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Consecutive Multi-Win Seasons on PGA Tour

Putting together a streak of consecutive PGA Tour seasons with at least one win is tough. But winning at least two times a year for multiple years in a row? Obviously, much more difficult. But the golfers on the following list managed to do it — for at least five years running.

Most Consecutive Cuts Made on the PGA Tour

What are the longest consecutive-cuts-made streaks in PGA Tour history? The list below shows the golfers who've gone 50 or more tournaments in a row without missing a cut. Only a handful of golfers make the list.

Golfers Who Won PGA Championship, Players Championship in Same Year

The PGA Championship is one of the four majors of men's professional golf. And The Players Championship is the most-important non-major on the PGA Tour, so important it is sometimes referred to as " the fifth major ." Has any golfer won both these big titles in the same year? Yes — but it has only happened once.

The PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Champions By Year

The FedEx Cup is the season-long points competition on the PGA Tour that culminates in a three-tournament "playoff," ending at the Tour Championship. Which golfers have earned the title of FedEx Cup champions? The full list is below.

Most Times Leading PGA Tour in Scoring Average

The PGA Tour's award for leading the tour in season-long scoring average is called the Byron Nelson Award. It has been awarded since 1990. Below is the list of all the award's multiple winners, plus we'll also look at the most-frequent winners of the now-defunct PGA of America award for low scoring average.

Most Years Leading the PGA Tour Money List

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.

Rory McIlroy's Largest Margins of Victory

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Rory McIlroy made a huge splash when he burst onto the PGA Tour around 2010, barely out of his teens. Two of his first four wins on the tour were major championships, and in both of them his winning margin was a whopping eight strokes.

Most Times Named Player of the Year on PGA Tour

Being named the Player of the Year on the PGA Tour is a capper to what must have been a terrific season of golf. Anyone who wins that award was almost certainly be among the tour's leaders in wins, money and scoring average, and usually a major championship winner during the year.

Consecutive Years With 5 or More Wins on PGA Tour

The PGA Tour traces its origins to 1916. In that long history, what is the longest streak any golfer has had of consecutive years winning five or more tour events? One golfer holds the record with five years in a row of 5+ PGA Tour victories.

Scottie Scheffler's Largest Margins of Victory

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What are the biggest winning margins Scottie Scheffler has posted so far on the PGA Tour? His largest margin of victory yet is eight strokes, which he has accomplished twice, and he has multiple other wins by five or more shots on the PGA Tour.

Brother-Sister Winners on the PGA Tour/LPGA Tour

Have any pairs of brother-sister golfers both won on the biggest men's and women's tours — the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour, respectively — in the world? Yes, but such sibling pairs are rare. So far, only three pairs of brothers-and-sisters have pulled off the PGA Tour/LPGA Tour double.

Yearly One-Putt Percentage Leaders on PGA Tour

Which golfers on the PGA Tour are most successful at one-putting greens? The tour has a stat for that. It's called One-Putt Percentage, and the list below shows which golfers have led the tour going back to the early 1990s.

Yearly Total Driving Leaders on the PGA Tour

Total Driving is the name of an old-school statistic tracked by the PGA Tour since the 1980s. It is a combined measure of both a golfer's driving distance and driving accuracy. Below is the list of golfers who have led the PGA Tour in Total Driving each year since 1987, the year the tour began officially tracking it.

Yearly Ball Striking Leaders on PGA Tour

The PGA Tour's "Ball Striking" statistical category is a ranking of golfers based on their ability to follow up a good drive by hitting the green in regulation. And below is the list of golfers who have led the PGA Tour in this stat since the tour added it in 1987.

Longest Drive of the Year on PGA Tour

What is the longest, officially measured drive in PGA Tour history? What are the longest drives struck on the PGA Tour each year? We can answer those questions thanks to the tour's own shot-tracking system.

Has a Teen-Ager Ever Won on the PGA Tour?

Yes, the PGA Tour, whose history traces back to 1916, has had a handful of teen-aged champions. So far, five golfers still in their teens have recorded wins in official PGA Tour tournaments. The youngest of them was only 18.

Have Any Amateur Golfers Won on the PGA Tour?

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Has an amateur golfer ever won a tournament on the PGA Tour against the world's best professionals? Yes! It hasn't happened very often since 1945, but it has happened very recently.

Regular and Senior Majors: Most Combined Wins

Which golfers have won the most major championships combined between the PGA Tour and Champions Tour? The golfer with the highest combined total of regular majors and senior majors is, no surprise, Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus is the only golfer so far to reach 20 combined victories, and his total is in the mid-20s.

Most PGA Tour Wins Before Winning a Major

Golf fans and media sometimes debate the "best golfer without a major" — those golfers who've won a lot but have not yet claimed a major championship. And on GolfCompendium.com, we have the list of golfers who won the most all-time on the PGA Tour but never won a major . But sometimes, most of the time probably, frequent tour winners eventually do win a major. And that's what this article is about: The golfers who won a lot on the PGA Tour before winning a major.

Multiple Wins Before Age 21 on PGA Tour

The PGA Tour dates to 1916, and the history of some of the major championships goes back farther. And in that long history, winners who are not yet 21 years old are hard to find. There have been only a handful of them — and even fewer who won multiple PGA Tour titles before reaching the age of 21.