Three single-shot runners-up? (In case you need a reminder: Theres a lot of pressure. 1 up for grabs and more: 3 things to watch for Arnold Palmer Invitational final round, Theyve opened themselves up: Pro says Tour changes could lead to LIV exodus, 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational: How to watch, TV schedule, streaming, tee times, Meet the new GOLF Top 100 Teachers of America, Gimme that: Arnold Palmer umbrella logo hats for every style, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. And some are in-between, such as Nicolas Colsaerts. Start the Golf Season off right with InsideGOLF ($100 value - just $20). Rahm, an absolute Spanish phenom, had an incredible college career at Arizona State, the same program that boasts Phil Mickelson and Paul Casey as alumni. He was in the mix through Sunday, but a very ordinary even-par 72 in the final round left him at T5. My first thought is to reward longevity. Ben Jared/PGA TOUR. When the wins come, they may well come in bunches. Heres a tip of the cap to these 14 men whove made a killing by being slightly above crushingly mediocre. 10 might seem low, but factoring in his age and declining results, serious doubt has set in about whether his championship form is in his rear-view mirror. So without further ado, with a little help from the ever-excellent PGA Tour website, here are the 10 players who have topped $10 million without etching their name into a trophy. Now struggling to make cuts in standard events, Mahan has a long way to go before he is a major threat again. Expected wins provide a means of quantifying the number of high-quality performances a golfer has had, while avoiding the noise that is built in to using number of wins for this purpose, the Data Golf website says. His affinity for the majors had most predicting that the end of his winless major streak was imminent. Over the course ofhis career, he's recorded 88 top 25s, 31 top 10s and four second-place finishes:2001 John Deere Classic; 2011 Frys.com Open; 2003 Buick Open; 2004 FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort; 2009 Verizon Heritage and 2014 The McGladrey Classic. T10. The former world No. PGA Tour wins: Zero. Howell was the sentimental winner, being a Georgia native claiming the title at Sea Island and winning for the first time in more than 11 years. The Augusta Chronicle via USA TODAY NETWORK. How he got to $10 million: Made close to 50 percent of his career earnings in 2013 and 2014 when he had all three of his runner-up finishes and had 14 top-10s finishes. Ouch. Bobby Wadkins at the 2006 Boeing Championships. Close calls: Davis only had one of his runner-up finishes be somewhat close, but it was a memorable one at the 2010 Verizon Heritage. An does have a notable win on the DP World Tour, having claimed the title in the Old World circuit's flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, in 2015. Sundays at majors have not been kind to Snedeker, who is still looking for major #1 in his 11th full season on the PGA Tour. Shortly after Simpson closed out the victory, Ancer resurfaced on one of golfs most unenviable shortlists: the best player without a PGA Tour win. Back on tour after losing his card in 2021, An posted a T-4 finish at the Fortinet Championship in Napa, Calif., that pushed him past the $10 million mark. The 29-year-old played all week at the RBC Heritage like his hair was on fire. That's how much the 42-year-old has earned in his 14 years on Tour. However, he was irrelevant in the major season of the next two years, starting with a T12 at The Masters before three missed cuts and nothing higher than a T30 in his next seven major starts. Phenomenal recent play on the European Tour (four victories in 2016) has the 35-year-old Swede in the top 10 of the world rankings, but he is yet to register in a major. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. How he got to $10 million: Ten top-10 finishes in 2006 landed him 20th in earnings that year. Some are young, guys such as Bud Cauley and Cameron Tringale. After that, the next step seemed to be PGA Tour stardom. His T-58 finish earned him $14,718, which just inched him over the $10 million mark to join the list. Ten top-10 finishes in 2006 landed him 20th in earnings that year. Hes also only missed 18 cuts in those 105 starts. The South Korean has twice led through 54 holes a one-shot lead turned into a one-shot defeat to David Toms at the 2011 Crown Plaza Invitational, while a three-shot lead at the 2021 Pebble Beach Pro-Am became a two-shot deficit in favour of Phil Mickelson. He suddenly got into the championship mix on Sunday at The Masters when a hole-in-one on the par 3 16th gave him a prayer, but after a par-par finish, he needed the leaders to back up some, which did not happen, and he settled for a T4. Sergio Garcia had held the dubious top position on this list for a long time, but with his breakthrough victory at the 2017 Masters, his position has been taken by the incredibly popular Rickie Fowler. Haas added a second this year at the U.S. Open, but a T5 was still six strokes behind the tournaments champion, Brooks Koepka. He earned five seconds, all coming from 2007 through 2010. The moment Jeff Winther claimed his first Tour victory #MallorcaGolfOpen pic.twitter.com/y0QzXINJVM. Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst, Davis Love III hits his tee shot on the 11th hole during a practice round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park. Thomas has had a breakthrough 2017 season. That would be Best Player To Have Never Won A PGA Tour Event - the granddaddy of all golf acronyms. Shared the 36-hole lead at the 2010 Viking Classic but finished 73-72. Two of his four runner-up spots on the PGA Tour came at majors the 2018 US Open and the following years Open and who can forget Paul Azingers comments about Fleetwoods inability to get over the line when the Englishman led the 2020 Honda Classic with 18 to play? James Colgan is an assistant editor at GOLF, contributing stories for the website and magazine. In just four full seasons on the PGA Tour, Matsuyama already has four victories. The season-ending CME Group Tour Championship will have a $7 million purse, with $2 million for the winner. Fair or not, however, significant percentages of an athletes legacy can also be shaped by the championships they do not win. Unless, of course you think $12,634,862 carries some personality with it. A former amateur superstar, nobody in 2005 would have expected Moore to still be majorless in 2017, but that has become the shocking reality. Walter Hagen, PGA Championship: 1924-1927. Brooks didn't stop there. Since golfs first recognized major championship was played in 1860, 230 different golfers have captured at least one major victory (Cameron Smith being the latest new winner with his victory at The Open Championship), with 84 of those winning at least two. Baird picked up his sixth career runner-up finish and leads a list of all-time earners who. Never made $2 million in any single season. Final rounds have been a problem time and time again for otherwise accomplished American. Davis was lauded for his classbut owns the dubious distinction of being the player with the most earnings without a PGA Tour win because of it. Grace, a 29-year-old South African, made international headlines in July when he shot a third-round 62 at the Open Championship, the single lowest round in major championship history, which catalyzed a T6 finish. Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content. Tringale has made 137 starts on the PGA Tour, and in that time he has posted 34 top-25. Meanwhile, at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, Bernhard Langer became the oldest player in PGA Champions Tour history at the age of 64. He has been especially great over the past four seasons, with three victories and 33 top 10s. Kuchar finished runner-up, his best result in a major. Quigley finished with five career runners-up, including three in 2009. Bryson in all his beefed-up majesty seems like hes on the cusp of his first win of the year, especially after contending in each of the last two weeks purely on the weight (pun intended) of his driver. That starts with 16 designated events that includes the majors. But then there are those that go their entire careers without ever winning one, some of whom have even reached the top spot in the world rankings. Tiger Woods, Bay Hill Invitational: 2000-2003. He won at the notoriously difficult Torrey Pines in March, obliterated the field in a six-stroke romp at the European Tours DDF Irish Open in July, and was runner-up at the WGC-Match Play Championship. 1 has 18 top 10s in majors without a win, and in nine of those 18, he finished either runner-up or third place. As puzzling as his lack of major results is, the fact that the 35-year-old is finishing closer to the top of the leaderboard as of late is encouraging for his future chances. How he got to $10 million: Hearn started the 2021-22 season on a minor medical extension, his last start coming in the 3M Open in July. In fact, since a two-win 2015 season, the orange-donning fan favorite has claimed just two PGA Tour victories (2017 Honda Classic). He has plenty of money to show for it thanks to a PGA Tour career that included three runner-up finishes. He made 65 of 72 of greens in regulation (or more than 90 percent, the most-ever at Harbour Town). Some were fortunate enough to win one after many, many attempts. Wi had a three-shot lead after three rounds but finished two behind Phil Mickelson, shooting 72 in the final round to Leftys 64. In 2004, he was tied for the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee but lost by two to Carlos Franco. Davis had been $37,390 ahead of Tringale to start this week. Westwood, who spent 22 combined weeks at No. 1. While theres a lot more that goes into a PGA Tour victory than Strokes Gained, the expected wins stat intends to provide us with a barometer for performance. At #6 in the world rankings, Rahm has had one of the quickest ascents in the top 10 ever. Historically elite sports stars such as Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Dan Fouts, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing (basically every great basketball player of the Michael Jordan era), Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Michelle Kwan, Alex Ovechkin, and Marcel Dionne, among many others, all have legacies at least partly defined by the absence of a title. Here is the list of golfers with the most PGA Tour wins. PGA Tour players can compete for decades, playing professional golf tournaments from as early as their late teens all the way into their late 50s or even early 60s. These players truly love the grind of professional golf and everything that comes with life on the road. Seven years, nine months, two days. Colsaerts is only 31 years old and is just entering the prime of his career. Charlie Wi has been in contention many times during his PGA Tour career. How he got to $10 million: The former college All-American at Stanford, where he matched Tiger Woods' career victory mark of 11 individual titles, has frequently made early round appearances on leader boards since playing his way on to the PGA Tour in 2014. He has yet to be in the leader mix at a major, but that is tenable since he has played just four as a pro. Both players were looking for their first win and Molder got it with a birdie on the sixth extra hole. One of the names on this list is the King himself. Close calls: Rodgers tied for second with Webb Simpson at the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship, losing to Rory McIlroy, and was the solo runner-up at the 2017 John Deere Classic, a stroke back of Bryson DeChambeau. Wi lost by one to David Toms at the 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial after holding a one-shot lead through 54 holes, but its the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am that hurt. In 2014, Tringale did win the Franklin Templeton Shootout with partner Jason Day, but that is considered an offseason event. He also played a lot, averaging a remarkable 31 starts from 2010 through 2016. Made cut percentage: 64.9. Haas recorded 16 top-10 finishes in majors, including three in 1995 alone, tying for third at The Masters, tying for fourth at the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, and tying for eighth at the PGA Championship at Riviera. With six career PGA Tour victories, it is surprising that someone who has been consistently good on Tour for the past nine years did not record a top 10 in a major until the 2016 Open Championship, where Haas was T9 and finished 18 strokes behind winner Henrik Stenson. With that sort of pedigree, the wins were expected to come very quickly once he got to the PGA Tour, but that hasn't happened yet. Westwood took the top spot on his own after tying for 59th at Royal St. Georges, where he missed the cut in 2003 and 2011, the latter being the year Darren Clarke won his first and only major in attempt number 54. MORE: Best pro golfers at every age, by World Ranking. pic.twitter.com/jBMGZUAOB9. Haas T-3 at Augusta in 95 and his T-3 at the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah were his best-ever finishes in a major. PGA Tour Gets Hammered For Raunchy Caption of Spieth and Kelly Is the Sanderson Farms Chicken Trophy the Tours Worst? Hed been bestedagain. Briny Baird came oh-so-close to his first career PGA TOUR victory on Sunday at The McGladrey Classic. He had a career-best earnings campaign in his final season on tour, 2021-22, bringing in $3.05 million, the third time he topped $2 million in earnings in a single season. Charlie Wi ($10m) has 58 top 25 finishes in 262 PGA Tour starts, including five runner-ups. Overton finished second four times: the2010 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the 2010 Greenbrier Classic, the 2007 Wyndham Championship and the 2010 HP Byron Nelson Championship. Close calls: Shot 67 to come up one shot short of Michael Bradley at the 2009 Puerto Rico Open and fell by the same margin to Retief Goosen at the Transitions Championship a week later. As 54-hole leader, Westwood shot a final round 71, and was passed by Phil Mickelson on the ninth hole, and settled for a runner-up. Mind you, its not like the Swede has never tasted victory as a professional. Age: 28 | Wins: 6 (4 PGA Tour, 2 European Tour). Brendon de Jonge ($11.6m) broke through the million mark for six straight seasons from 2010, and the Zimbabwean will consider himself unfortunate for missing out on the 2012 Shriners title after finishing on 23-under-par. Among his top 10s are five second-place finishes and a third-place finish. More than anything, professional athletes are judged by what they tangibly accomplish. The Londoner has had five runner-up finishes, the most infamous of which was a play-off defeat to Jim Furyk at Harbour Town where he was handed a two-shot penalty for a rules infraction. Another week, another first-time winner on the European Tour as Jeff Winther took the honours at the inaugural Mallorca Golf Open. Donald qualifies for fewer majors these days, but at 39-years-old still has time to get on the board. The former world No. Click to reveal While the major biological clocks of Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm are not yet ticking, Kuchars is deafening. Hilton Head Island, coinidentally, was the scene for his best finish on tour, a T-2 in 2021. Westwood has also played the most majors without a win, his 76 topping even Sergio's 73. Alex Perry wraps it all up in The Slam, by Theres one person who doesnt have a problem getting over the line, Langer defies age again! MORE: 13 cringeworthy stories of cheating on the golf course. While he's never won on the PGA or DP World Tours, he has won on the Champions Tour, where he's made over $6 million. By almost every metric, Ancer was the best golfer in the field, but by the only metric that mattered, he was not. Turning 40 during the 2017 Open Championship, Casey has shown some of his best form over the past year. Tom Watson & Cary Middlecoff, 39 PGA Tour wins. Noren also finished runner-up at the 2022 Barracuda Championship, losing by one point to Chez Reavie. Montgomerie, who reached as high as No. Cameron Tringale rolled in a 15-foot putt on Sunday on the 18th hole at the Valspar Championship, moved up to a tie for third and cashed for $407,100. Brooks, who won the 1996 PGA Championship at Valhalla, won seven times in his PGA Tour career. His position on this list appears to be nearing an early conclusion. This 24-year-old has a world of potential and won't be on this list for long. Over the last three seasons, Finau has 20 top-10 finishes -- twice as many as any player without a victory in that span. That puts him 97th on the all-time money list without a single victory. 2. A stat is only as bad as you want it to be.. And with $13,743,938 in earnings, Triangles won in another way. The 10 Most Smug, Self-Righteous Media Reactions To Phil Mickelson, Daly Injures Knee In Hooters Parking Lot Crash, Paige Spiranac Poses Nude in #SISwim To Promote #Hashtags (Or Something). He has been extremely consistent over the past decade, but still needs to prove that he possesses the mental game to win on the biggest stages. That's a long time in anybody's book, but when you're trying to end a hoodoo without a PGA TOUR win, it must feel like a lifetime. Amateur winner in history after taking the title at Southern Hills as a 17-year-old in 2009, joined this ignominious club at the first PGA Tour stop of the 2022-23 season. For a long time, Choi was the odds-on favorite to become the first major winner from Asia, but was beaten to the punch by fellow South Korean Y.E. Call 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ/WV/PA/IL) or 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN only) or 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA only) or 1-800-522-4700 (CO Only) or TN REDLINE: 800-889-9789. Go. The leaderboard is stacked heading into the final round at Bay Hill. Yet as he tapped in his par putt to close out a final-round 65, he bore the frustration of someone whod shot in the 80s. Of course, Tringale would not have hit that mark without some success. Never made $2 million in any single season. Mark Calcavecchia In his 12 years on the PGA Tour, he averaged 25.9 starts a season, making 338 career starts before deciding to join LIV Golf in August 2022 and give up the chance to finally grab career win No. Quigley, 49, is ranked number 2,066 in the world, according to Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) and currently plays on the developmental Web.com Tour, formerly the Nationwide Tour. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Joel Cook is Pro Golf Weekly's Lead Writer. 141.138.138.147 With hundreds of players on Tour each season and just four majors scheduled per year, there are many phenomenal players who have yet to win one. Reeds five PGA Tour wins include a playoff victory over Jordan Spieth, a WGC event, a Hyundai Tournament of Champions, and a FedEx Cup playoff event. The record for most wins in a row in the same PGA Tour event is four, shared by these golfers: Young Tom Morris, British Open: 1868-70 (no event 1871), 1872. 1 in the world. At the last count, the record for the most PGA Tour events without a win is held by Massachusetts-born Brett Quigley. A runner-up finish to Padraig Harrington at the 2008 Open Championship is his best result in a major, but a small renaissance in 2017 has him believing that he could be close to getting back into his top form. He is a member of the Golf Writer's Association of America. Also victorious on home soil was Jin Young Ko. After turning 50 he joined PGA Tour Champions and kept on playing. Grace contended at two 2015 majors, but tripped up late in both, finishing T4 at the U.S. Open and T3 at the PGA Championship. On his backswing, Davis hit one of the reedsa violation of the rules at the timeand called in an official for a ruling and readily agreed it was a two-shot penalty for moving a loose impediment in a hazard. Your IP: After dropping an 18-foot putt for birdie on the final hole of regulation to tie Jim Furyk, the two returned to Harbour Towns famed 18th hole for the playoff. Strickers career has been a paragon of resiliency, as he has twice been named the PGA Tours comeback player of the year, but despite 12 wins, 16 runner-ups, and 10 third place finishes, the Wisconsin native has rarely been in the leader mix down the stretch at a major. At the 2017 U.S. Open, Thomas posted a third round 63, which at -9 is the lowest round in major history to par. Cameron Tringale was a three-time All-American selection, won four times in college and was a member of the 2009 winning Walker Cup competition. The PGA Tour has approved sweeping changes to its 2024 schedule. In 10 worldwide starts since, he has five victories and is now No. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, You wont believe how many golfers have earned $10 million on the PGA Tour without winning an event. It hasn't exactly worked out that way, but Colsaerts still shows flashes of potential. Of those 84, 19 have won five or more, while only three have reached double digits, those being Jack Nicklaus (18), Tiger Woods (15), and Walter Hagen (11). The American had six runner-ups, two third-place finishes, and 31 top 10s. Seven of those 70 were wins, including high-profile victories at THE PLAYERS Championship, the WGC-Match Play, and the Barclays (a FedEx Cup playoff event), but the former stud amateur from Georgia Tech has been shut out in the majors. For five straight years, 2012-16, the Canadian banked more than $1M. Those impressive numbers have helped him earn $11,852,075 in his 11-year career. A few weeks later, An shared the lead entering the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, but a closing 69 wasn't good enough to hold off Dustin Johnson. Being in your prime at the same time as . Jeff Overton is one of the most excitable players on the PGA Tour. Everything you need to know for the final round at Bay Hill. For some players, a decades-long career also comes with a tremendously packed schedule that includes lots of starts every year. And this weekend she won her fourth title in her last seven starts, her 11th LPGA title, and 22nd overall, to regain her spot at the top of the world rankings and arguably the best player in the world. More infamously, Fleetwood took a one-shot lead into the final round of the 2020 Honda Classic but struggled down the stretch leading to NBC analyst Paul Azinger to caustically note: Theres a lot of pressure you know, youre trying to prove to everybody youve got what it takes and these guys know you can win all you want on that European Tour, the international game and all that, but you have to win on the PGA Tour. Fleetwood would shoot a one-over 71 to finish third, two back of Sungjae Im. Kuchar was even closer at The Open Championship, playing in the final Sunday pairing with Jordan Spieth, and taking a lead after the 13th hole, but with one of the greatest four-hole stretches in major championship history, Spieth left Kuchar, and everyone else, in his dust down the stretch. ADVERTISEMENT. Mark Calcavecchia watches his tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the British Open. He officially broke the $10 million mark with a T-27 finish at the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. At age 17, he came to the United States from his native Japan, where he was known as the Bashful Prince. (AP Photo). most pga tour starts without a win Arnold Palmer owns one of the most decorated resumes in the history of golf, but his number of starts is one accolade that often goes unnoticed. For instance, it took Sergio Garcia a record 74 tries to win his first major championship, finally doing so at The Masters in 2017. https://t.co/3kBLmoMqKA. In what might come as a surprise to many, Appleby has the most PGA Tour wins (9) without a major of any active player. Close calls: The cat in the funky hat with the funkier putting stroke had six runner-up finishes, but none as dramatic as the 2011 Frys.com Open where he went six extra holes in a playoff with Bryce Molder before Molder ended it with a short birdie putt. Davis Love III. Hes a 10-time winner on the DP World Tour who played on the victorious European Ryder Cup team in 2018. His recent great form is especially impressive given how far his game sunk from 2011-14 when injuries circumscribed his play and his results. A new player is at the top, 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational tee times: Round 4 groupings for Sunday, A major-like test, World No. Had two top-three finishes in 2020-21 and four top-10s. However, as impressive as some of his regular seasons have been, he has not been able to pull out in front at a major. The 31-year-old Overton has posted 62 top 25s and 30 top 10s. How long will this incredible streak go on for? A stat is only as bad as you want it to be.. He has accomplished pretty much everything else: he has 8 victories on the PGA and won the 2013 FedEx Cup. A final-round 65 at The Barclays at Liberty National fell just shy of catching Adam Scott. (His older brother, Lanny, more than made up for it with 21 wins, including the PGA Championship, and a spot in the World Golf . USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OURVISITOR AGREEMENT(UPDATED 1/6/23),PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE(UPDATED 1/4/23) ANDCALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE. Golfers With the Most PGA Tour Earnings Without a Win Jeff Overton has made more than $12 million playing professional golf, without a win That first list is a little harsh for some players. Casey looks close, but struggles on Fridays and Saturdays have led to few realistic Sunday chances. That could change this week at TPC Louisiana. The 50-year-old Stricker is the oldest player on this list, and at least for now, is the biggest threat to break Julius Boros record of being the oldest player to win a major. And is Jin Young Ko the best golfer on the planet? Abraham Ancer found himself in rarified air Sunday for all the wrong reasons. There will always be players who are on the "best PGA Tour players without a career win.". His best chance to win a major came at The Masters in 1989, where he was tied with Nick Faldo atop the leaderboard after 72 holes. The German now has as many wins on the senior circuit as he did on the European Tour. The GOAT tweeted that the full line-up is in place for the year-ending hit-and-giggle in the Bahamas. Close calls: Lost a playoff to Robert Streb at the 2015 McGladrey and lost by one to Ryan Moore at the 2012 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open despite shooting 23 under par for the week. Frys.com Open and the 2012 Wyndham Championship. Hearns closest calls came in play-off defeats at the 2013 John Deere Classic and 2015 Greenbrier. Briny Baird with his signature straw hat.