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 the end of the Houston Open on April 1, 2007.

Player	Lifespan	Country	Wins	Majors	Winning Span
Sam Snead	1912–2002	United States	82	7	1936–1965
Jack Nicklaus	1940–	United States	73	18	1962–1986
Ben Hogan	1912–1997	United States	64	9	1938–1959
Arnold Palmer	1929–	United States	62	7	1955–1973
Tiger Woods	1975–	United States	56	12	1996–2007
Byron Nelson	1912–2006	United States	52	5	1935–1951
Billy Casper	1931–	United States	51	3	1956–1975
Walter Hagen	1892–1969	United States	44	11	1916–1936
Cary Middlecoff	1921–1998	United States	40	3	1945–1961
Gene Sarazen	1902–1999	United States	39	7	1922–1941
Tom Watson	1949–	United States	39	8	1974–1998
Lloyd Mangrum	1914–1973	United States	36	1	1940–1956
Horton Smith	1908–1963	United States	32	2	1928–1941
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
Leo Diegel	1899–1951	United States	30	2	1920–1934
Phil Mickelson	1970–	United States	30	3	1991–2007
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
Henry Picard	1906–1997	United States	26	2	1932–1945
Tommy Armour	1894–1968	Scotland	25	3	1920–1938
Johnny Miller	1947–	United States	25	2	1971–1994
Gary Player	1935–	South Africa	24	9	1958–1978
Macdonald Smith	1892–1949	United States	24	0	1924–1936
Johnny Farrell	1901–1988	United States	22	1	1921–1936
Raymond Floyd	1942–	United States	22	4	1963–1992
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
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
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
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
Jack Burke, Jr	1923–	United States	17	2	1950–1963
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
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
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
Ernie Els	1969–	South Africa	15	3	1994–2004
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
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
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
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
George Archer	1939–2005	United States	12	1	1965–1984
Paul Azinger	1960–	United States	12	1	1987–2000
Jim Furyk	1970–	United States	12	1	1995–2006
Tony Lema	1934–1966	United States	12	1	1962–1966
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
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–	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
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
Justin Leonard	1972–	United States	10	1	1996–2005
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
Dave Stockton	1941–	United States	10	2	1967–1976
Fuzzy Zoeller	1951–	United States	10	2	1979–1986
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
Kenny Perry	1960–	United States	9	0	1991–2005
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
Jerry Barber	1916–1994	United States	7	1	1953–1963
Mark Brooks	1961–	United States	7	1	1988–1996
Gardner Dickinson	1927–1998	United States	7	0	1956–1971
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
Mike Weir	1970–	Canada	7	1	1999–2004
Bert Yancey	1938–1994	United States	7	0	1966–1972
Bob Charles	1936–	New Zealand	6	1	1963–1974
Ed Furgol	1917–1997	United States	6	1	1947–1957
Sergio García	1980–	Spain	6	0	2001–2005
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
Dan Sikes	1929–1987	United States	6	0	1963–1968
Jeff Sluman	1957–	United States	6	1	1988–2002
Peter Thomson	1942–	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
Bud 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	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–	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
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
Adam Scott	1980–	Australia	5	0	2003–2007
Bob Toski	1926–	United States	5	0	1953–1954
D. A. Weibring	1953–	United States	5	0	1979–1996