List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins

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Template:Short description This is a list of the fifty golfers who have won the most official (or later deemed historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour.<ref name=official50/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is led by Sam Snead and Tiger Woods with 82 each.

Description

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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, the organization's professional senior tour: 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.

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(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.)

List

Rank Player Lifespan Wins MajorsTemplate:Efn Winning
span		 Span
(years)
T1 Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname H 1912–2002 82 7 1936–1965 30
Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods H 1975– 82 15 1996–2019 24
3 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus H 1940– 73 18 1962–1986 25
4 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan H 1912–1997 64 9 1938–1959 22
5 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer H 1929–2016 62 7 1955–1973 19
6 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson H 1912–2006 52 5 1935–1951 17
7 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper H 1931–2015 51 3 1956–1975 20
8 Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson H 1970– 45 6 1991–2021 31
9 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen H 1892–1969 44 11 1916–1936 23
T10 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff H 1921–1998 39 3 1945–1961 17
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson H 1949– 39 8 1974–1998 25
12 Template:Flagicon Gene Sarazen H 1902–1999 38 7 1922–1941 20
13 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum H 1914–1973 36 1 1940–1956 17
14 Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh H 1963– 34 3 1993–2008 16
15 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret H 1910–1983 31 3 1938–1957 20
T16 Template:FlagiconTemplate:Efn Harry Cooper H 1904–2000 30 0 1923–1939 17
Template:Flagicon Horton Smith H 1908–1963 30 2 1928–1941 14
T18 Template:Flagicon Gene Littler H 1930–2019 29 1 1954–1977 24
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino H 1939– 29 6 1968–1984 17
Template:Flagicon Rory McIlroy 1989– 29 5 2010–2025 16
T21 Template:Flagicon Leo Diegel H 1899–1951 28 2 1920–1934 15
Template:Flagicon Paul Runyan H 1908–2002 28 2 1930–1941 12
23 Template:Flagicon Henry Picard H 1906–1997 26 2 1932–1945 14
T24 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour H 1894–1968 25 3 1920–1938 19
Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller H 1947– 25 2 1971–1994 24
Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith 1892–1949 25 0 1912–1936 25
T27 Template:Flagicon Dustin Johnson 1984– 24 2 2008–2020 13
Template:Flagicon Gary Player H 1935– 24 9 1958–1978 21
T29 Template:FlagiconTemplate:Efn Jim Barnes H 1886–1966 22 4 1914–1937 24
Template:Flagicon Johnny Farrell H 1901–1988 22 1 1921–1936 16
Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd H 1942– 22 4 1963–1992 30
T32 Template:Flagicon Davis Love III H 1964– 21 1 1987–2015 29
Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins H 1949– 21 1 1972–1992 21
Template:Flagicon Craig Wood H 1901–1968 21 2 1928–1944 17
T35 Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin H 1945– 20 3 1971–1994 24
Template:Flagicon Greg Norman H 1955– 20 2 1984–1997 14
Template:Flagicon Johnny Revolta 1911–1991 20 1 1933–1944 12
Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders 1933–2020 20 0 1956–1972 17
T35 Template:Flagicon Willie Macfarlane 1890–1961 20 1 1916–1936 21
T40 Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw H 1952– 19 2 1973–1995 23
Template:Flagicon Ernie Els H 1969– 19 4 1994–2012 19
Template:Flagicon Doug Ford H 1922–2018 19 2 1952–1963 12
Template:Flagicon Hubert Green H 1946–2018 19 2 1971–1985 15
Template:Flagicon Tom Kite H 1949– 19 1 1976–1993 18
Template:Flagicon Bill Mehlhorn 1898–1989 19 0 1923–1930 8
Template:Flagicon Scottie Scheffler 1996– 19 4 2022–2025 4
T47 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros H 1920–1994 18 3 1952–1968 17
Template:Flagicon Jim Ferrier 1915–1986 18 1 1944–1961 18
Template:Flagicon Dutch Harrison 1910–1982 18 0 1939–1958 20
Template:Flagicon Nick Price H 1957– 18 3 1983–2002 20

See also

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