most pga major wins before 2010

Before 2010, Tiger Woods had the most tournament wins, with 71 tournament wins.

NAMEWINSEVENTSTOP 10ROUNDSMONEY
1Tiger Woods
T. Woods
71
878
164
951
$92,862,539
2Phil Mickelson
P. Mickelson
37
1352
145
1,398
$55,855,657
3Vijay Singh
V. Singh
34
1507
168
1,590
$61,986,127
4Tom Watson
T. Watson
21
1082
130
1,346
$9,070,690
5Davis Love III
D. Love III
20
2084
167
2,182
$38,947,951
6Greg Norman
G. Norman
20
835
129
1,229
$14,012,818
7Nick Price
N. Price
18
1580
137
1,732
$20,563,109
8Tom Kite
T. Kite
17
1698
156
1,878
$10,251,882
9Ernie Els
E. Els
16
895
108
987
$35,810,557
10Mark O'Meara
M. O'Meara
16
2125
119
2,252
$14,151,565
11Curtis Strange
C. Strange
16
1608
115
1,829
$7,400,933
12Corey Pavin
C. Pavin
15
2172
106
2,226
$15,080,681
13Fred Couples
F. Couples
15
2074
160
2,234
$21,319,450
14Kenny Perry
K. Perry
14
1987
103
2,050
$30,642,003
15Hal Sutton
H. Sutton
14
2057
124
2,154
$15,267,686
16Lanny Wadkins
L. Wadkins
14
1519
89
1,607
$5,422,820
17Jim Furyk
J. Furyk
13
1426
135
1,499
$42,756,343
18David Duval
D. Duval
13
836
65
1,033
$17,492,999
19Mark Calcavecchia
M. Calcavecchia
13
2297
141
2,510
$23,866,917
20Craig Stadler
C. Stadler
13
1688
121
1,908
$9,839,367
21Justin Leonard
J. Leonard
12
1444
92
1,494
$29,341,836
22David Toms
D. Toms
12
1536
91
1,548
$31,756,209
23Paul Azinger
P. Azinger
12
1775
112
1,986
$14,458,010
24Ben Crenshaw
B. Crenshaw
12
1341
93
1,597
$6,206,354
25Payne Stewart
P. Stewart
11
1600
130
1,725
$11,737,005
StatMuse has season-level data for tournament wins going back to the 1980 season.