Professional Golfers Association of America

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:

• Ryder Cup Matches
• PGA Championship
• Senior PGA Championship
• PGA Grand Slam of Golf

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is a match exclusively for the winners of golf's four major championships:

• The Masters
• British Open
• US Open
• PGA Championship

NOTE: The PGA of America DOES NOT run the U.S. professional tour. It is run by a completely separate organization known as the PGA TOUR (properly rendered in all caps).

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
• 2003 : Vijay Singh - $7,349,907