Cameron Tringale Tops Career Prize Money Without a Win

Cameron Tringale has built the largest career prize money total of any golfer who has never won an official tournament, earning $36,669,634 across the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.

How much has Cameron Tringale earned without winning?

Over 338 PGA Tour starts and 12 winless seasons, Tringale collected $17,310,004. He then signed with LIV Golf, where he has again gone without a win but added a further $18,309,252. His only victory of any kind came in an unofficial event, the 2014 Franklin Templeton Shootout, a three-day team event he won alongside Jason Day. In 16 major starts, the 39-year-old has made nine cuts, with a best finish of T14 at the 2022 US Open, worth $1,050,378 in major earnings alone.

Why can players earn so much without winning?

Prize money is paid to every player who makes the cut, not just the winner. On the PGA Tour, a standard event pays the winner about 18% of the purse, while a 65th-place finisher who just makes the cut still collects roughly 0.215%. The DP World Tour pays its winner about 17% and its 65th-place finisher about 0.24%. With tournament purses rising sharply and LIV Golf paying its full field every week, a winless career can still be a lucrative one.

Modern purses mean a player can bank tens of millions of dollars and never lift a trophy.

Who else ranks near the top of the winless list?

Denny McCarthy leads the group of players without a win on any tour, official or not, at roughly $23 million. He has lost playoffs at the 2023 Memorial Tournament and the 2024 Texas Open. Patrick Rodgers follows at $20.75 million with four runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour. Beau Hossler, who was runner-up at this year's Wyndham Championship behind winner Michael Brennan, has gone winless on both the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour while earning $15.48 million.

The scale of today's purses stands out next to golf's history. Jack Nicklaus won 73 PGA Tour events, including a record 18 majors, yet ranks 351st on the career money list with official earnings of $5,734,031. Adjusted for inflation, that total equates to roughly $30-40 million in today's dollars, putting it in the same range as what Tringale has earned without ever winning.