Golf Compendium

Finishing atop the money list — the cumulative total of golfers' tournament winnings during a tour season — at the end of the year is a major feather in a golfer's cap. It means you had one of the best, perhaps the best, seasons on tour. Which golfer has won the money title the most often? The answer probably won't surprise you.

The European Senior Tour — now known as the Legends Tour after a couple years named the Staysure Tour — was founded in 1992 as the top-level tour in Europe for 50-and-over male golfers. Not surprisingly, the list of yearly Order of Merit winners below includes many prominent names in European golf, golfers who played primarily on the European Tour before moving on to the senior circuit.

Below are the all-time leaders in earnings on the European Tour, the tour's career money list.

Below are the all-time leaders in earnings on the PGA Tour, the tour's career money list. See the notes at the bottom on how the PGA Tour uses its career money leaders list for exemptions.

The European Tour was founded in 1971, and the list of Order of Merit winners below goes back to that inaugural season. The Order of Merit winner receives the Harry Vardon Trophy.

The PGA Tour money list goes back to 1934. Below are the PGA Tour money leaders, organized by decade.

The list below of LPGA Tour money leaders goes back to 1950, the first year the tour was in existence.

The list of the Korn Ferry Tour's yearly money leaders below includes multiple familiar names, including some golfers who went on to win major championships.

Here is the list of money leaders every year on the Ladies European Tour (LET). The Ladies European Tour is the top women's golf tour in Europe, and one of the tours that awards points toward the women's world golf rankings.

Which golfers have led the Champions Tour in earnings over the course of the tour's existence? Let's find out: Below is the list of the yearly money leaders in senior golf.

The Asian Tour (along with the Japan Tour) is one of the biggest golf tours in Asia. Below is the list of golfers who have led the Asian Tour money list each year since its creation in 1995. (Money totals are listed in US dollars.)

These are the all-time leaders in earnings on the LPGA Tour, the tour's career money list.

Madelene Sagstrom The Epson Tour is the developmental tour for women golfers in the United States. Through much of its history it was known as the Futures Tour, later the Duramed Futures Tour and Symetra Tour.

Below is the list of Japan Golf Tour money leaders annually since the tour was founded in 1973. The Japan Golf Tour (or JGTO) is one of the six men's tours whose results count toward the Official World Golf Ranking. It is the oldest professional golf tour in Asia.

Australia has been a proving ground for many of the top players in men's golf over the decades. In the list below of PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winners, you'll find the likes of Greg Norman (pictured), Robert Allenby, Craig Parry and Aaron Baddeley.