With Wyndham Clark set to surpass $30 million in official PGA Tour earnings, it’s illuminating to note how the top tour players in Colorado golf history rank on the career lists
By Gary Baines – 2/24/2026
Denver native Wyndham Clark is on the verge of becoming the 57th — or perhaps the 58th — player in PGA Tour history to earn $30 million or more in official money on that circuit.
After playing five straight events on the PGA Tour — tied for his longest such stretch without a week off since 2021 — the Colorado Golf Hall of Famer needs $181,295 to reach the milestone, and barring the unforeseen he’ll likely surpass $30M sometime in March.
There’s only one player with major Colorado ties higher on the PGA Tour career money list than Clark, the Valor Christian grad: former Aspen resident Justin Leonard, who sits at $33,926,343 but who has only played in the British Open on the PGA Tour in recent years. At 53, he’s one of the top players on PGA Tour Champions, having won twice on that circuit since the beginning of 2025.
All of which got us to thinking about where the best tour golfers in Colorado history sit on such lists — not only that of the PGA Tour, but for the LPGA and PGA Tour Champions. (We’ll leave aside LIV Golf, where part-time Coloradan Scott Vincent has racked up $9,046,317 in earnings in recent years.) Obviously, money lists can help see how players stack up — but also how paydays have changed drastically through the years.
For instance, Clark has racked up his nearly $30 million after winning three times on the PGA Tour, including the 2023 U.S. Open. Meanwhile, World Golf Hall of Famer Hale Irwin, a Boulder High School and University of Colorado grad, earned one-fifth as much ($5.966 million) in his PGA Tour career, when he chalked up 20 victories, including three U.S. Open titles.
Even accounting for their 48-year difference in age (80 vs. 32), Irwin’s earnings in current-day dollars (just under $30 million) would be less than Clark’s, despite Irwin having won 17 more times on the PGA Tour to this point.
As two-time PGA Tour winner Jonathan Kaye, a Denver native and former CU golfer, once noted: “I passed Jack Nicklaus (in career PGA Tour earnings) my third year on the Tour. There’s no way I should ever pass Jack Nicklaus.”
Of course, Irwin certainly made hay on PGA Tour Champions in the late 1990s and in the early 2000s. With 45 Champions wins — second-most, only behind Bernhard Langer — Irwin won $27.159 million in official money on the Champions circuit, ranking him second all-time.
The LPGA Tour, like the PGA Tour, provides an equally eye-opening discrepancy regarding two of the best female golfers of all time who have significant Colorado connections. Babe Zaharias, who lived in Edgewater during the 1940s and also had extended family in the Pueblo area, earned a not-so-whopping $66,237 on the LPGA circuit, where she accounted for 41 victories, including 10 major titles.
In contrast, fellow Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Jennifer Kupcho, a graduate of Jefferson Academy, has $6.513 million in official LPGA earnings, having won four times with one major title to date. Again, accounting for the 86-year difference in age, Zaharias’ official total would be roughly $1.5 million based on current-day dollars.
So, without further ado, here are the career tour money earnings for the top golfers with significant Colorado ties, and their all-time ranking on those lists: (We’re also including the top player overall on each list.)
PGA TOUR
1. Tiger Woods $121 million (Note: Jack Nicklaus is in 344th place with $5.734 million)
Players with Significant Colorado Ties and 100-Plus PGA Tour Starts
44. Justin Leonard (former Aspen resident, 12 PGA Tour wins): $33.926 million
59. Wyndham Clark (Denver native, Valor Christian grad and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 3 PGA Tour wins): $29,819 million
88. Martin Laird (Denver area resident, former CSU golfer, 4 PGA Tour wins): $22.845 million
91. Chris DiMarco (Denver area resident, 3 PGA Tour wins): $22.656 million
115. David Duval (Denver area resident, 13 PGA Tour wins): $18.984 million
192. Mark Hubbard (Denver native, Colorado Academy grad, 0 PGA Tour wins): $12.49 million
231. Jonathan Kaye (Denver native, former CU golfer, part-time Colorado resident, 2 PGA Tour wins): $10.598 million
239. Craig Stadler (Former Colorado resident, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 13 PGA Tour wins): $10.022 million
241. Kevin Stadler (Part-time Denver resident, Kent Denver grad, impending Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 1 PGA Tour win): $9.76 million
260. Brandt Jobe (Kent Denver grad, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 0 PGA Tour wins) $9 million
321. Steve Jones (Yuma HS grad and former CU golfer, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 8 PGA Tour wins): $6.519 million
336. Hale Irwin (Boulder HS and CU grad, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 20 PGA Tour wins): $5.966 million
374. Mike Reid (former Cherry Creek HS golfer, 2 PGA Tour wins): $4.687 million
382. Mark Wiebe (Former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 2 PGA Tour wins): $4.314 million
Esteban Toledo (Former Castle Pines resident, 0 PGA Tour wins): $3.745 million.
Shane Bertsch (Colorado resident, Denver native, Evergreen HS graduate, 0 PGA Tour wins): $2.572 million
453. Gary Hallberg (Colorado resident, 3 PGA Tour wins): $2.476 million
495. Tyler McCumber (former Lyons resident): $1.703 million
Dave Hill* (former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 13 PGA Tour wins): $1.130 million
Dale Douglass* (former Coloradan, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 3 PGA Tour wins): $577,950
Dow Finsterwald* (former Coloradan, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 12 PGA Tour wins): $402,102
Bob Byman (former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 1 PGA Tour win): $161,884
Paul Runyan* (former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 28 PGA Tour wins): $50,947
Ed Dudley* (former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 13 PGA Tour wins): $30,677
Fred Wampler* (former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 1 PGA Tour win): $28,571
LPGA TOUR
1. Annika Sorenstam $22.584 million
Players with Significant Colorado Ties and 100-Plus LPGA Tour Starts
66. Jennifer Kupcho (Former Colorado resident, Jefferson Academy grad, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer): $6.513 million
203. Jill McGill (Former Colorado resident, Cherry Creek HS grad, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer): $2.342 million
213. Hollis Stacy (Former part-time Colorado resident, 18 LPGA Tour wins): $2.233 million
Lauren Howe (Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer): 1 LPGA Tour win): $230,600
Sharon Miller (Former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 2 LPGA Tour wins): $164,274
Babe Zaharias* (Former Colorado resident, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 41 LPGA Tour wins): $66,237
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
1. Bernhard Langer $38.293 million
Players with Significant Colorado Ties and 100-Plus PGA Tour Champions Starts
2. Hale Irwin (Boulder HS and CU grad, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 45 PGA Tour Champions wins): $27.159 million
51. Craig Stadler (Former Colorado resident, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 9 PGA Tour Champions wins): $8.985 million
Dale Douglass* (former Coloradan, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 11 PGA Tour Champions wins): $7,019 million
83. Brandt Jobe (Kent Denver grad, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 2 PGA Tour Champions wins): $6.607 million
97. Mark Wiebe (Former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 5 PGA Tour Champions wins): 5.690 million
105. Esteban Toledo (Former Castle Pines resident, 4 PGA Tour Champions wins): $5.193 million
115. R.W. Eaks (Colorado Springs native, Mitchell HS and UNC graduate, 4 PGA Tour Champions wins): $4.706 million
129. Mike Reid (former Cherry Creek HS golfer, 2 PGA Tour Champions wins):$4.315 million
145. Gary Hallberg (Colorado resident, 1 PGA Tour Champions win): $3.589 million
154. Shane Bertsch (Colorado resident, Denver native, Evergreen HS graduate, 1 PGA Tour Champions win): $3.223 million
160. Justin Leonard (former Aspen resident, 2 PGA Tour Champions wins): $3.051 million
Dave Hill* (former Coloradan, Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 6 PGA Tour Champions wins): $2.378 million
211. Chris DiMarco (Denver area resident, 0 PGA Tour Champions wins): $1.904 million
244. Steve Jones Yuma HS grad and former CU golfer, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer): $1.249 million
252. David Duval (Denver area resident, 0 PGA Tour Champions wins): $1.153 million
Dow Finsterwald* (former Coloradan, Colorado Sports and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, 0 PGA Tour Champions wins): $218,762
Complete List
* — indicates player has passed away.
About the Writer: Gary Baines has covered golf in Colorado continuously since 1983. He was a sports writer at the Daily Camera newspaper in Boulder, then the sports editor there, and has written regularly for ColoradoGolf.org since 2009. The University of Colorado Evans Scholar alum was inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in 2022. He owns and operates ColoradoGolfJournal.com