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In the 1980s, the significance of all historical tournaments was reassessed by golf historians, working together with PGA Tour staff, during the course of a major statistical research project. [3] The Open Championship was first recognized as an official tour event in 1995, and in 2002, all victories in earlier Open Championships were ...
The following represents the golfers who have won at least three consecutive starts in PGA Tour events. The list relates to consecutive events that they played in; they generally missed some PGA Tour events during their streak. In some cases the players competed in and failed to win non-PGA Tour events in between these events.
Byron Nelson's record 18 victories came when most of his competitors were on military leave. [2] Ben Hogan missed half the PGA tour season while both Lloyd Mangrum and Jimmy Demaret missed virtually the entire season. [citation needed] Hogan and Demaret played in only 2 of Nelson's 11 straight tournament wins and Mangrum played in none.
This is a list of all the golfers who have won ten or more official events on the U.S.-based PGA Tour Champions (known as the Senior PGA Tour from 1980–2002 and Champions Tour from 2003–2015), the leading golf tour in the world for men aged 50 and above. The list is up to date as of October 13, 2024.
Most Champions Tour major victories; 12 – Bernhard Langer, 2010-2023. Most Senior PGA Championship major victories; 4 – Hale Irwin, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004. Most Senior Players Championship major victories; 3 – Bernhard Langer, 2014, 2015, 2016. Most Senior British Open major victories; 4 – Bernhard Langer, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2019
Hovland, Scheffler and Schauffele each made 23 starts on the PGA Tour, Rahm played in 20 Tour events and McIlroy 18. Smith, Koepka and DeChambeau played 14 LIV events and four majors each.
Nicklaus is third to Sam Snead (82) and Tiger Woods (82) on the all-time list of players with most PGA Tour wins, having accumulated 73 titles. Of these 73 wins, 66 were against full-field populations, while only seven were against limited fields.
Players are listed here in order of their first win. For much of the modern era the four major championships have been played chronologically in the order listed, but this has not always been the case, and starting in 2019 the PGA Championship was rescheduled as the second major of the year. In 2020, a year dramatica