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Top 10 players with the most PGA Tour starts

published: Apr 22, 2022

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updated: May 23, 2024

Top 10 players with the most PGA Tour starts

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Imagine how much golf you have to play at the highest level to reach these kinds of numbers

most pga tour starts

When Bill Haas chose his 68-year-old father Jay Haas to play alongside him at the 2022 Zurich Classic, it pushed him closer to becoming just the second player to make 800 starts on the US circuit.

It got us thinking, so here are the top 10 golfers with the most career PGA Tour starts in its storied history…

Top 10: The most PGA Tour starts

10. Bobby Wadkins

Appearances: 715
Wins: 0

9. Raymond Floyd

Appearances: 726
Wins: 22

8. Arnold Palmer

Appearances: 734
Wins: 62

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7. Doug Ford

Appearances: 744
Wins: 19

6. Billy Mayfair

Appearances: 761
Wins: 5

5. Mark Calcavecchia

Appearances: 761
Wins: 13

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4. Dave Eichelberger

Appearances: 784
Wins: 21

3. Davis Love III

Appearances: 790
Wins: 21

2. Jay Haas

Appearances: 799
Wins: 9

1. Mark Brooks

Appearances: 803
Wins: 7

Mark Brooks turned professional in 1983 and won for the first time on the PGA Tour in 1996 – which was a year when he won three times including the PGA Championship. Brooks beat Kenny Perry in a playoff at Valhalla to win his only major title. He went on to win four more times on the circuit and reached 18 in the Official World Golf Rankings.

That’s more than 7,600 appearances for 179 wins – including Bobby Wadkins, who holds the unfortunate record for most PGA Tour starts without a win. (His older brother, Lanny, more than made up for it with 21 wins, including the PGA Championship, and a spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.)

Golf is hard, folks.

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George joined NCG straight from the University of Groningen and covers all the things we think you want to read about from golf’s various tours. He also looks after our social media channels.

Born and bred in Buckinghamshire, George enjoys football – though he doesn’t support a specific team – and athletics. His marathon PB is a ludicrously impressive 2 hours and 56 minutes.

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