Trying to find a meaningless list ...

[BruceMGF]

... or maybe just a completely misleading list.

Does anyone know where I can find the *complete* all-time leading money winner list for the PGA? I got curious after it was mentioned on today's Honda Classic coverage that Justin Leonard is the 9th all-time money winner.

Really? Leonard in the top 10?

I found the all-time top 100 here: All Time Money List

This list seems to be a real good measure of what era you played in.

Even Tom Watson, who nearly won a major in recent times, is only 99th.  Look at some of the names ahead of him.  Look at *most* of the names ahead of him.

Now I'm morbidly curious to see where Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and others rank these days.  Sam Snead?  Ben Hogan?  Dare I mention Walter Hagen?  You know, top 10 guys in all-time tournament wins?

[clubchamp]

 ----------------------  JACK NICKLAUS  ------------------------
===============================================================
       Unadjusted   Winnings     Total Prize          Pct of
Year   Winnings     in 2008 $    Money Avail  Events  Purse Won
===============================================================
1962    $61,868     $441,072     $1,790,320   26      3.46%
1963   $100,040     $703,886     $2,044,900   25      4.89%
1964   $113,284     $786,787     $2,301,063   26      4.92%
1965   $140,752     $962,042     $2,848,515   24      4.94%
1966   $111,419     $740,396     $3,704,445   19      3.01%
1967   $188,998   $1,218,318     $3,979,162   23      4.75%
1968   $155,285     $960,728     $5,077,600   22      3.06%
1969   $140,167     $822,299     $5,465,875   23      2.56%
1970   $142,149     $788,791     $6,751,523   19      2.11%
1971   $244,490   $1,299,739     $7,116,000   18      3.44%
1972   $320,542   $1,651,044     $7,596,749   19      4.22%
1973   $308,362   $1,495,299     $8,657,225   18      3.56%
1974   $238,178   $1,040,171     $8,165,941   18      2.92%
1975   $298,149   $1,193,167     $7,895,450   16      3.78%
===============================================================
     $2,563,683  $14,103,739    $73,394,768  296      3.49%
===============================================================

This show was jack won vs what he would have won if it was 2008

As you can see Jack and Arnie were playing for a lot less money.

[jamo]

567 people is the most comprehensive list I could find: http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?110

Nicklaus is 190th, Palmer is 329th. Snead, Hogan, and Hagan don't even make the list. I don't think it's adjusted for inflation, and I know it's not adjusted for drastically increased purses (relative to inflation).

That said, the last guy in the list is at $7,511. Snead, Hogan, and Hagan must have made more than that...

[bwdial]

Originally Posted by jamo

567 people is the most comprehensive list I could find: http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?110

Nicklaus is 190th, Palmer is 329th. Snead, Hogan, and Hagan don't even make the list. I don't think it's adjusted for inflation, and I know it's not adjusted for drastically increased purses (relative to inflation).

That said, the last guy in the list is at $7,511. Snead, Hogan, and Hagan must have made more than that...

If you roll it back to 1980, it goes even lower, but I still can't find Snead, Hogan, Nelson or Hagen.

The official PGA Tour money must only date back to 1968, when it officially broke off from the PGA of America.  I know they played for peanuts back in the pre-PGA Tour days, but Snead would have had to average less than $2.00 a win to not have eclipsed the mighty Jim Fellner at $138.00 in career winnings up until 1980.