Founded in
1916, the
Professional Golfers Association of America is headquartered in
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,
United States and claims to be the largest working sports organization in the world with more than 27, 000 members. The association conducts 40 tournaments for its member Professionals each year including four premier golf events:
The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is a match exclusively for the winners of golf's four major championships:
Leading money winners - men's tour:
- 1934 : Paul Runyan[?] - $6,767
- 1935 : Johnny Revolta[?] - $9,543
- 1936 : Horton Smith[?] - $7,682
- 1937 : Harry Cooper[?] - $14,139
- 1938 : Sam Snead - $19,534
- 1939 : Henry Picard[?] - $10,303
- 1940 : Ben Hogan - $10,655
- 1941 : Ben Hogan - $18,358
- 1942 : Ben Hogan - $13,143
- 1943 : No records kept
- 1944 : Byron Nelson[?] - $37,968
- 1945 : Byron Nelson[?] - $63,336
- 1946 : Ben Hogan - $42,556
- 1947 : Jimmy Demaret[?] - $27,937
- 1948 : Ben Hogan - $32,112
- 1949 : Sam Snead - $31,594
- 1950 : Sam Snead - $35,759
- 1951 : Lloyd Mangrum[?] - $26,089
- 1952 : Julius Boros[?] - $37,033
- 1953 : Lew Worsham[?] - $34,002
- 1954 : Bob Toski[?] - $65,820
- 1955 : Julius Boros[?] - $63,122
- 1956 : Ted Kroll[?] - $ 72,836
- 1957 : Dick Mayer[?] - $65,835
- 1958 : Arnold Palmer - $42,608
- 1959 : Art Wall[?] - $53,168
- 1960 : Arnold Palmer - $75,263
- 1961 : Gary Player[?] - $64,540
- 1962 : Arnold Palmer - $81,448
- 1963 : Arnold Palmer - $128,230
- 1964 : Jack Nicklaus - $113,285
- 1965 : Jack Nicklaus - $140,752
- 1966 : Billy Casper[?] - $121,945
- 1967 : Jack Nicklaus - $188,998
- 1968 : Billy Casper[?] - $205,169
- 1969 : Frank Beard[?] - $164,707
- 1970 : Lee Trevino[?] - $157,037
- 1971 : Jack Nicklaus - $244,491
- 1972 : Jack Nicklaus - $320,542
- 1973 : Jack Nicklaus - $308,362
- 1974 : Johnny Miller[?] - $353,022
- 1975 : Jack Nicklaus - $298,149
- 1976 : Jack Nicklaus - $266,439
- 1977 : Tom Watson[?] - $310,653
- 1978 : Tom Watson[?] - $362,429
- 1979 : Tom Watson[?] - $462,636
- 1980 : Tom Watson[?] - $530,808
- 1981 : Tom Kite[?] - $375,699
- 1982 : Craig Stadler[?] - $446,462
- 1983 : Hal Sutton[?] - $426,668
- 1984 : Tom Watson[?] - $476,260
- 1985 : Curtis Strange[?] - $542,321
- 1986 : Greg Norman - $653,296
- 1987 : Curtis Strange[?] - $925,941
- 1988 : Curtis Strange[?] - $1,147,644
- 1989 : Tom Kite[?] - $1,395,278
- 1990 : Greg Norman - $1,165,477
- 1991 : Corey Pavin[?] - $979,430
- 1992 : Fred Couples[?] - $1,344,188
- 1993 : Nick Price[?] - $ 1,478,557
- 1994 : Nick Price[?] - $ 1,499,927
- 1995 : Greg Norman - $1,654,959
- 1996 : Tom Lehman[?] - $1,780,159
- 1997 : Tiger Woods - $2,066,833
- 1998 : David Duval[?] - $2,591,031
- 1999 : Tiger Woods - $6,616,585
- 2000 : Tiger Woods - $9,188,321
- 2001 : Tiger Woods - $5,687,777
- 2002 : Tiger Woods - $6,912,625