PGA Tour

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The PGA Tour is an organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA that operates the USA's main professional golf tours dominated by men. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR".

The PGA Tour should be distinguished from a number of other golf organizations. Since 1968, it has been completely separate from the Professional Golfers' Association of America (“PGA of America”), which is now primarily an association of club professionals. (Prior to 1968, it was the PGA of America's Tournament Players Division.) The PGA of America, not the PGA Tour, runs the PGA Championship and the Senior PGA Championship and co-organizes the Ryder Cup with the PGA European Tour. The PGA Tour does not run the women's tours in the United States, which are controlled by the independent LPGA. The governing body of golf in the United States is the United States Golf Association.

1 Tours operated by the PGA Tour
2 Television and radio coverage
3 The structure of the PGA Tour season
4 Money winners and most wins leaders
- 4.1 Multiple money list titles
5 Player and rookie of the year awards
- 5.1 Multiple PGA Player of the Year Awards
6 Career money leaders
7 References
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] Tours operated by the PGA Tour

The PGA Tour operates the following tours, which are played mostly in the United States, with occasional events in Canada and Mexico, and one major championship in the United Kingdom in each of the first two listed:

PGA TOUR, the top tour
Champions Tour, for golfers 50 and over
Nationwide Tour, a second-level tour

The PGA Tour also conducts an annual Qualifying Tournament (known colloquially as Q-School), a six-round tournament held each fall; the top 30 finishers, including ties, receive privileges to play on the following year's PGA Tour. Other upper-level finishers receive privileges on the Nationwide Tour.

The top 20 money-winners on the Nationwide Tour also receive privileges on the following year's PGA Tour. A golfer who wins three events on that tour in a calendar year earns a "battlefield promotion" which garners PGA Tour privileges for the remainder of the year, and the following year.

At the end of each year, the top 125 money-winners on the PGA Tour receive a tour card for the following season, which gives them exemption from qualifying for most of the next year's tournaments. However at some events, known as invitationals, exemptions only apply to the previous year's top seventy players. Players who are ranked between 126-150 receive a conditional tour card, which gives them priority for places that are not taken up by players with full cards.

Winning a PGA Tour event provides a tour card for a minimum of two years. Winning a World Golf Championships event provides a three-year exemption. Winners of the major championships earn a five-year exemption. Other types of exemption include lifetime exemptions for players with twenty wins on the tour; one-time one year exemptions for players in the top fifty on the career money list who are not otherwise exempt; and medical exemptions for players who have been injured, which give them an opportunity to regain their tour card after a period out of the tour.

There is no rule limiting PGA Tour players to men only. In 2003, two women, Annika Sörenstam and Suzy Whaley, played in PGA TOUR events; in 2004, 2005, and 2006 Michelle Wie did the same. None of these three made the cut, although Wie missed by only one stroke in 2004. The LPGA is limited to female participants only.

The PGA Tour places a strong emphasis on charity fundraising, usually on behalf of local charities in cities where events are staged. With the exception of a few older events, PGA Tour rules require all Tour events to be non-profit; the Tour itself is also a non-profit company. In 2005, it started a campaign to push its all-time fundraising tally past one billion dollars, and it reached that mark one week before the end of the season.

There is also a PGA European Tour, which is separate from either the PGA Tour or the PGA of America; this organization runs a tour, mostly in Europe but with events throughout the world outside of North America, that is second only to the PGA Tour in worldwide prestige. There are several other regional tours around the world. However, the PGA Tour, European Tour, and many of the regional tours co-sponsor the World Golf Championships. These, along with the major championships, usually count toward the official money lists of each tour, as well as the Official World Golf Rankings.

[edit] Television and radio coverage

In January 2006 the PGA Tour announced a new set of television deals covering 2007 to 2012. CBS Sports will remain the main carrier of PGA Tour golf, and will increase its events from 16 to 19 per season. NBC Sports will increase its coverage from 5 to 10 events. The Golf Channel will be the Tour's cable partner on a 15 year contract, providing early round coverage of all official money events and four round coverage of a few events at the beginning and towards the end of the season. These deals do not cover the major championships as the PGA Tour does not own the rights to them. The fees involved were not mentioned in the press release, but it stated, "total prize money and other financial benefits to players will increase approximately $600 million over the term as compared to the previous six years, a 35-percent increase". [1]

The PGA Tour is also covered extensively outside the United States. In the United Kingdom Sky Sports was the main broadcaster of the tour for a number of years up to 2006. However Setanta Sports won exclusive UK and Ireland rights for six years from 2007 for a reported cost of £103 million. The deal includes Champions Tour and the Nationwide Tour events, but like the U.S. television deals it does not include the major championships. Setanta is expected to establish a specialist golf channel to present its coverage. ^[1]

In the United States and Canada, radio coverage of the PGA Tour is available on XM Satellite Radio, on channel 146.

[edit] The structure of the PGA Tour season

[edit] Outline of the season

The table below illustrates the structure of the PGA TOUR season. The events shown are for 2006, but there are only minor variations in the overall pattern from one year to the next. Tournaments sometimes change venue, and quite often change name, especially when they get a new sponsor, but the principal events have fixed and traditional places in the schedule, and this determines the rhythm of the season.

Three of the four majors take place in eight weeks between June and August. This threatens to make the last two and a half months of the season anti-climactic, as some of the very top players compete less from this point on. Interest is sustained by the following factors:

The race to top the money list. However, quite often this is clinched well before the end of the season.
The race to finish in the top 30 of the money list, so as to qualify for the lucrative and prestigious finale to the season, the Tour Championship, whose winner earns a three-year exemption.
The scramble of the less successful members of the tour to make the top 125, in order to retain their Tour card for the following season. Players who are on the margins of the top 125 often play every week at this time of year.
The last several events are known collectively as the "Fall Finish". Points are awarded for top ten places in these events and the player who accumulates most points receives additional prize money.

The logo of the FedEx Cup

In 2007 THE PLAYERS Championship is moving to May so as to have a marquee event in five consecutive months. The Tour Championship will move up to September as some of the leading players dislike the length of the current season and don't play many events in the last two months. In the events from the start of the season to the Tour Championship the players will compete for the FedEx Cup. The Tour will continue through the fall, with the focus on the scramble of the less successful players to retain their tour cards. 2007 will also see the introduction of a tournament in Mexico, though it will be an alternate event staged the same week as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. [2]

[edit] 2007 schedule

There are 48 events in 45 weeks so far, and all 48 of them have prize money. Most members of the tour play between 20 and 30 tournaments in the season. The geography of the tour is determined by the weather. It starts in Hawaii in January and spends most of its first two months in California and Arizona during what is known as the "West Coast Swing," and then moves to the American Southeast for the "Southern Swing." Each swing culminates in a significant tour event. In April, tour events begin to drift north. The summer months are spent mainly in the Northeast and the Midwest, and in the fall the tour heads south again.

In most of the regular events on tour, the field is either 132, 144 or 156 players, depending on time of year. After two rounds, there is a cut where the top 70 players and ties will advance to the next rounds and earn money. The winner usually receives 18% of the total purse.

Week	Tournament	State/Country	Status
Jan 1-7	Mercedes-Benz Championship	Hawaii	Small field - West Coast Swing
Jan 8-14	Sony Open in Hawaii	Hawaii	Regular - West Coast Swing
Jan 15-21	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	California	Regular - West Coast Swing
Jan 22-28	Buick Invitational	California	Regular - West Coast Swing
Jan 29 - Feb 4	FBR Open	Arizona	Regular - West Coast Swing
Feb 5-11	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	California	Regular - West Coast Swing
Feb 12-18	Nissan Open	California	Regular - West Coast Swing
Feb 19-25	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	Arizona	World Golf Championship - West Coast Swing
Feb 19-25	Mayakoba Classic at Riviera Maya	Mexico	Alternate - West Coast Swing
Feb 26 - Mar 4	The Honda Classic	Florida	Regular - Southern Swing
Mar 5-11	Tampa Bay Championship	Florida	Regular - Southern Swing
Mar 12-18	Arnold Palmer Invitational	Florida	Regular - Southern Swing
Mar 19-25	WGC-CA Championship	Florida	World Golf Championships - Southern Swing
Mar 26 - Apr 1	Shell Houston Open	Texas	Regular - Southern Swing
Apr 2-8	The Masters	Georgia	Major - Southern Swing
Apr 9-15	Verizon Heritage	South Carolina	Regular
Apr 16-22	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Louisiana	Regular
Apr 23-29	EDS Byron Nelson Championship	Texas	Regular
April 30 - May 6	Wachovia Championship	North Carolina	Regular
May 7-13	THE PLAYERS Championship	Florida	Unique
May 14-20	BellSouth Classic	Florida	Regular
May 21-27	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial	Texas	Regular
May 28 - Jun 3	the Memorial Tournament	Ohio	Regular
Jun 4-10	Stanford St. Jude Championship	Tennessee	Regular
Jun 11-17	U.S. Open Championship	Pennsylvania	Major
Jun 18-24	Travelers Championship	Connecticut	Regular
Jun 25 - Jul 1	Buick Open	Michigan	Regular
Jul 2-8	The INTERNATIONAL	Colorado	Regular
Jul 9-15	John Deere Classic	Illinois	Regular
Jul 16-22	The Open Championship (British Open)	United Kingdom	Major
Jul 16-22	U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Alternate
Jul 23-29	Bell Canadian Open	Canada	Regular
Jul 30 - Aug 5	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	Ohio	World Golf Championships
Aug 6-12	PGA Championship	Oklahoma	Major
Aug 13-19	Wyndham Championship	North Carolina	Regular
Aug 20-26	Barclays Classic	New York	Regular - FedEx Cup Playoff event
Aug 27 - Sep 3	Deutsche Bank Championship	Massachusetts	Regular - FedEx Cup Playoff event
Sep 3-9	BMW Championship	Illinois	Regular - FedEx Cup Playoff event
Sep 10-16	THE TOUR Championship	Georgia	Small field - FedEx Cup Playoff event
Sep 17-23	Turning Stone Resort Championship	New York	Regular - Fall Finish
Sep 24-30	Presidents Cup	Canada	Team event - USA v. International Team
Sep 24-30	Viking Classic	Mississippi	Alternate - Fall Finish
Oct 1-7	Valero Texas Open	Texas	Regular - Fall Finish
Oct 8-14	Frys.com Open in Las Vegas	Nevada	Regular - Fall Finish
Oct 15-21	Fry's Electronics Open	Arizona	Regular - Fall Finish
Oct 22-28	Running Horse Golf Championship	California	Regular - Fall Finish
Oct 29 - Nov 4	Walt Disney World Resort Classic	Florida	Regular - Fall Finish

[edit] Categories of events

Majors: The four leading annual events in world golf are The Masters, The United States Open, the Open Championship (often referred to as the British Open), and the PGA Championship.
World Golf Championships: A set of events co-sanctioned by the International Federation of PGA Tours which attract the leading golfers from all over the world, including those who are not members of the PGA TOUR.
Unique: The unique status of the The PLAYERS Championship is based on the fact that it is the only event apart from the majors and the World Golf Championships which attracts entries from almost all of the world's elite golfers. Official recognition is given to its unique position in the sport by the Official World Golf Rankings, which allocate it a fixed number of points (which is 20% less than for a major), whereas the number of points allocated to "regular" events is dependent on the rankings of the players who enter each year, and is only determined once the entry list is finalized. It is increasingly referred to by the media as the "Fifth major". In North America some people would like to make the tournament an official major and it will be ranked equally with the majors in the FedEx Cup point system. However there is little support for this in the rest of the world, and any revision to the points system for the world rankings would require a global consensus.
Small field: The FedEx Cup starts and finishes with two elite events for fields which are about 30-strong instead of the usual 150 or so.
Team: A United States team of 12 elite players competes in the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup in alternate years. The Ryder Cup is arguably the highest profile event in golf, outranking the majors. The Presidents Cup is less well established, but is still the main event of the week when it is played. There is no prize money in these events, so they are irrelevant to the money list.
Regular: Routine weekly tour events. The "regular" events vary somewhat in status, but this is a subjective matter. The relative status of the events is not based on the size of the prize fund to a very large degree, as this doesn't vary much. Some of the other factors which determine the status of a tournament are:
- Its position in the schedule, which influences the number of leading players that choose to enter.
- Its age and the distinction of its past champions.
- The repute of the course on which it is played.
- Any associations with "legends of golf". Five events in particular have such associations:
  - The EDS Byron Nelson Championship, named after Byron Nelson, was until 2007 the only current event named after a PGA Tour golfer.
  - The Arnold Palmer Invitational, formerly the Bay Hill Invitational, closely identified with Arnold Palmer and played at a resort he owns.
  - The Nissan Open and Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, both identified with Ben Hogan, although the Colonial is more closely identified with him.
  - The Memorial Tournament, founded by Jack Nicklaus, played on a course he designed, and annually honoring a selected "legend".
Invitational: These events are similar to the regular ones, but have a slightly smaller (around 100-110 players), selective field. The top 70 on the previous year's money list can automatically take part to invitationals, as well as past champions of the event. There is an increased amount of sponsor's exemptions as well, and some invitationals allow the defending champion to invite one or several non pros as well. Invitational tournaments include the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Verizon Heritage, the Memorial Tournament and others. The tournaments usually do have an association with a golf legend, or in the case of the Verizon Heritage, a famous course.
Alternate: Events which are played in the same week as a higher status tournament and therefore have weakened fields and reduced prize money. They are often considered an opportunity for players on the bubble (near or below 125th or 150th) in the money list to move up more easily or to attempt an easier two-year exemption for winning a tournament.

There are also a number of events which are recognized by the PGA TOUR, but which do not count towards the official money list. Most of these take place in the off season (November and December). This slate of unofficial events (which includes the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge, the Franklin Templeton Shootout, the Skins Game, etc.) is referred to as the "Challenge Season" or, less approvingly, the "Silly Season".

[edit] Money winners and most wins leaders

Year	Money winner	Earnings (US$)	Most wins
2006	Tiger Woods	9,941,563	8: Tiger Woods
2005	Tiger Woods	10,628,024	6: Tiger Woods
2004	Vijay Singh	10,905,166	9: Vijay Singh
2003	Vijay Singh	7,573,907	5: Tiger Woods
2002	Tiger Woods	6,912,625	5: Tiger Woods
2001	Tiger Woods	5,687,777	5: Tiger Woods
2000	Tiger Woods	9,188,321	9: Tiger Woods
1999	Tiger Woods	6,616,585	8: Tiger Woods
1998	David Duval	2,591,031	4: David Duval
1997	Tiger Woods	2,066,833	4: Tiger Woods
1996	Tom Lehman	1,780,159	4: Phil Mickelson
1995	Greg Norman	1,654,959	3: Lee Janzen, Greg Norman
1994	Nick Price	1,499,927	6: Nick Price
1993	Nick Price	1,478,557	4: Nick Price
1992	Fred Couples	1,344,188	3: John Cook; Fred Couples; Davis Love III
1991	Corey Pavin	979,430	2: 8 players (note 1)
1990	Greg Norman	1,165,477	4: Corey Pavin
1989	Tom Kite	1,395,278	3: Tom Kite; Steve Jones
1988	Curtis Strange	1,147,644	4: Curtis Strange
1987	Curtis Strange	925,941	3: Paul Azinger; Curtis Strange
1986	Greg Norman	653,296	4: Bob Tway
1985	Curtis Strange	542,321	3: Curtis Strange; Lanny Wadkins
1984	Tom Watson	476,260	3: Tom Watson; Denis Watson
1983	Hal Sutton	426,668	2: 8 players (note 2)
1982	Craig Stadler	446,462	4: Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Calvin Peete
1981	Tom Kite	375,699	4: Bill Rogers
1980	Tom Watson	530,808	7: Tom Watson
1979	Tom Watson	462,636	5: Tom Watson
1978	Tom Watson	362,429	5: Tom Watson
1977	Tom Watson	310,653	5: Tom Watson
1976	Jack Nicklaus	266,439	3: Ben Crenshaw, Hubert Green
1975	Jack Nicklaus	298,149	5: Jack Nicklaus
1974	Johnny Miller	353,022	8: Johnny Miller
1973	Jack Nicklaus	308,362	7: Jack Nicklaus
1972	Jack Nicklaus	320,542	7: Jack Nicklaus
1971	Jack Nicklaus	244,491	6: Lee Trevino
1970	Lee Trevino	157,037	4: Billy Casper
1969	Frank Beard	164,707	3: 4 players (note 3)
1968	Billy Casper	205,169	6: Billy Casper
1967	Jack Nicklaus	188,998	5: Jack Nicklaus
1966	Billy Casper	121,945	4: Billy Casper
1965	Jack Nicklaus	140,752	5: Jack Nicklaus
1964	Jack Nicklaus	113,285	5: Tony Lema
1963	Arnold Palmer	128,230	7: Arnold Palmer
1962	Arnold Palmer	81,448	8: Arnold Palmer
1961	Gary Player	64,540	6: Arnold Palmer
1960	Arnold Palmer	75,263	8: Arnold Palmer
1959	Art Wall, Jr.	53,168	5: Gene Littler
1958	Arnold Palmer	42,608	4: Ken Venturi
1957	Dick Mayer	65,835	4: Arnold Palmer
1956	Ted Kroll	72,836	4: Mike Souchak
1955	Julius Boros	63,122	6: Cary Middlecoff
1954	Bob Toski	65,820	4: Bob Toski
1953	Lew Worsham	34,002	5: Ben Hogan
1952	Julius Boros	37,033	5: Jack Burke Jr., Sam Snead
1951	Lloyd Mangrum	26,089	6: Cary Middlecoff
1950	Sam Snead	35,759	11: Sam Snead
1949	Sam Snead	31,594	7: Cary Middlecoff
1948	Ben Hogan	32,112	10: Ben Hogan
1947	Jimmy Demaret	27,937	7: Ben Hogan
1946	Ben Hogan	42,556	13: Ben Hogan
1945	Byron Nelson	63,336	18: Byron Nelson
1944	Byron Nelson	37,968	8: Byron Nelson
1943	No records kept	-	1: Sam Byrd, Harold McSpaden, Steve Warga
1942	Ben Hogan	13,143	6: Ben Hogan
1941	Ben Hogan	18,358	7: Sam Snead
1940	Ben Hogan	10,655	6: Jimmy Demaret
1939	Henry Picard	10,303	8: Henry Picard
1938	Sam Snead	19,534	8: Sam Snead
1937	Harry Cooper	14,139	8: Harry Cooper
1936	Horton Smith	7,682	3: Ralph Guldahl, Jimmy Hines, Henry Picard
1935	Johnny Revolta	9,543	5: Henry Picard, Johnny Revolta
1934	Paul Runyan	6,767	7: Paul Runyan
1933	N/A	N/A	9: Paul Runyan
1932	N/A	N/A	4: Gene Sarazen
1931	N/A	N/A	4: Wilfred Cox
1930	N/A	N/A	8: Gene Sarazen
1929	N/A	N/A	8: Horton Smith
1928	N/A	N/A	7: Bill Mehlhorn
1927	N/A	N/A	7: Johnny Farrell
1926	N/A	N/A	5: Bill Mehlhorn, Macdonald Smith
1925	N/A	N/A	5: Leo Diegel
1924	N/A	N/A	5: Walter Hagen
1923	N/A	N/A	5: Walter Hagen, Joe Kirkwood, Sr.
1922	N/A	N/A	4: Walter Hagen
1921	N/A	N/A	4: Jim Barnes
1920	N/A	N/A	4: Jock Hutchison
1919	N/A	N/A	5: Jim Barnes
1918	N/A	N/A	1: Patrick Doyle, Walter Hagen, Jock Hutchison
1917	N/A	N/A	2: Jim Barnes, Mike Brady
1916	N/A	N/A	3: Jim Barnes

Notes:

Players with 2 wins in 1991: Billy Andrade, Mark Brooks, Fred Couples, Andrew Magee, Corey Pavin, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Ian Woosnam
Players with 2 wins in 1983: Seve Ballesteros, Jim Colbert, Mark McCumber, Gil Morgan, Calvin Peete, Hal Sutton, Lanny Wadkins, Fuzzy Zoeller
Players with 3 wins in 1969: Billy Casper, Raymond Floyd, Dave Hill, Jack Nicklaus

[edit] Multiple money list titles

The following players have won more than one money list title through 2006:

8: Jack Nicklaus
7: Tiger Woods
5: Ben Hogan, Tom Watson
4: Arnold Palmer
3: Sam Snead, Curtis Strange, Greg Norman
2: Byron Nelson, Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Tom Kite, Nick Price, Vijay Singh

[edit] Player and rookie of the year awards

PGA TOUR players compete for two player of the year awards. The PGA Player of the Year award dates back to 1948 and is awarded by the PGA of America. Since 1982 the winner has been selected using a points system with marks awarded for wins, money list position and scoring average. The PGA Tour Player of the Year award, also known as the Jack Nicklaus Award, is administered by the PGA TOUR and was introduced in 1990; the recipient is selected by the tour players by ballot, although the results are not released other than to say who has won. More often than not the same player wins both awards; in fact, as seen in the table below, the PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year have been the same every year since 1992. The Rookie of the Year award was also introduced in 1990. Players are eligible in their first season of PGA Tour membership; several of the winners had a good deal of international success before their PGA Tour rookie season, and some have been in their thirties when they won the award.

Year	PGA Player of the Year	PGA Tour Player of the Year	Rookie of the Year
2006	Tiger Woods	TBA	TBA
2005	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods	Sean O'Hair
2004	Vijay Singh	Vijay Singh	Todd Hamilton
2003	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods	Ben Curtis
2002	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods	Jonathan Byrd
2001	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods	Charles Howell III
2000	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods	Michael Clark II
1999	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods	Carlos Franco
1998	Mark O'Meara	Mark O'Meara	Steve Flesch
1997	Tiger Woods	Tiger Woods	Stewart Cink
1996	Tom Lehman	Tom Lehman	Tiger Woods
1995	Greg Norman	Greg Norman	Woody Austin
1994	Nick Price	Nick Price	Ernie Els
1993	Nick Price	Nick Price	Vijay Singh
1992	Fred Couples	Fred Couples	Mark Carnevale
1991	Corey Pavin	Fred Couples	John Daly
1990	Nick Faldo	Wayne Levi	Robert Gamez
1989	Tom Kite	-	-
1988	Curtis Strange	-	-
1987	Paul Azinger	-	-
1986	Bob Tway	-	-
1985	Lanny Wadkins	-	-
1984	Tom Watson	-	-
1983	Hal Sutton	-	-
1982	Tom Watson	-	-
1981	Bill Rogers	-	-
1980	Tom Watson	-	-
1979	Tom Watson	-	-
1978	Tom Watson	-	-
1977	Tom Watson	-	-
1976	Jack Nicklaus	-	-
1975	Jack Nicklaus	-	-
1974	Johnny Miller	-	-
1973	Jack Nicklaus	-	-
1972	Jack Nicklaus	-	-
1971	Lee Trevino	-	-
1970	Billy Casper	-	-
1969	Orville Moody	-	-
1968	No award	-	-
1967	Jack Nicklaus	-	-
1966	Billy Casper	-	-
1965	Dave Marr	-	-
1964	Ken Venturi	-	-
1963	Julius Boros	-	-
1962	Arnold Palmer	-	-
1961	Jerry Barber	-	-
1960	Arnold Palmer	-	-
1959	Art Wall, Jr.	-	-
1958	Dow Finsterwald	-	-
1957	Dick Mayer	-	-
1956	Jack Burke	-	-
1955	Doug Ford	-	-
1954	Ed Furgol	-	-
1953	Ben Hogan	-	-
1952	Julius Boros	-	-
1951	Ben Hogan	-	-
1950	Ben Hogan	-	-
1949	Sam Snead	-	-
1948	Ben Hogan	-	-

[edit] Multiple PGA Player of the Year Awards

The following players have won more than one player of the year award through 2006:

8: Tiger Woods
6: Tom Watson
5: Jack Nicklaus
4: Ben Hogan
2: Julius Boros, Billy Casper, Arnold Palmer, Nick Price

[edit] Career money leaders

The table shows the top ten career money leaders on the PGA Tour at the end of the 2006 official money season. The next official money event is in January 2007. Due to increases in prize funds over the years, it consists entirely of current players. The figures are not the players' complete career prize money as most of them have earned millions more from unofficial events or on other tours such as the European Tour. In addition, elite golfers often earn several times as much from endorsements and golf related business interests as they do from prize money.

Position	Player	Country	Prize money ($)
1.	Tiger Woods	United States	65,712,324
2.	Vijay Singh	Fiji	49,379,841
3.	Phil Mickelson	United States	39,514,038
4.	Davis Love III	United States	34,613,823
5.	Jim Furyk	United States	31,200,066
6.	Ernie Els	South Africa	28,420,395
7.	David Toms	United States	25,816,115
8.	Justin Leonard	United States	21,086,669
9.	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	20,551,208
10.	Kenny Perry	United States	20,335,031