Who are the top five earners on the European Tour without a win?

5. Matthew Southgate

Matthew Southgate is one of the young English generation golfers on the European tour who is living the dream. The Englishman is only 32 years old, but already has plenty of experience on the main tour. Southgate has played 174 events from which he has added €3,687,906.05 to his bank account. Southgate showed his great potential on the Scottish links at the 2019 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship where he finished solo second, only a shot behind the winner Victor Perez.

4. Jaco van Zy

Jaco van Zyl is only one of the many South Africans who play on the European Tour. Van Zyl, who now plays mainly on the Sunshine and the Challenge tours, at some point of his career was inside the top 50 in the world. The South African earned €3,939,824.03 from his 186 appearances on the European Tour. His last chance to clinch a title was at the 2017 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, but lost in a three-man playoff.

3. Mike Lorenzo-Vera

Mike Lorenzo-Vera made his European Tour debut in 2005 when he turned pro. Since then, the Frenchman has played at 211 tournaments and earned €5,194,046.99 without to record a win. His last close call was last December at the Golf in Dubai Championship presented by DP World where he finished two behind the winner and shared second place alongside Matt Wallace.

2. David Drysdale

The 46 years old Scot has played at 522 European Tour events, but he is still looking for his maiden title. For 26 years on Tour Drysdale has won €5,849,575.81 from prize funds. The Scot is still playing solid golf and we often see him on the first page of the leaderboards. Drysdale’s last runner-up finish on the European Tour was last year at the Qatar Masters where he lost in a playoff against Jorge Campillo.

1. Nick O'Hern

It is hard to believe that someone who has been ranked 16th in the world hasn't won on any of the two leading golf tours. The Australian played at 179 European Tour tournaments where he accumulated €5,892,531.96 from prize funds. He sits 106th on the European Tour Career Money list which is not bad for someone who hasn’t won. He has a couple of runner-up finishes, the most recent of which came at the 2007 Qatar Masters where O’Hern finished a shot behind the winner Retief Goosen. It seems the best days on the course for O’Hern, who will turn 50 in October, are gone. He now plays rarely, mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia.