The money in golf isn’t what it used to be. During the last decades, PGA Tour earnings are raised in the sky. We wanted to take a closer look at how these numbers have evolved. Here are the PGA Tour’s top money leaders for the past 35 years. We looked at tournament winnings, not bonuses to create this list.
Best year vs. worst
The highest annual income belongs to Scottie Scheffler in 2024. He won $29,228,357. The lowest annual total on the list was Corey Pavin IN 1991winning $979,430. While this was a respectable sum at the time, things have changed.
The $979,430 earned in 1991 would be roughly $2.3 million in today’s dollars when adjusted for inflation. It’s still a long way from the $29 million set in 2024.
Tiger Woods dominates. Again.
Tiger Woods appears as the top winner on the PGA Tour 10 times. He and Vijay Singh were the first players to cross the $10 million mark. Singh also deserves recognition for his constant presence at the helm. He was the main winner three times.
Don’t leave out Justin Thomas
Justin Thomas continued pretty well in 2017, 2018 and 2020. He was the leading money winner, but he never won as much in a single season as Jordan Spieth did in 2015. In fact, it took until 2022 for Scottie Scheffler to pass The $12 million Spieth made in 2015.
Here are the PGA Tour Leading Money winners for the past 35 years
| YEAR | Golf player | gains |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler | $29,228,357 |
| 2023 | Scottie Scheffler | 21 014 342 dollars |
| 2022 | Scottie Scheffler | $14,046,910 |
| 2021 | Jon Rahm | $7,705,933 |
| 2020 | Justin Thomas | $7,344,040 |
| 2019 | Brooks Koepka | $9,684,006 |
| 2018 | Justin Thomas | $8,694,821 |
| 2017 | Justin Thomas | $9,921,560 |
| 2016 | Dustin Johnson | $9,365,185 |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | $12,030,465 |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy | $8,280,096 |
| 2013 | Tiger Woods | $8,553,439 |
| 2012 | Rory McIlroy | $8,047,952 |
| 2011 | Luke Donald | $6,683,214 |
| 2010 | Matt Kuchar | $4,910,477 |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | $10,508,163 |
| 2008 | Vijay Singh | $6,601,094 |
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | $10,867,052 |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods | $9,941,563 |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | 10 628 024 dollars |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | $10,905,166 |
| 2003 | Vijay Singh | $7,573,907 |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | $6,912,625 |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | $5,687,777 |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | $9,188,321 |
| 1999 | Tiger Woods | $6,616,585 |
| 1998 | David Duval | $2,591,031 |
| 1997 | Tiger Woods | $2,066,833 |
| 1996 | Tom Lehman | $1,780,159 |
| 1995 | Greg Norman | $1,654,959 |
| 1994 | Nick Price | $1,499,927 |
| 1993 | Nick Price | $1,478,557 |
| 1992 | Couples Fred | $1,344,188 |
| 1991 | Corey Pavin | $979,430 |
| 1990 | Greg Norman | $1,165,477 |
| 1989 | Tom Kite | $1,395,278 |
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