 0 | 1923–1930 | 8 | ||
| Greg Norman | 1955– | 20 | 2 | 1984–1997 | 14 | ||
| Doug Sanders | 1933– | 20 | 0 | 1956–1972 | 17 | ||
| 38 | Ben Crenshaw | 1952– | 19 | 2 | 1973–1995 | 23 | |
| 38 | Doug Ford | 1922– | 19 | 2 | 1952–1963 | 12 | |
| Hubert Green | 1946– | 19 | 2 | 1971–1985 | 15 | ||
| Tom Kite | 1949– | 19 | 1 | 1976–1993 | 18 | ||
| 42 | Julius Boros | 1920–1994 | 18 | 3 | 1952–1968 | 17 | |
| Jim Ferrier | 1915–1986 | 18 | 1 | 1944–1961 | 18 | ||
| E.J. "Dutch" Harrison | 1910–1982 | 18 | 0 | 1939–1958 | 20 | ||
| Nick Price | 1957– | 18 | 3 | 1983–2002 | 20 | ||
| Johnny Revolta | 1911–1991 | 18 | 1 | 1933–1944 | 12 | ||
| 47 | Bobby Cruickshank | 1894–1975 | 17 | 0 | 1921–1936 | 16 | |
| Harold "Jug" McSpaden | 1908–1996 | 17 | 0 | 1933–1945 | 13 | ||
| Curtis Strange | 1955– | 17 | 2 | 1979–1989 | 11 | ||
| 50 | Jack Burke, Jr. | 1923– | 16 | 2 | 1950–1963 | 14 | |
| Ernie Els | 1969– | 16 | 3 | 1994–2008 | 15 | ||
| Ralph Guldahl | 1911–1987 | 16 | 3 | 1931–1940 | 10 | ||
| Mark O'Meara | 1957– | 16 | 2 | 1984–1998 | 15 | ||
| Denny Shute | 1904–1974 | 16 | 3 | 1929–1939 | 11 | ||
| Tom Weiskopf | 1942– | 16 | 1 | 1968–1982 | 15 | ||
| 56 | Tommy Bolt | 1916–2008 | 15 | 1 | 1951–1961 | 11 | |
| Fred Couples | 1959– | 15 | 1 | 1983–2003 | 21 | ||
| Ed Dudley | 1901–1963 | 15 | 0 | 1928–1939 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Locke | 1917–1987 | 15 | 4 | 1947–1957 | 11 | ||
| Corey Pavin | 1959– | 15 | 1 | 1984–2006 | 23 | ||
| Mike Souchak | 1927–2008 | 15 | 0 | 1955–1964 | 10 | ||
| 62 | Bruce Crampton | 1935– | 14 | 0 | 1961–1975 | 15 | |
| Kenny Perry | 1960– | 14 | 0 | 1991–2009 | 19 | ||
| Hal Sutton | 1958– | 14 | 1 | 1982–2001 | 20 | ||
| Joe Turnesa | 1901–1991 | 14 | 0 | 1924–1933 | 10 | ||
| Ken Venturi | 1931– | 14 | 1 | 1957–1966 | 10 | ||
| Art Wall, Jr. | 1923–2001 | 14 | 1 | 1953–1975 | 23 | ||
| 68 | Billy Burke | 1902–1972 | 13 | 1 | 1927–1940 | 14 | |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 1960– | 13 | 1 | 1986–2007 | 22 | ||
| David Duval | 1971– | 13 | 1 | 1997–2001 | 5 | ||
| Jim Furyk | 1970– | 13 | 1 | 1995–2007 | 13 | ||
| Dave Hill | 1937– | 13 | 0 | 1961–1976 | 16 | ||
| Joe Kirkwood, Sr. | 1897–1970 | 13 | 0 | 1923–1933 | 11 | ||
| Bruce Lietzke | 1951– | 13 | 0 | 1977–1994 | 18 | ||
| Craig Stadler | 1953– | 13 | 1 | 1980–2003 | 24 | ||
| 76 | George Archer | 1939–2005 | 12 | 1 | 1965–1984 | 20 | |
| Paul Azinger | 1960– | 12 | 1 | 1987–2000 | 14 | ||
| Tony Lema | 1934–1966 | 12 | 1 | 1962–1966 | 5 | ||
| Justin Leonard | 1972– | 12 | 1 | 1996–2008 | 13 | ||
| Wayne Levi | 1952– | 12 | 0 | 1978–1990 | 13 | ||
| Calvin Peete | 1943– | 12 | 0 | 1979–1986 | 8 | ||
| David Toms | 1967– | 12 | 1 | 1997–2006 | 10 | ||
| 83 | Miller Barber | 1931– | 11 | 0 | 1964–1978 | 15 | |
| Andy Bean | 1953– | 11 | 0 | 1977–1986 | 10 | ||
| Frank Beard | 1939– | 11 | 0 | 1963–1971 | 9 | ||
| Gay Brewer | 1932–2007 | 11 | 1 | 1961–1972 | 12 | ||
| John Cook | 1957– | 11 | 0 | 1981–2001 | 21 | ||
| Dow Finsterwald | 1929– | 11 | 1 | 1955–1963 | 9 | ||
| Al Geiberger | 1937– | 11 | 1 | 1962–1979 | 18 | ||
| Vic Ghezzi | 1910–1976 | 11 | 1 | 1935–1948 | 14 | ||
| Bob Goalby | 1929– | 11 | 1 | 1958–1971 | 14 | ||
| Scott Hoch | 1955– | 11 | 0 | 1980–2003 | 24 | ||
| Bobby Nichols | 1936– | 11 | 1 | 1962–1974 | 13 | ||
| Payne Stewart | 1957–1999 | 11 | 3 | 1982–1999 | 18 | ||
| 95 | Steve Elkington | 1962– | 10 | 1 | 1990–1999 | 10 | |
| David Frost | 1959– | 10 | 0 | 1988–1997 | 10 | ||
| Don January | 1929– | 10 | 1 | 1956–1976 | 21 | ||
| Ky Laffoon | 1908–1984 | 10 | 0 | 1933–1946 | 14 | ||
| John Mahaffey | 1948– | 10 | 1 | 1973–1989 | 17 | ||
| Mark McCumber | 1951– | 10 | 0 | 1979–1994 | 16 | ||
| Dick Metz | 1908–1993 | 10 | 0 | 1935–1949 | 15 | ||
| Larry Nelson | 1947– | 10 | 3 | 1979–1988 | 10 | ||
| Dave Stockton | 1941– | 10 | 2 | 1967–1976 | 10 | ||
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 1951– | 10 | 2 | 1979–1986 | 8 | ||
| 105 | Seve Ballesteros | 1957– | 9 | 5 | 1978–1988 | 11 | |
| Al Espinosa | 1891–1957 | 9 | 0 | 1924–1935 | 12 | ||
| Nick Faldo | 1957– | 9 | 6 | 1984–1997 | 14 | ||
| Johnny Golden | 1896–1936 | 9 | 0 | 1927–1935 | 9 | ||
| Jay Haas | 1953– | 9 | 0 | 1978–1993 | 16 | ||
| Jimmy Hines | 1903–1986 | 9 | 0 | 1933–1946 | 14 | ||
| Bobby Jones | 1902–1971 | 9 | 7 | 1923–1930 | 8 | ||
| 112 | Stuart Appleby | 1971– | 8 | 0 | 1997–2006 | 10 | |
| Jim Colbert | 1941– | 8 | 0 | 1969–1983 | 15 | ||
| Bruce Devlin | 1937– | 8 | 0 | 1964–1972 | 9 | ||
| Brad Faxon | 1961– | 8 | 0 | 1991–2005 | 15 | ||
| Fred Funk | 1956– | 8 | 0 | 1992–2007 | 16 | ||
| David Graham | 1946– | 8 | 2 | 1972–1983 | 12 | ||
| Lee Janzen | 1964– | 8 | 2 | 1992–1998 | 7 | ||
| Steve Jones | 1958– | 8 | 1 | 1988–1998 | 11 | ||
| George Knudson | 1937–1989 | 8 | 0 | 1961–1972 | 12 | ||
| Ted Kroll | 1919–2002 | 8 | 0 | 1952–1962 | 11 | ||
| Lawson Little | 1910–1968 | 8 | 1 | 1936–1948 | 13 | ||
| Tony Manero | 1905–1989 | 8 | 1 | 1929–1938 | 10 | ||
| Ed Oliver | 1916–1961 | 8 | 0 | 1940–1958 | 19 | ||
| Jerry Pate | 1953– | 8 | 1 | 1976–1982 | 7 | ||
| Loren Roberts | 1955– | 8 | 0 | 1994–2002 | 9 | ||
| Chi Chi Rodriguez | 1935– | 8 | 0 | 1963–1979 | 17 | ||
| J. C. Snead | 1940– | 8 | 0 | 1971–1987 | 17 | ||
| Bob Tway | 1959– | 8 | 1 | 1986–2003 | 18 | ||
| Mike Weir | 1970– | 8 | 1 | 1999–2007 | 9 | ||
| 131 | Jerry Barber | 1916–1994 | 7 | 1 | 1953–1963 | 11 | |
| Mark Brooks | 1961– | 7 | 1 | 1988–1996 | 9 | ||
| K.J. Choi | 1970– | 7 | 0 | 2002–2008 | 7 | ||
| Gardner Dickinson | 1927–1998 | 7 | 0 | 1956–1971 | 16 | ||
| Sergio García | 1980– | 7 | 0 | 2001–2008 | 8 | ||
| Bill Glasson | 1960– | 7 | 0 | 1985–1997 | 13 | ||
| Retief Goosen | 1969– | 7 | 2 | 2001–2009 | 9 | ||
| Chandler Harper | 1923–1997 | 7 | 1 | 1942–1955 | 14 | ||
| Jay Hebert | 1923–1997 | 7 | 1 | 1957–1961 | 5 | ||
| John Huston | 1961– | 7 | 0 | 1990–2003 | 14 | ||
| Peter Jacobsen | 1954– | 7 | 0 | 1980–2003 | 24 | ||
| Billy Maxwell | 1929– | 7 | 0 | 1955–1962 | 8 | ||
| Dick Mayer | 1924–1989 | 7 | 1 | 1953–1965 | 13 | ||
| Gil Morgan | 1946– | 7 | 0 | 1977–1990 | 14 | ||
| Johnny Palmer | 1918–2006 | 7 | 0 | 1946–1954 | 9 | ||
| Scott Simpson | 1955– | 7 | 1 | 1980–1998 | 19 | ||
| Joey Sindelar | 1958– | 7 | 0 | 1985–2004 | 20 | ||
| Steve Stricker | 1967- | 7 | 0 | 1996-2009 | 14 | ||
| Bert Yancey | 1938–1994 | 7 | 0 | 1966–1972 | 7 | ||
| 150 | Sammy Byrd | 1906–1981 | 6 | 0 | 1942–1945 | 4 | |
| Bob Charles | 1936– | 6 | 1 | 1963–1974 | 12 | ||
| Stewart Cink | 1973– | 6 | 1 | 1997–2009 | 13 | ||
| Ed Furgol | 1917–1997 | 6 | 1 | 1947–1957 | 11 | ||
| Bob Gilder | 1950– | 6 | 0 | 1976–1983 | 8 | ||
| Lou Graham | 1938– | 6 | 1 | 1967–1979 | 13 | ||
| Paul Harney | 1929– | 6 | 0 | 1957–1972 | 16 | ||
| Zach Johnson | 1976– | 6 | 1 | 2004–2009 | 6 | ||
| Gary Koch | 1952– | 6 | 0 | 1976–1988 | 13 | ||
| Bob Lunn | 1945– | 6 | 0 | 1968–1972 | 5 | ||
| Sandy Lyle | 1958– | 6 | 2 | 1985–1988 | 4 | ||
| Geoff Ogilvy | 1977– | 6 | 1 | 2005–2009 | 5 | ||
| José María Olazábal | 1966– | 6 | 2 | 1990–2002 | 13 | ||
| Steve Pate | 1961– | 6 | 0 | 1987–1998 | 12 | ||
| Bill Rogers | 1951– | 6 | 1 | 1978–1983 | 6 | ||
| Bob Rosburg | 1926–2009 | 6 | 1 | 1954–1972 | 19 | ||
| Adam Scott | 1980– | 6 | 0 | 2003–2008 | 6 | ||
| Dan Sikes | 1929–1987 | 6 | 0 | 1963–1968 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Sluman | 1957– | 6 | 1 | 1988–2002 | 15 | ||
| Peter Thomson | 1929– | 6 | 5 | 1954–1965 | 12 | ||
| Mike Turnesa | 1907–2000 | 6 | 0 | 1931–1949 | 19 | ||
| Bo Wininger | 1922–1967 | 6 | 0 | 1955–1963 | 9 | ||
| 172 | Buddy Allin | 1944–2007 | 5 | 0 | 1971–1976 | 6 | |
| Pete Cooper | 1914– | 5 | 0 | 1949–1958 | 10 | ||
| John Daly | 1966– | 5 | 2 | 1991–2004 | 14 | ||
| Roberto DeVicenzo | 1923– | 5 | 1 | 1957–1968 | 12 | ||
| Danny Edwards | 1951– | 5 | 0 | 1977–1985 | 9 | ||
| Dan Forsman | 1958– | 5 | 0 | 1985–2002 | 18 | ||
| Marty Furgol | 1916–2005 | 5 | 0 | 1951–1959 | 9 | ||
| Jim Gallagher, Jr. | 1961– | 5 | 0 | 1990–1995 | 6 | ||
| Ken Green | 1958– | 5 | 0 | 1985–1989 | 5 | ||
| Fred Haas | 1916–2004 | 5 | 0 | 1945–1954 | 10 | ||
| Bob Hamilton | 1916–1990 | 5 | 1 | 1944–1949 | 6 | ||
| Pádraig Harrington | 1971– | 5 | 3 | 2005–2008 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Heard | 1947– | 5 | 0 | 1971–1978 | 8 | ||
| Lionel Hebert | 1928–2000 | 5 | 1 | 1957–1966 | 10 | ||
| Herman Keiser | 1914–2003 | 5 | 1 | 1942–1947 | 6 | ||
| Tom Lehman | 1959– | 5 | 1 | 1994–2000 | 7 | ||
| Roger Maltbie | 1951– | 5 | 0 | 1975–1985 | 11 | ||
| Ray Mangrum | 1910–1975 | 5 | 0 | 1936–1946 | 11 | ||
| Billy Mayfair | 1966– | 5 | 0 | 1993–1998 | 6 | ||
| Blaine McCallister | 1958– | 5 | 0 | 1988–1993 | 6 | ||
| Rocco Mediate | 1962– | 5 | 0 | 1991–2002 | 12 | ||
| Bob Murphy | 1943– | 5 | 0 | 1968–1986 | 19 | ||
| Jesper Parnevik | 1965– | 5 | 0 | 1998–2001 | 4 | ||
| Johnny Pott | 1935– | 5 | 0 | 1960–1968 | 9 | ||
| Tom Purtzer | 1951– | 5 | 0 | 1977–1991 | 15 | ||
| Phil Rodgers | 1938– | 5 | 0 | 1962–1966 | 5 | ||
| Mason Rudolph | 1934– | 5 | 0 | 1959–1970 | 12 | ||
| Rory Sabbatini | 1976- | 5 | 0 | 2000-2009 | 10 | ||
| Bob Toski | 1926– | 5 | 0 | 1953–1954 | 2 | ||
| Scott Verplank | 1964– | 5 | 0 | 1985–2007 | 23 | ||
| D. A. Weibring | 1953– | 5 | 0 | 1979–1996 | 18 |
- ^ Harry Cooper was born in England, but grew up in Dallas, and became a U.S. citizen before starting his professional career.
- ^ Jim Barnes was born in England, but became a U.S. citizen soon after moving to the United States in 1906.
See also
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