RANKING: The All-time Top 25 highest-earning golfers in PGA Tour history
There are many ways to judge a golfer. How good is his swing? Can he chip? Can he putt?
How many times has he won? And how many major championships has he lifted?
But golfers also like to remind us that they are doing a job, which means money rules.
So, who has won the most money on the PGA Tour?
Who’s in the top 25 on the all-time PGA Tour career money list?
1. Tiger Woods – $120,999,166
Is he the greatest of all time? Only Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus can challenge him in the modern era, and therefore it’s no surprise he leads the list, because the money on offer in the 1990s and 21st century was significantly more than that pair ever played for.
Woods largely drove the recent explosion of prize money off the back of 82 PGA Tour wins, which is the tied most in history. 15 of those were major championship triumphs. He also recorded 18 World Golf Championship victories and spent a record 683 weeks as the world number one.
2. Rory McIlroy – $107,145,766
The Northern Irishman has emerged as the biggest pull in the game in the post-Tiger era and has capitalised on the Woods-boosted purses. He’s won 29 PGA Tour titles, five of them 5 major championships (including the career grand slam). He’s also won two Players Championships, three World Golf Championships and spent 122 weeks as the world number one.
3. Phil Mickelson – $96,727,968
First, the good news: the lefty claimed 45 PGA Tour wins (eighth best of all time), six were majors, one was the Players Championship, and three were World Golf Championships. His career was magnificent. But what would he have compiled had his career not coincided with that of Tiger Woods?!
He spent 270 weeks as the world number two because of the GOAT and inevitably won fewer titles and less money as a consequence of their parallel careers.
4. Scottie Scheffler – $92,156,470
5. Dustin Johnson – $75,695,066
6. Justin Rose – $73,167,517
7. Jim Furyk – $71,507,269
8. Vijay Singh – $71,281,216
9. Adam Scott – $69,705,648
10. Justin Thomas – $69,347,527
PGA Tour all-time prize money list, 11th to 25th revealed
11. Jordan Spieth – $65,901,630
12. Jason Day – $64,595,524
13. Hideki Matsuyama – $61,453,309
14. Matt Kuchar – $61,166,988
15. Xander Schauffele – $60,532,009
16. Sergio Garcia – $55,097,412
17. Keegan Bradley – $54,670,847
18. Jon Rahm – $53,548,768
19. Rickie Fowler – $53,492,235
20. Patrick Cantlay – $53,209,933
21. Zach Johnson – $49,935,318
22. Ernie Els – $49,385,600
23. Bubba Watson – $48,385,778
24. Webb Simpson – $46,085,168
25. Tony Finau – $45,636,964
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