There can be a lot of money won playing tournament golf, especially on the PGA Tour in the last couple of decades.
Prize money has exploded over the last several years on the circuit thanks in large part to the presence of Tiger Woods.
Here’s a look at the top 10 for most money earned in on-course winnings by a player in a single PGA Tour season, not counting bonus money:
10. Jason Day, 2014-15
$9,403,330
Day got his long-awaited first major championship at Whistling Straits, where he won the 2015 PGA Championship. His record 20-under there beat Jordan Spieth by three strokes, ending Spieth’s hope for a Grand Slam in the process. He would end up winning four of his last six starts and five events overall, finishing third place in the FedEx Cup standings.
9. Jordan Spieth, 2016-17
$9,433,033
Spieth won three events is placing himself among golf’s elites once again. He holed-out to win the Travelers Championship from the bunker. His final round at The Open Championship was a memorable for his amazing save on 13 as it was for his victory. That was both third major championship, and the third leg of the career Grand Slam. Overall, he also had eight top-three finishes.

8. Brooks Koepka, 2018-19
$9,684,006
Koepka won three PGA Tour events including a successful defense of his 2018 PGA Championship title. The former Florida State golfer also won The CJ Cup at Nine Bridges and the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Out of the 21 events he played, he missed the cut in one and had nine top-10 finishes. Koepka also finished the season third in FedEx Cup standings.

7. Justin Thomas, 2016-17
$9,921,560
Thomas was named PGA Tour Player of the Year. He posted five victories, including the PGA Championship, and won the FedEx Cup at age 24. He also added a dozen top 10 finishes. And when he shot a 59 at the Sony Open – he was still 23 at the time – he became the youngest player on the PGA Tour to break 60. He joined Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Jordan Spieth as the only players since 1960 to win five times in a season including a major since 1960.

6. Tiger Woods, 2006
$9,941,563
Woods began his memorable run of winning six consecutive starts to end the year by capturing The Open Championship. In the final season before the PGA Tour reorganized under the FedEx Cup format, Woods dominated on nearly every front. He was the PGA Tour Player of the Year for the eighth time, money winner for the seventh time, and won the Byron Nelson Award for the seventh time.

5. Tiger Woods, 2009
$10,508,163
After missing the final half of the 2008 season due to knee surgery, Woods returned to golf and showed flashes of his old self. However, Woods failed to win a major for the first time since 2004 – a run that continues to this day. He was caught and beaten by Y.E. Yang in the final round of the PGA Championship. But that would turn out to be only his second-lowest moment of the year.
4. Tiger Woods, 2005
$10,628,024
In addition to winning more than $10 million and his fourth green jacket, Woods delivered the most memorable shot of his career and perhaps in all of 21st century golf Sunday at Augusta. His chilling chip on 16 eventually morphed into a Nike commercial. Overall, Woods won six times on the PGA Tour in 2005.

3. Tiger Woods, 2007
$10,867,052
Riding the momentum and a (sort-of) winning streak from 2006, Woods continued to dominate on the PGA Tour during the first of his many comebacks. Woods won the Buick Invitational for the seventh time – and extended his PGA Tour-events-started winning streak to seven. The streak ended in February when Woods lost in the Round of 16 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Woods ended the year by claiming the inaugural FedEx Cup, winning the final two events of Cup Playoffs. The BMW Championship was his 60th career PGA Tour victory. He dominated in the Tour Championship, winning by eight shots with a 23-under 257 (64-63-64-66). That remains the lowest 72-hole score of his career.

2. Vijay Singh, 2004
$10,905,166
At age 41, Vijay Singh was as good as ever PGA Tour in 2004, winning the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits and eight other Tour events. His overall finishes were equally impressive: making 28-of-29 cuts, nabbing 18 top-10s and 24 top-25s. His $10,905,166 in winnings also helped Singh grab PGA Tour Player of the Year honors.
1. Jordan Spieth, 2014-15
$12,030,465
At the age of 22, Spieth was the reigning U.S. Open and Masters champion when he won the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus. He became the youngest Tour Player of the Year since Tiger Woods in 1997. In addition to those two majors won during the 2014-15 season, Spieth also captured the Valspar in March, the John Deere Classic in July and the Tour Championship to complete a memorable season on multiple fronts.