<P> This is a list of golfers who have won five or more official (or later deemed as historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour </P> <P> The distinction between these two categories is important to understand as many players won important events early in the 20th century, well before a PGA Tour was officially established . The significance of many of these events was retrospectively established by golf historians, working together with PGA Tour staff, in the 1980s, during the course of a major statistical research project . </P> <P> The column for Major refers to so - called "Professional Majors". The U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur were also considered to be majors for much of their history, but these championships are not considered here . Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold . During the last 30 years, only three players have won PGA Tour events after their 50th birthday . A golfer becomes eligible to compete on PGA Tour Champions, against other older players, at that age . Craig Stadler won in 2003 at age 50, Fred Funk won in 2007 at age 50, and Davis Love III won in 2015 at age 51 . Sam Snead is the oldest to win a PGA event, at age 52, in 1965 . Others who have won PGA Tour events past age 50 include Jim Barnes, John Barnum, and Art Wall, Jr . The rarity of golfers winning a non-senior event at that age is not restricted to the PGA Tour; Miguel Ángel Jiménez is the only golfer to win a European Tour event after turning 50, doing so in 2014 . </P> <P> Accumulating 20 wins is significant, because it is one of the requirements for "life membership" on the PGA Tour . This means that the golfer does not need to requalify for membership on the tour each year by finishing in the top 125 on the money list (starting in 2013, top 125 on the FedEx Cup points list), or through an exemption for tournament victories . Many golfers struggle to do this through their 40s, and go through a hiatus in their career before they qualify for the Champions Tour, but those with 20 wins avoid this problem . However, life members are required to maintain a certain (relatively modest) standard of play to retain their playing privileges: when they can no longer do so, they are moved into the "Past champions" membership category, effectively becoming honorary members . </P>

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