Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

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 very unlikely to add to his tally of PGA Tour wins after that date. Accumulating twenty wins is very significant because it gives a golfer "lifetime membership" on the PGA Tour. This means that he 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. 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.

The list is up to date as of 20 August, 2006.

Player	Lifespan	Country	Wins
Sam Snead	1912–2002	United States	82
Jack Nicklaus	1940–	United States	73
Ben Hogan	1912–1997	United States	64
Arnold Palmer	1929–	United States	62
Byron Nelson	1912–	United States	52
Tiger Woods	1975–	United States	51
Billy Casper	1931–	United States	51
Walter Hagen	1892–1969	United States	44
Cary Middlecoff	1921–1998	United States	40
Gene Sarazen	1902–1999	United States	39
Tom Watson	1949–	United States	39
Lloyd Mangrum	1914–1973	United States	36
Horton Smith	1908–1963	United States	32
Jimmy Demaret	1910–1983	United States	31
Harry Cooper	1904–2000	United States	31
Leo Diegel	1899–1951	United States	29
Gene Littler	1930–	United States	29
Phil Mickelson	1970–	United States	29
Paul Runyan	1908–2002	United States	29
Vijay Singh	1963–	Template:FIJ	29
Lee Trevino	1939–	United States	29
Tommy Armour	1894–1968	Template:SCO	26
Henry Picard	1906–1997	United States	26
Johnny Miller	1947–	United States	25
Gary Player	1935–	Template:SAF	25
Macdonald Smith	1892–1949	United States	24
Johnny Farrell	1901–1988	United States	22
Raymond Floyd	1942–	United States	22
Jim Barnes	1886–1966	United States	21
Willie Macfarlane	1890–1961	United States	21
Lanny Wadkins	1949–	United States	21
Craig Wood	1901–1968	United States	21
Hale Irwin	1945–	United States	20
Bill Mehlhorn	1898–1989	United States	20
Greg Norman	1955–	Template:AUS	20
Doug Sanders	1933–	United States	20
Ben Crenshaw	1952–	United States	19
Doug Ford	1922–	United States	19
Hubert Green	1946–	United States	19
Tom Kite	1949–	United States	19
Julius Boros	1920–1994	United States	18
Jim Ferrier	1915–1986	Template:AUS	18
E.J. "Dutch" Harrison	1910–1982	United States	18
Davis Love III	1964–	United States	18
Nick Price	1957–	Template:ZIM	18
Johnny Revolta	1911–1991	United States	18
Jack Burke, Jr	1923–	United States	17
Bobby Cruickshank	1894–1975	Template:SCO	17
Harold "Jug" McSpaden	1908–1996	United States	17
Curtis Strange	1955–	United States	17
Ralph Guldahl	1911–1987	United States	16
Mark O'Meara	1957–	United States	16
Denny Shute	1904–1974	United States	16
Tom Weiskopf	1942–	United States	16
Tommy Bolt	1918–	United States	15
Fred Couples	1959–	United States	15
Ed Dudley	1901–1963	United States	15
Ernie Els	1969–	Template:SAF	15
Bobby Locke	1917–1987	Template:SAF	15
Corey Pavin	1959–	United States	15
Mike Souchak	1927–	United States	15
Bruce Crampton	1935–	Template:AUS	14
Hal Sutton	1958–	United States	14
Joe Turnesa	1901–1991	United States	14
Ken Venturi	1931–	United States	14
Art Wall, Jr.	1923–2001	United States	14
Billy Burke	1902–1972	United States	13
David Duval	1971–	United States	13
Dave Hill	1937–	United States	13
Joe Kirkwood, Sr.	1897–1970	Template:AUS	13
Bruce Lietzke	1951–	United States	13
Craig Stadler	1953–	United States	13
George Archer	1939–2005	United States	12
Paul Azinger	1960–	United States	12
Mark Calcavecchia	1960–	United States	12
Tony Lema	1934–1966	United States	12
Wayne Levi	1952–	United States	12
Calvin Peete	1943–	United States	12
David Toms	1967–	United States	12
Miller Barber	1931–	United States	11
Andy Bean	1953–	United States	11
Frank Beard	1939–	United States	11
Gay Brewer	1932–	United States	11
John Cook	1957–	United States	11
Dow Finsterwald	1929–	United States	11
Jim Furyk	1970–	United States	11
Vic Ghezzi	1910–1976	United States	11
Bob Goalby	1929–	United States	11
Al Geiberger	1937–	United States	11
Scott Hoch	1955–	United States	11
Bobby Nichols	1936–	United States	11
Payne Stewart	1957–1999	United States	11
Steve Elkington	1962–	Template:AUS	10
David Frost	1959–	Template:SAF	10
Don January	1929–	United States	10
Ky Laffoon	1908–1984	United States	10
Justin Leonard	1972–	United States	10
John Mahaffey	1948–	United States	10
Mark McCumber	1951–	United States	10
Dick Metz	1908–1993	United States	10
Dave Stockton	1941–	United States	10
Larry Nelson	1947–	United States	10
Fuzzy Zoeller	1951–	United States	10
Seve Ballesteros	1949–	Spain	9
Al Espinosa	1891–1957	United States	9
Nick Faldo	1957–	England	9
Johnny Golden	1896–1936	United States	9
Jay Haas	1953–	United States	9
Jimmy Hines	1903–1986	United States	9
Bobby Jones	1902–1971	United States	9
Kenny Perry	1960–	United States	9
Stuart Appleby	1971–	Template:AUS	8
Jim Colbert	1941–	United States	8
Bruce Devlin	1937–	Template:AUS	8
Brad Faxon	1961–	United States	8
David Graham	1946–	Template:AUS	8
Lee Janzen	1964–	United States	8
Steve Jones	1958–	United States	8
Ted Kroll	1919–2002	United States	8
Lawson Little	1910–1968	United States	8
Tony Manero	1905–1989	United States	8
Ed Oliver	1916–1961	United States	8
Jerry Pate	1953–	United States	8
Loren Roberts	1955–	United States	8
Chi Chi Rodriguez	1935–	Template:PRI	8
J. C. Snead	1940–	United States	8
Bob Tway	1959–	United States	8
Jerry Barber	1916–1994	United States	7
Mark Brooks	1961–	United States	7
Gardner Dickinson	1927–1998	United States	7
Fred Funk	1956–	United States	7
Bill Glasson	1960–	United States	7
Chandler Harper	1923–1997	United States	7
Jay Hebert	1923–1997	United States	7
John Huston	1961–	United States	7
Peter Jacobsen	1954–	United States	7
Billy Maxwell	1929–	United States	7
Dick Mayer	1924–1989	United States	7
Gil Morgan	1946–	United States	7
Johnny Palmer	1918–	United States	7
Scott Simpson	1955–	United States	7
Joey Sindelar	1958–	United States	7
Mike Weir	1970–	Canada	7
Bert Yancey	1938–1994	United States	7
Bob Charles	1936–	Template:NZL	6
Ed Furgol	1917–1997	United States	6
Sergio Garcia	1980–	Spain	6
Bob Gilder	1950–	United States	6
Retief Goosen	1969–	Template:SAF	6
Lou Graham	1938–	United States	6
Paul Harney	1929–	United States	6
Gary Koch	1952–	United States	6
Bob Lunn	1945–	United States	6
Sandy Lyle	1958–	Template:SCO	6
Jose Maria Olazabal	1966–	Spain	6
Steve Pate	1961–	United States	6
Bill Rogers	1951–	United States	6
Bob Rosburg	1926–	United States	6
Jeff Sluman	1957–	United States	6
Peter Thomson	1942–	Template:AUS	6
John Daly	1966–	United States	5
Roberto DeVicenzo	1923–	Argentina	5
Danny Edwards	1951–	United States	5
Dan Forsman	1958–	United States	5
Marty Furgol	1916–2005	United States	5
Jim Gallagher	1961–	United States	5
Ken Green	1958–	United States	5
Fred Haas	1916–2004	United States	5
Jerry Heard	1947–	United States	5
Lionel Hebert	1928–2000	United States	5
Herman Keiser	1914–2003	United States	5
Tom Lehman	1959–	United States	5
Roger Maltbie	1951–	United States	5
Billy Mayfair	1966–	United States	5
Blaine McCallister	1958–	United States	5
Rocco Mediate	1962–	United States	5
Bob Murphy	1943–	United States	5
Jesper Parnevik	1965–	Sweden	5
Johnny Pott	1935–	United States	5
Tom Purtzer	1951–	United States	5
Mason Rudolph	1934–	United States	5
Phil Rodgers	1938–	United States	5
Bob Toski	1926–	United States	5
D.A. Weibring	1953–	United States	5

1. ↑  Jim Barnes learned his golf in England, but became a U.S. citizen soon after moving to the United States in 1906.

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.

[edit] See also

• Most PGA Tour wins in a year
• Golfers with most major championship wins