Which players have made the most money on the PGA Tour without a win?
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Imagine banking millions of dollars and having no trophy to show for it. Here are the players with most money earned on the PGA Tour without a win…
As many as seven players have earned more than $15 million in their PGA Tour career without winning a tournament.
Before we dive into the numbers, here they are in alphabetical order and just how close they’ve come…
Byeong Hun An
Runner-up finishes: 5
Top-5 finishes: 15
Top-10 finishes: 28
The Korean has won five times around the world, including once on the Korn Ferry Tour and the DP World Tour’s flagship event – the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth – but has found life a bit tougher at the top. Three of An’s five runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour were playoff defeats: to Brian Stuard at the 2016 Zurich Classic, to Bryson DeChambeau at the 2018 Memorial, and to Grayson Murray at the 2024 Sony Open.
Tommy Fleetwood
Runner-up finishes: 5
Top-5 finishes: 27
Top-10 finishes: 41
A seven time DP World Tour winner between 2013 and 2024, Fleetwood has yet to get over the line on the other side of the Atlantic. The Englishman closed with 63 at the 2019 US Open at Shinnecock Hills to take the clubhouse lead, only to be pipped by one by Brooks Koepka. In regular PGA Tour events, Fleetwood conceded a one-shot lead coming down the stretch at the 2020 Honda Classic, which led to Paul Azinger declaring that “you can win all you want on the European Tour, the international game and all that, but you have to win on the PGA Tour” to “prove to everybody you’ve got what it takes”. Fleetwood also lost a playoff at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open to Nick Taylor, which saw him overtake the Canadian as the highest earner without a title on his resume.
Denny McCarthy
Runner-up finishes: 2
Top-5 finishes: 9
Top-10 finishes: 29
The American won the Web.com Tour Championship – now Korn Ferry – in 2018, but has yet to get over the line on the main circuit. McCarthy’s two runner-up finishes were both playoff defeats after he was edged out by Viktor Hovland at the 2023 Memorial and Akshay Bhatia at the 2024 Valero Texas Open.
Alex Noren
Runner-up finishes: 3
Top-5 finishes: 13
Top-10 finishes: 25
A 10-time winner on the DP World Tour – including a Final Series event (2016 Nedbank Golf Challenge) and two Rolex Series events (2017 BMW PGA Championship and 2018 Open de France), Noren’s closest call on the PGA Tour came when he conceded the 54 hole lead at the 2018 Farmers Insurance Open before being beaten by Jason Day in extra holes.
Patrick Rodgers
Runner-up finishes: 4
Top-5 finishes: 14
Top-10 finishes: 28
Rodgers held the 54-hole lead as recently as the 2025 Genesis Invitational but eventually finished in a tie for 3rd. The American lost a playoff to Charles Howell III at the 2018 RSM Classic, before missing a 10-footer for the win at the 2023 Barracuda Championship before losing in extra holes to Akshay Bhatia – who apparently is the GOAT of denying players their first win.
Cameron Tringale
Runner-up finishes: 4
Top-5 finishes: 17
Top-10 finishes: 31
Four 2nd-place finishes for Tringale – none of which will hurt more than the 2016 Shriners Open, when Smylie Kaufman carded a final-round 61 to pip his fellow American by one.
Cameron Young
Runner-up finishes: 7
Top-5 finishes: 10
Top-10 finishes: 20
A quarter of Young’s top-10 finishes are in majors – including the 150th Open at St Andrews, where he co-led with eventual champion Cam Smith with eight holes to play before the Aussie went on that ludicrous birdie streak to edge his rival by one. Young also got the final of the Match Play in 2023, beating Rory McIlroy in the semis, only to get thumped 6&5 by Sam Burns.
Most money earned on the PGA Tour without a win
Right, let’s get into the numbers of the seven players who have made north of $15 million without a victory on the PGA Tour…
| PLAYER | EVENTS | EARNINGS | AVERAGE |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 156 | $29,043,462 | $186,176 |
| Byeong Hun An | 216 | $20,404,378 | $94,465 |
| Denny McCarthy | 202 | $20,154,518 | $99,775 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 298 | $17,797,582 | $59,723 |
| Cameron Young | 87 | $17,614,023 | $202,460 |
| Cameron Tringale | 338 | $17,310,004 | $51,213 |
| Alex Noren | 185 | $16,502,366 | $89,202 |
There are as many as 15 winless players who have earned between $10 and $15 million, including several who no longer tee up on the PGA Tour: Brian Davis ($13,382,405), Briny Baird ($13,251,178), Brendon de Jonge ($11,568,484), Graham DeLaet ($11,265,285), Harold Varner III ($10,618,502) and Charlie Wi ($10,079,659).
Beau Hossler, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Eric Cole are among the 15 who are still regulars on the PGA Tour.
