List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
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This is a list of the fifty-three golfers who have won 17 or more official (or later deemed historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.liveabout.com/most-career-wins-pga-tour-1561103 |title=Most Career Wins on the PGA Tour |publisher=Liveabout.com |date=February 17, 2024 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201815/http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/gay_brewer.htm |url-status=live }} It is led by Sam Snead and Tiger Woods with 82 each.
Many players won important events early in the 20th century, prior to the formation of the tour, with records being kept by the PGA of America. At various times, the PGA Tour has reassessed the status of some tournaments. In the 1980s, the significance of all historical tournaments was reassessed by golf historians, working together with PGA Tour staff, during the course of a major statistical research project.{{cite book|last=Barkow|first=Al|author-link=Al Barkow|title=The History of the PGA TOUR |publisher=Doubleday |date=November 1989 |isbn=0-385-26145-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofpgatour00bark/page/200 200-298] |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofpgatour00bark/page/200 |url-access=registration}} The Open Championship was first recognized as an official tour event in 1995, and in 2002, all victories in earlier Open Championships were classified as official PGA Tour wins.
Accumulating 20 wins is significant, because it is one of the requirements for "life 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 (starting in 2013, top 125 on the FedEx Cup points list), or through an exemption for tournament victories. Many golfers struggle to do this through their late-40s, but those with 20 wins avoid this problem. However, life 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.
Since 1975, only four players have won PGA Tour events after their 50th birthday, the age at which golfers become eligible to compete on PGA Tour Champions: Craig Stadler won in 2003 at age 50, Fred Funk won in 2007 at age 50, Davis Love III won in 2015 at age 51, and Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship in 2021 at age 50, becoming the oldest winner of a major. Sam Snead is the oldest to win a PGA event, at age 52, in 1965. Others who have won PGA Tour events past age 50 include Jim Barnes, John Barnum, and Art Wall Jr.
The list is complete {{as of|2025|02|02|df=US|lc=y}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatourmediaguide.com/records/all-time/36 |title=Most career wins (top 50) |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921230835/https://pgatourmediaguide.com/records/all-time/36 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Anton |first=Josh |title=Tiger Woods at PGA 2024 |url=https://betzillion.com/news/tiger-woods-is-10-strokes-behind-the-early-leaders-after-opening-the-2024-pga-championship-with-a-score-of-72/ |access-date=12 November 2022}}
(Players with the same number of wins are listed alphabetically. Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold. Members of the World Golf Hall of Fame are indicated by H.)
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!Rank!!Player!!Lifespan!!Wins!!Majors{{efn|Major championship wins are counted using the modern definition of The Open Championship, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters Tournament.}}!!Winning | ||||||
| rowspan=2|T1 | align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} {{sortname|Sam|Snead}} H | align=center|1912–2002 | rowspan=2|82 | 7 | align=center|1936–1965 | 30 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods H | align=center|1975– | 15 | align=center|1996–2019 | 24 | ||
| 3 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus H | align=center|1940– | 73 | 18 | align=center|1962–1986 | 25 |
| 4 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Hogan H | align=center|1912–1997 | 64 | 9 | align=center|1938–1959 | 22 |
| 5 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Arnold Palmer H | align=center|1929–2016 | 62 | 7 | align=center|1955–1973 | 19 |
| 6 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Byron Nelson H | align=center|1912–2006 | 52 | 5 | align=center|1935–1951 | 17 |
| 7 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Casper H | align=center|1931–2015 | 51 | 3 | align=center|1956–1975 | 20 |
| rowspan=2|T8 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Hagen H | align=center|1892–1969 | rowspan=2|45 | 11 | align=center|1914–1936 | 23 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson H | align=center|1970– | 6 | align=center|1991–2021 | 31 | ||
| rowspan=2|T10 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Cary Middlecoff H | align=center|1921–1998 | rowspan=2|39 | 3 | align=center|1945–1961 | 17 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Watson H | align=center|1949– | 8 | align=center|1974–1998 | 25 | ||
| 12 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Gene Sarazen H | align=center|1902–1999 | 38 | 7 | align=center|1922–1941 | 20 |
| 13 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Lloyd Mangrum H | align=center|1914–1973 | 36 | 1 | align=center|1940–1956 | 17 |
| 14 | align=left|{{flagicon|FIJ}} Vijay Singh H | align=center|1963– | 34 | 3 | align=center|1993–2008 | 16 |
| 15 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Demaret H | align=center|1910–1983 | 31 | 3 | align=center|1938–1957 | 20 |
| rowspan="2" |T16 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}}{{efn|Harry Cooper was born in England, but grew up in Dallas, Texas, and became a U.S. citizen before starting his professional career. However, he was not allowed to compete for the U.S. in the Ryder Cup. U.S. citizens born outside the country, even if they were born with only U.S. citizenship, were not eligible to represent the U.S. in the Ryder Cup until 2002. Even today, those who naturalize after age 18 are ineligible for Team USA.}} Harry Cooper H | align="center" |1904–2000
| rowspan="2" |30 | 0 | align="center" |1923–1939 | 17 | |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Horton Smith H | align="center" |1908–1963 | 2 | align="center" |1928–1941 | 14 | ||
| rowspan="3" |T18
| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Gene Littler H | align=center|1930–2019
| rowspan="3" |29 | 1 | align=center|1954–1977 | 24 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Trevino H | align=center|1939– | 6 | align=center|1968–1984 | 17 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy | align=center|1989– | 5 | align=center|2010–2025 | 16 | ||
| rowspan=2|T21 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Leo Diegel H | align=center|1899–1951 | rowspan=2|28 | 2 | align=center|1920–1934 | 15 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Runyan H | align=center|1908–2002 | 2 | align=center|1930–1941 | 12 | ||
| 23 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Henry Picard H | align=center|1906–1997 | 26 | 2 | align=center|1932–1945 | 14 |
| rowspan="3" |T24 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Armour H | align="center" |1894–1968 | rowspan="3" |25 | 3 | align="center" |1920–1938 | 19 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Miller H | align=center|1947– | 2 | align=center|1971–1994 | 24 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Macdonald Smith | align=center|1892–1949 | 0 | align=center|1912–1936 | 25 | ||
| rowspan=2|T27 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson | align=center|1984– | rowspan=2|24 | 2 | align=center|2008–2020 | 13 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Gary Player H | align=center|1935– | 9 | align=center|1958–1978 | 21 | ||
| rowspan=3|T29 | align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}}{{efn|Jim Barnes was born in England, but became a U.S. citizen soon after moving to the United States in 1906.}} Jim Barnes H | align=center|1886–1966 | rowspan=3|22 | 4 | align=center|1914–1937 | 24 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Farrell H | align=center|1901–1988 | 1 | align=center|1921–1936 | 16 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Floyd H | align=center|1942– | 4 | align=center|1963–1992 | 30 | ||
| rowspan=4|T32 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Davis Love III H | align=center|1964– | rowspan=4|21 | 1 | align=center|1987–2015 | 29 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Willie Macfarlane | align=center|1890–1961 | 1 | align=center|1916–1936 | 21 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Lanny Wadkins H | align=center|1949– | 1 | align=center|1972–1992 | 21 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Craig Wood H | align=center|1901–1968 | 2 | align=center|1928–1944 | 17 | ||
| rowspan=4|T36 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin H | align=center|1945– | rowspan=4|20 | 3 | align=center|1971–1994 | 24 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman H | align=center|1955– | 2 | align=center|1984–1997 | 14 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Revolta | align=center|1911–1991 | 1 | align=center|1933–1944 | 12 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Sanders | align=center|1933–2020 | 0 | align=center|1956–1972 | 17 | ||
| rowspan=6|T40 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshaw H | align=center|1952– | rowspan=6|19 | 2 | align=center|1973–1995 | 23 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Els H | align=center|1969– | 4 | align=center|1994–2012 | 19 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Ford H | align=center|1922–2018 | 2 | align=center|1952–1963 | 12 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Hubert Green H | align=center|1946–2018 | 2 | align=center|1971–1985 | 15 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Kite H | align=center|1949– | 1 | align=center|1976–1993 | 18 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Mehlhorn | align=center|1898–1989 | 0 | align=center|1923–1930 | 8 | ||
| rowspan=4|T46 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Julius Boros H | align=center|1920–1994 | rowspan=4|18 | 3 | align=center|1952–1968 | 17 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jim Ferrier | align=center|1915–1986 | 1 | align=center|1944–1961 | 18 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Dutch Harrison | align=center|1910–1982 | 0 | align=center|1939–1958 | 20 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Nick Price H | align=center|1957– | 3 | align=center|1983–2002 | 20 | ||
| rowspan=4|T50 | align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Bobby Cruickshank | align=center|1894–1975 | rowspan=4|17 | 0 | align=center|1921–1936 | 16 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furyk | align=center|1970– | 1 | align=center|1995–2015 | 21 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Harold "Jug" McSpaden | align=center|1908–1996 | 0 | align=center|1933–1945 | 13 | ||
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Curtis Strange H | align=center|1955– | 2 | align=center|1979–1989 | 11 |
See also
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