Since January 1, 1900, more than 16,800 players have teed it up on the PGA Tour. There have been more than 4,300 official Tour events. More than 900 individual winners have grasped championship hardware.
Of those, there are now eight who were 50 years or older.
The only players to roll through the elderly roadblock were Craig Stadler, Fred Funk, John Barnum, James Barnes, Davis Love III, Art Wall, Jr., and Sam Snead and, at the 2021 PGA Championship, Phil Mickelson.
Snead was 52 years, 10 months and 8 days old when he won the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open, making him the oldest to win on the PGA Tour. Mickelson’s PGA win made him the oldest major champion.
Here’s a look at those eight players.
Golfweek’s Steve DiMeglio contributed to this article.