On this day in 1988, Curtis Strange won the Tour Championship at Pebble Beach to become the first player in PGA Tour history to earn $1 million in a season.
By contrast, 112 players earned over $1 million last season and 13 players have already crossed that threshold nine events into this new campaign.
Here are some notable numbers relating to the Tour's annual money list:
- Tiger Woods, in 1997, becomes first player to cross $2 million in a season
- Woods breaks $3-, $4-, $5- and $6-million barriers by earning $6,616,585 in 1999
- One year later, Woods breaks $7-, $8- and $9-million barriers by earning $9,188,321
- In 2004, Vijay Singh becomes first player to break $10 million
- In 2015, Jordan Spieth sets a new Tour standard with $12,030,465 (still the record)
- Woods holds the record for most money titles with 10
Here's a look at the money leaders each year, beginning with Strange in 1988:
| Curtis Strange | $1,147,644 | 4 |
| Greg Norman | $1,165,477 | 2 |
| Corey Pavin | $979,430 | 2 |
| Fred Couples | $1,344,188 | 3 |
| Nick Price | $1,478,557 | 4 |
| Nick Price | $1,499,927 | 6 |
| Greg Norman | $1,654,959 | 3 |
| Tom Lehman | $1,780,159 | 2 |
| Tiger Woods | $2,066,833 | 4 |
| David Duval | $2,591,031 | 4 |
| Tiger Woods | $6,616,585 | 8 |
| Tiger Woods | $9,188,321 | 9 |
| Tiger Woods | $5,687,777 | 5 |
| Tiger Woods | $6,912,625 | 5 |
| Vijay Singh | $7,573,907 | 5 |
| Vijay Singh | $10,905,16 | 9 |
| Tiger Woods | $10,628,024 | 6 |
| Tiger Woods | $9,941,563 | 8 |
| Tiger Woods | $10,867,052 | 7 |
| Vijay Singh | $6,601,094 | 3 |
| Tiger Woods | $10,508,163 | 6 |
| Matt Kuchar | $4,910,477 | 1 |
| Luke Donald | $6,683,214 | 2 |
| Rory McIlroy | $8,047,952 | 4 |
| Tiger Woods | $8,553,439 | 5 |
| Rory McIlroy | $8,280,096 | 3 |
| Jordan Spieth | $12,030,465 | 5 |
| Dustin Johnson | $9,365,185 | 3 |
| Justin Thomas | $9,921,560 | 5 |
| Justin Thomas | $8,694,821 | 3 |
| Brooks Koepka | $9,684,006 | 3 |