Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

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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). Accumulating twenty 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. 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 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 June 8, 2008.

Rank	Name	Lifespan	Country	Wins	Majors	Winning span
1	Sam Snead	1912–2002	United States	82	7	1936–1965
2	Jack Nicklaus	1940–	United States	73	18	1962–1986
3	Ben Hogan	1912–1997	United States	64	9	1938–1959
	Tiger Woods	1975–	United States	64	13	1996–2008
5	Arnold Palmer	1929–	United States	62	7	1955–1973
6	Byron Nelson	1912–2006	United States	52	5	1935–1951
7	Billy Casper	1931–	United States	51	3	1956–1975
8	Walter Hagen	1892–1969	United States	44	11	1916–1936
9	Cary Middlecoff	1921–1998	United States	40	3	1945–1961
10	Gene Sarazen	1902–1999	United States	39	7	1922–1941
	Tom Watson	1949–	United States	39	8	1974–1998
12	Lloyd Mangrum	1914–1973	United States	36	1	1940–1956
13	Phil Mickelson	1970–	United States	34	3	1991–2008
14	Horton Smith	1908–1963	United States	32	2	1928–1941
15	Harry Cooper	1904–2000	United States	31	0	1923–1939
	Jimmy Demaret	1910–1983	United States	31	3	1938–1957
	Vijay Singh	1963–	Fiji	31	3	1993–2007
18	Leo Diegel	1899–1951	United States	30	2	1920–1934
19	Gene Littler	1930–	United States	29	1	1954–1977
	Paul Runyan	1908–2002	United States	29	2	1930–1941
	Lee Trevino	1939–	United States	29	6	1968–1984
22	Henry Picard	1906–1997	United States	26	2	1932–1945
23	Tommy Armour	1894–1968	Scotland	25	3	1920–1938
	Johnny Miller	1947–	United States	25	2	1971–1994
25	Gary Player	1935–	South Africa	24	9	1958–1978
	Macdonald Smith	1892–1949	United States	24	0	1924–1936
27	Johnny Farrell	1901–1988	United States	22	1	1921–1936
	Raymond Floyd	1942–	United States	22	4	1963–1992
29	Jim Barnes	1886–1966	United States	21	4	1916–1937
	Willie Macfarlane	1890–1961	United States	21	1	1916–1936
	Lanny Wadkins	1949–	United States	21	1	1972–1992
	Craig Wood	1901–1968	United States	21	2	1928–1944
33	Hale Irwin	1945–	United States	20	3	1971–1994
	Bill Mehlhorn	1898–1989	United States	20	0	1923–1930
	Greg Norman	1955–	Australia	20	2	1984–1997
	Doug Sanders	1933–	United States	20	0	1956–1972
37	Ben Crenshaw	1952–	United States	19	2	1973–1995
	Doug Ford	1922–	United States	19	2	1952–1963
	Hubert Green	1946–	United States	19	2	1971–1985
	Tom Kite	1949–	United States	19	1	1976–1993
	Davis Love III	1964–	United States	19	1	1987–2006
42	Julius Boros	1920–1994	United States	18	3	1952–1968
	Jim Ferrier	1915–1986	Australia	18	1	1944–1961
	E.J. "Dutch" Harrison	1910–1982	United States	18	0	1939–1958
	Nick Price	1957–	Zimbabwe	18	3	1983–2002
	Johnny Revolta	1911–1991	United States	18	1	1933–1944
47	Bobby Cruickshank	1894–1975	Scotland	17	0	1921–1936
	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	1908–1996	United States	17	0	1933–1945
	Curtis Strange	1955–	United States	17	2	1979–1989
50	Jack Burke, Jr.	1923–	United States	16	2	1950–1963
	Ernie Els	1969–	South Africa	16	3	1994–2008
	Ralph Guldahl	1911–1987	United States	16	3	1931–1940
	Mark O'Meara	1957–	United States	16	2	1984–1998
	Denny Shute	1904–1974	United States	16	3	1929–1939
	Tom Weiskopf	1942–	United States	16	1	1968–1982
56	Tommy Bolt	1918–	United States	15	1	1951–1961
	Fred Couples	1959–	United States	15	1	1983–2003
	Ed Dudley	1901–1963	United States	15	0	1928–1939
	Bobby Locke	1917–1987	South Africa	15	4	1947–1957
	Corey Pavin	1959–	United States	15	1	1984–2006
	Mike Souchak	1927–	United States	15	0	1955–1964
62	Bruce Crampton	1935–	Australia	14	0	1961–1975
	Hal Sutton	1958–	United States	14	1	1982–2001
	Joe Turnesa	1901–1991	United States	14	0	1924–1933
	Ken Venturi	1931–	United States	14	1	1957–1966
	Art Wall, Jr.	1923–2001	United States	14	1	1953–1975
67	Billy Burke	1902–1972	United States	13	1	1927–1940
	Mark Calcavecchia	1960–	United States	13	1	1986–2007
	David Duval	1971–	United States	13	1	1997–2001
	Jim Furyk	1970–	United States	13	1	1995–2007
	Dave Hill	1937–	United States	13	0	1961–1976
	Joe Kirkwood, Sr.	1897–1970	Australia	13	0	1923–1933
	Bruce Lietzke	1951–	United States	13	0	1977–1994
	Craig Stadler	1953–	United States	13	1	1980–2003
75	George Archer	1939–2005	United States	12	1	1965–1984
	Paul Azinger	1960–	United States	12	1	1987–2000
	Tony Lema	1934–1966	United States	12	1	1962–1966
	Justin Leonard	1972–	United States	12	1	1996–2008
	Wayne Levi	1952–	United States	12	0	1978–1990
	Calvin Peete	1943–	United States	12	0	1979–1986
	David Toms	1967–	United States	12	1	1997–2006
82	Miller Barber	1931–	United States	11	0	1964–1978
	Andy Bean	1953–	United States	11	0	1977–1986
	Frank Beard	1939–	United States	11	0	1963–1971
	Gay Brewer	1932–2007	United States	11	1	1961–1972
	John Cook	1957–	United States	11	0	1981–2001
	Dow Finsterwald	1929–	United States	11	1	1955–1963
	Al Geiberger	1937–	United States	11	1	1962–1979
	Vic Ghezzi	1910–1976	United States	11	1	1935–1948
	Bob Goalby	1929–	United States	11	1	1958–1971
	Scott Hoch	1955–	United States	11	0	1980–2003
	Bobby Nichols	1936–	United States	11	1	1962–1974
	Payne Stewart	1957–1999	United States	11	3	1982–1999
94	Steve Elkington	1962–	Australia	10	1	1990–1999
	David Frost	1959–	South Africa	10	0	1988–1997
	Don January	1929–	United States	10	1	1956–1976
	Ky Laffoon	1908–1984	United States	10	0	1933–1946
	John Mahaffey	1948–	United States	10	1	1973–1989
	Mark McCumber	1951–	United States	10	0	1979–1994
	Dick Metz	1908–1993	United States	10	0	1935–1949
	Larry Nelson	1947–	United States	10	3	1979–1988
	Kenny Perry	1960–	United States	10	0	1991–2008
	Dave Stockton	1941–	United States	10	2	1967–1976
	Fuzzy Zoeller	1951–	United States	10	2	1979–1986
105	Seve Ballesteros	1957–	Spain	9	5	1978–1988
	Al Espinosa	1891–1957	United States	9	0	1924–1935
	Nick Faldo	1957–	England	9	6	1984–1997
	Johnny Golden	1896–1936	United States	9	0	1927–1935
	Jay Haas	1953–	United States	9	0	1978–1993
	Jimmy Hines	1903–1986	United States	9	0	1933–1946
	Bobby Jones	1902–1971	United States	9	7	1923–1930
112	Stuart Appleby	1971–	Australia	8	0	1997–2006
	Jim Colbert	1941–	United States	8	0	1969–1983
	Bruce Devlin	1937–	Australia	8	0	1964–1972
	Brad Faxon	1961–	United States	8	0	1991–2005
	Fred Funk	1956–	United States	8	0	1992–2007
	David Graham	1946–	Australia	8	2	1972–1983
	Lee Janzen	1964–	United States	8	2	1992–1998
	Steve Jones	1958–	United States	8	1	1988–1998
	George Knudson	1937–1989	Canada	8	0	1961–1972
	Ted Kroll	1919–2002	United States	8	0	1952–1962
	Lawson Little	1910–1968	United States	8	1	1936–1948
	Tony Manero	1905–1989	United States	8	1	1929–1938
	Ed Oliver	1916–1961	United States	8	0	1940–1958
	Jerry Pate	1953–	United States	8	1	1976–1982
	Loren Roberts	1955–	United States	8	0	1994–2002
	Chi Chi Rodriguez	1935–	Puerto Rico	8	0	1963–1979
	J. C. Snead	1940–	United States	8	0	1971–1987
	Bob Tway	1959–	United States	8	1	1986–2003
	Mike Weir	1970–	Canada	8	1	1999–2007
131	Jerry Barber	1916–1994	United States	7	1	1953–1963
	Mark Brooks	1961–	United States	7	1	1988–1996
	K.J. Choi	1970–	South Korea	7	0	2002–2008
	Gardner Dickinson	1927–1998	United States	7	0	1956–1971
	Sergio García	1980–	Spain	7	0	2001–2008
	Bill Glasson	1960–	United States	7	0	1985–1997
	Chandler Harper	1923–1997	United States	7	1	1942–1955
	Jay Hebert	1923–1997	United States	7	1	1957–1961
	John Huston	1961–	United States	7	0	1990–2003
	Peter Jacobsen	1954–	United States	7	0	1980–2003
	Billy Maxwell	1929–	United States	7	0	1955–1962
	Dick Mayer	1924–1989	United States	7	1	1953–1965
	Gil Morgan	1946–	United States	7	0	1977–1990
	Johnny Palmer	1918–2006	United States	7	0	1946–1954
	Scott Simpson	1955–	United States	7	1	1980–1998
	Joey Sindelar	1958–	United States	7	0	1985–2004
	Bert Yancey	1938–1994	United States	7	0	1966–1972
148	Sammy Byrd	1906–1981	United States	6	0	1942–1945
	Bob Charles	1936–	New Zealand	6	1	1963–1974
	Ed Furgol	1917–1997	United States	6	1	1947–1957
	Bob Gilder	1950–	United States	6	0	1976–1983
	Retief Goosen	1969–	South Africa	6	2	2001–2005
	Lou Graham	1938–	United States	6	1	1967–1979
	Paul Harney	1929–	United States	6	0	1957–1972
	Gary Koch	1952–	United States	6	0	1976–1988
	Bob Lunn	1945–	United States	6	0	1968–1972
	Sandy Lyle	1958–	Scotland	6	2	1985–1988
	José María Olazábal	1966–	Spain	6	2	1990–2002
	Steve Pate	1961–	United States	6	0	1987–1998
	Bill Rogers	1951–	United States	6	1	1978–1983
	Bob Rosburg	1926–	United States	6	1	1954–1972
	Adam Scott	1980–	Australia	6	0	2003–2008
	Dan Sikes	1929–1987	United States	6	0	1963–1968
	Jeff Sluman	1957–	United States	6	1	1988–2002
	Peter Thomson	1929–	Australia	6	5	1954–1965
	Mike Turnesa	1907–2000	United States	6	0	1931-1949
	Bo Wininger	1922–1967	United States	6	0	1955–1963
168	Buddy Allin	1944–2007	United States	5	0	1971–1976
	Pete Cooper	1914–	United States	5	0	1949–1958
	John Daly	1966–	United States	5	2	1991–2004
	Roberto DeVicenzo	1923–	Argentina	5	1	1957–1968
	Danny Edwards	1951–	United States	5	0	1977–1985
	Dan Forsman	1958–	United States	5	0	1985–2002
	Marty Furgol	1916–2005	United States	5	0	1951–1959
	Jim Gallagher, Jr.	1961–	United States	5	0	1990–1995
	Ken Green	1958–	United States	5	0	1985–1989
	Fred Haas	1916–2004	United States	5	0	1945–1954
	Bob Hamilton	1916–1990	United States	5	1	1944–1949
	Jerry Heard	1947–	United States	5	0	1971–1978
	Lionel Hebert	1928–2000	United States	5	1	1957–1966
	Herman Keiser	1914–2003	United States	5	1	1942–1947
	Tom Lehman	1959–	United States	5	1	1994–2000
	Roger Maltbie	1951–	United States	5	0	1975–1985
	Ray Mangrum	1910–1975	United States	5	0	1936–1946
	Billy Mayfair	1966–	United States	5	0	1993–1998
	Blaine McCallister	1958–	United States	5	0	1988–1993
	Rocco Mediate	1962–	United States	5	0	1991–2002
	Bob Murphy	1943–	United States	5	0	1968–1986
	Jesper Parnevik	1965–	Sweden	5	0	1998–2001
	Johnny Pott	1935–	United States	5	0	1960–1968
	Tom Purtzer	1951–	United States	5	0	1977–1991
	Phil Rodgers	1938–	United States	5	0	1962–1966
	Mason Rudolph	1934–	United States	5	0	1959–1970
	Bob Toski	1926–	United States	5	0	1953–1954
	Scott Verplank	1964–	United States	5	0	1985–2007
	D. A. Weibring	1953–	United States	5	0	1979–1996

1. ^  Jim Barnes was born in England, but became a U.S. citizen soon after moving to the United States in 1906.

[edit] See also

• Most PGA Tour wins in a year
• Golfers with most major championship wins
• Golfers with most European Tour wins
• Golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins
• Golfers with most Asian Tour wins