About a month ago, Bud Cauley was fifth on the list of PGA Tour players with the most starts without a win. But he’s glad to have his name removed after he won the 2026 Memorial Tournament at Jack’s Place.
Cauley secured his first Tour victory in his 239th start. That moves everyone below up a spot, but they’re all still well back of the guy sitting in No. 1 on this list.
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Granted, all these golfers below have cleared $10 million in career earnings, with three having gone north of $20 million. Still, they’d each love to spend some of that prize money on a trophy case.
Most PGA Tour starts without a win
Patrick Rodgers
Patrick Rodgers looks on the fifth hole during the third round of the 2026 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Career starts: 331. Career money: $20,757,608. Rodgers, 33 and in his 12th year on the circuit, was open and honest about the topic in a recent episode of “Mindfulness,” an original series from PGA Tour Studios. “The struggle cut deeper than I ever imagined,” he admitted. “Every missed cut somehow felt like the worst one. Every bogey on the last left a pit in my stomach. Watching my peers achieve the success I desperately chased chipped away at my ego and my belief. Hundreds of what-ifs. Thousands of hours of effort with seemingly nothing to show for it.” But he has been determined to his story not about failure but about redefining winning.
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Mark Hubbard
Mark Hubbard acknowledges the crowd on the first green during the third round of the 2026 Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club.
Career starts: 278. Career money: $13,157,059. Hubs, 37, has two seconds and four thirds in his career. He joined the Tour in 2015. Not counting this season, he’s logged a lot of miles, playing in 31 events in 2025, 30 in 2024, 39 in 2023, 22 in 2022 and 32 in 2021. That’s a lot of hotel rooms and rental cars, but no trophies, not yet anyway.
Beau Hossler
Beau Hossler plays his shot on the 10th hole during the first round of the 2025 3M Open.
Career starts: 246. Career money: $14,419,500. Hossler, 31, has four seconds and three thirds but still hasn’t bagged the big one. What’s added to the pain is that he’s been in two PGA Tour playoffs (2018, 2024) but came up short both times.
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Sam Ryder
Career starts: 241. Career money: $10,900,082. Ryder, who twice finished second, might be lacking a PGA Tour win, but he’s the architect of a memorable piece of Tour history: he aced the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale at the WM Phoenix Open in 2022. Guys have made an ace there before and since but for some reason, Ryder, 36, continues to get asked about it and often at other tournaments, even a couple of years after the fact.
Zac Blair
Zac Blair of the United States plays his shot from the tenth tee during the first round of the 3M Open 2025 at TPC Twin Cities on July 24, 2025 in Blaine, Minnesota.
Career starts: 233. Career money: $8,613,778. Blair, 35, lost the 2024 ICSO Championship in a playoff. It’s the closest he’s come to hoisting a trophy on the PGA Tour. He has one other second since joining the Tour in 2015 after graduating from BYU. He did have a stretch during the 2019 and 2020 seasons where he only got six starts but he’s been grinding away full-time for the last five years.
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Denny McCarthy
Denny McCarthy hits a tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open.
Career starts: 229. Career money: $22,508,416. McCarthy, 33, joined the PGA Tour in 2018 and has no wins but two seconds, both playoff losses. He has 29 top-10s and 69 top-25s, which have helped on the bank ledger, but he’s still seeking win No. 1.
Henrik Norlander
Henrik Norlander follows through on his swing at the driving range during the practice round ahead of the 2025 Sanderson Farms Championship.
Career starts: 217. Career money: $7,671,305. The 39-year-old Norlander joined the PGA Tour in 2011 but didn’t really start playing a steady diet of tournaments on the Tour until the 2019-2020 season. His best career finish is a tie for fourth in the Zurich team in 2025. His lone top-10 in a regular event is a tie for eighth in the 2024 Black Desert Championship. He’s the top European player on this list.
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Alex Noren
Alex Noren of Sweden reacts to his putt on the 16th green during the third round of the 3M Open 2025 at TPC Twin Cities on July 26, 2025 in Blaine, Minnesota.
Career starts: 210. Career money: $20,106,286.Noren, 43, turned pro in 2005 but didn’t join the PGA Tour till 2018. Still, he’s padded his bank account thanks to three seconds, six thirds and 14 top-5s. His closest call was a playoff loss to Jason Day in the 2018 Farmers Insurance Open. He does have 13 international wins on his resume but his quest for a PGA Tour trophy continues.
Doug Ghim
Doug Ghim of the United States lines up a putt on the 12th green during the first round of the John Deere Classic 2025 at TPC Deere Run on July 03, 2025 in Silvis, Illinois.
Career starts: 185. Career money: $8,928,290. This former Texas Longhorn has one runner-up finish, a solo second at the 2024 Shriners Children’s Open. Now 33, Ghim joined the Tour in 2020. He has a career-low round of 60 in the 2025 RSM Classic.
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