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The Open Championship was first recognized as an official tour event in 1995, and in 2002, all victories in earlier Open Championships were classified as official PGA Tour wins. Accumulating 20 wins is significant, because it is one of the requirements for "life membership" on the PGA Tour.
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.
Second on the list is Tiger Woods, who has won 15 majors to date; his most recent major victory was at the 2019 Masters. [3] Walter Hagen is third with 11 majors; [4] he and Nicklaus have both won the most PGA Championships with five. [5] Nicklaus also holds the record for the most victories in the Masters, winning the tournament six times. [6]
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.
2 – Jimmy Powell, 1995 First of America Classic, 1996 Brickyard Crossing Championship. 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
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
Hagen holds the record for most consecutive wins in match play with four (1924–27), and Tiger Woods holds the record for most consecutive wins in stroke play with two, which he did twice (1999–2000, 2006–07). Phil Mickelson is the oldest winner of the PGA Championship; he was 50 years, 11 months old when he won in 2021.
Player Tournament Years 8 wins Sam Snead: Greater Greensboro Open: 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1965 Tiger Woods: Arnold Palmer Invitational