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There are 13 golfers who won the same event at least five times in PGA Tour history

todd kelly
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Mark O''Meara celebrates after winning the 1992 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. (Gary Newkirk/Allsport)
Mark O''Meara celebrates after winning the 1992 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. (Gary Newkirk/Allsport)

Only 13 golfers have pulled off the feat of winning the same PGA Tour event at least five times.

Thanks to the likes of Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Sam Snead, who won a handful of events six, seven or even eight times, there are 23 instances in all of a golfer winning the same event at least five times.

As noted, some of the golfers appear on this list more than oncee. Woods, for example, has won two different events eight times, two others seven times and another three events five times.

Mark O'Meara, who is retiring from competitive golf at this year's Pure Insurance Championship on the PGA Tour Champions, is on this list. He won the PGA Tour event at Pebble Beach five times in his career, thus giving extra meaning to his final event being played at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

Golfers who won the same event 8 times

Tiger Woods and Tim Finchem, Commissioner of the PGA Tour, holds the Gary Player trophy following the final round of the 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on the South Course at Firestone Country Club.
Tiger Woods and Tim Finchem, Commissioner of the PGA Tour, holds the Gary Player trophy following the final round of the 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on the South Course at Firestone Country Club.

Sam Snead, Greater Greensboro (8)1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1965

Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer Invitational (8)2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013

Tiger Woods, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (8)1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013

Golfers who won the same event 7 times

Tiger Woods hits out of a bunker on the 12th hole during the final round of the WGC-American Express Championship (later the WGC-Cadillac Championship). (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Tiger Woods hits out of a bunker on the 12th hole during the final round of the WGC-American Express Championship (later the WGC-Cadillac Championship). (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Tiger Woods, Farmers Insurance Open (7)1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013

Tiger Woods, WGC-American Express Championship/WGC-Cadillac Championship (7)1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013

Golfers who won the same event 6 times

American golfer Francis Ouimet, (center) shakes hands with Harry Vardon (left) and Ted Ray at the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
American golfer Francis Ouimet, (center) shakes hands with Harry Vardon (left) and Ted Ray at the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Harry Vardon, The Open Championship (6)1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914

Sam Snead, Miami Open (6)1937, 1939, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1955

Jack Nicklaus, Masters Tournament (6)1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986

Golfers who won the same event 5 times

Mark O'Meara hoists the trophy after winning the 1997 AT&T National Pro-Am at the Pebble Beach Golf Links. (Andy Lyons)
Mark O'Meara hoists the trophy after winning the 1997 AT&T National Pro-Am at the Pebble Beach Golf Links. (Andy Lyons)

James Braid, The Open Championship (5)1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910

Walter Hagen, PGA Championship (5)1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927

Ben Hogan, Colonial National Invitation (5)1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1959

Davis Love III, Verizon Heritage (5)1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2003

Jack Nicklaus, Tournament of Champions (5)1963, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1977

Jack Nicklaus, PGA Championship (5)1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980

Mark O'Meara, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (5)1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997

Arnold Palmer, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic/Palm Springs Golf Classic (5)1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1973

Sam Snead, Goodall Palm Beach Round Robin (5)1938, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957

J.H. Taylor, The Open Championship (5)1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913

Peter Thomsen, The Open Championship (5)1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965

Tom Watson, The Open Championship (5)1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983

Tiger Woods, BMW Championship/Western Open (5)1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009

Tiger Woods, Masters Tournament (5)1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019

Tiger Woods, Memorial Tournament (5)1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2012

Full list

The full list of golfers, in alphabetical order, to have won the same event at least five times in PGA Tour history: James Braid, Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, Davis Love III, Mark O'Meara, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, J.H. Taylor, Peter Thomson, Harry Vardon, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: There are 13 golfers who won the same event at least five times in PGA Tour history