List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour

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This List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour includes notable athletes who played for the Florida Gators men's golf team that represents the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and who play or have played golf professionally. These University of Florida alumni played on the PGA Tour and/or on the affiliated Korn Ferry Tour or PGA Tour Champions. The table lists their wins on these tours and other notable golfing achievements.

NamePGA winsKorn Ferry winsChampions winsNotes
Tommy Aaron 31Aaron won the 1973 Masters Tournament; was the runner-up in the 1958 U.S. Amateur and the 1972 PGA Championship.
Wally Armstrong Armstrong was a PGA Tour member (1973–1983), and the winner of the 1973 Indiana Open.
Pat Bates 5n/aBates was a three-time All-American who won five tournaments on the Nationwide Tour.
Andy Bean 113Bean finished second twice in the PGA Championship and once in the British Open. He has been ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Frank Beard 111topped the PGA Tour money list in 1969
Woody Blackburn 2
Bill Britton 1
Mark Calcavecchia 133won the 1989 Open Championship
Chris Couch 15n/a
Bubba Dickerson 1n/awon the 2001 U.S. Amateur
Chris DiMarco 31n/ahas been ranked in the top 10 of the OWGR; runner-up in three majors
Scott Dunlap 21won Boeing Classic in 2014
Matt Every 21n/a
Brian Gay 4n/a
Ken Green 5
Phil Hancock 1
Dudley Hart 2n/ahas been ranked in the top 50 of the OWGR
Billy Horschel 5n/awon 2014 FedEx Cup, shot 60 at the 2006 U.S. Amateur
David Jackson 1
Gary Koch 6won 1970 U.S. Junior Amateur
Tyler McCumber n/a
Steve Melnyk won the 1969 U.S. Amateur, 1971 British Amateur
Bob Murphy 511won the 1965 U.S. Amateur, 1966 NCAA championship
Andy North 31won the 1978 and 1985 U.S. Opens
Rick Pearson 3Pearson was a member of the PGA Tour (1982–83, 1988–89)
David Peoples 2
Dave Ragan 3
Larry Rinker won 1985 JCPenney Classic and played in 525 PGA Tour events
Doug Sanders 201
Dan Sikes 63
Brett Stegmaier n/a
Will Strickler n/a
Mike Sullivan 3
Camilo Villegas 4n/ahas been ranked in the top 10 of the OWGR

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