PGA Tour.com’s Kin Lo posts this first-rate statistical breakdown for the 2008 PGA Tour season (H/T Geoff Shackelford). Although the entire statistical analysis is interesting (scroll down the intro page to the hyperlinks at the bottom), the following chart provides a fascinating snapshot of the progression of the Tour over the past 28 years. Check out the difference between 1980 and 2008 in the average annual earnings of the top 30 players!: