Welcome to our CaddyBytes' 2025 Skins Game Tournament Coverage. The Skins Game was introduced in 1983 at Desert Highlands Golf Club in Scottsdale as an unofficial money event on the PGA Tour. It featured a unique format where four golfers competed for individual holes or "skins" with increasing monetary values.
After a 17-year hiatus, the Skins Game is returning in 2025 with a new "reverse purse" format where all four players start with $1 million and their fortunes rise or fall with every hole won or lost. The event will feature PGA Tour stars Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Keegan Bradley and Tommy Fleetwood at Panther National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Fred Couples, known as "Mr. Skins," holds multiple Skins Game records including most victories (5), most appearances (13), and highest earnings ($3,515,000+). The original Skins Game ran from 1983 to 2008 before being cancelled after LG pulled out of sponsorship.
Skins Game Years
Featured Course
Panther National
New course designed by Justin Thomas and Jack Nicklaus, hosting the 2025 Skins Game.
Course DetailsSkins Game History (1983 - Present)
2025 Skins Game
Panther National
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Reverse purse format
Participants:
Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Keegan Bradley, Tommy Fleetwood:
2008 Skins Game
Indian Wells GR
Indian Wells, California
6 skins won:
Runner-up:
Stephen Ames ($250,000)
2007 Skins Game
Indian Wells GR
Indian Wells, California
9 skins won:
Runner-up:
Fred Couples ($325,000)
2006 Skins Game
GC at La Quinta
La Quinta, California
8 skins won:
Runner-up:
Fred Couples ($385,000)
2005 Skins Game
GC at La Quinta
La Quinta, California
15 skins won:
Notable:
Funk wore skirt after Sorenstam outdrove him:
2004 Skins Game
GC at La Quinta
La Quinta, California
11 skins won:
Runner-up:
Tiger Woods ($310,000)
2003 Skins Game
GC at La Quinta
La Quinta, California
8 skins won:
Notable:
Annika Sörenstam participated:
2002 Skins Game
GC at Terra Lago
Indio, California
8 skins won:
Runner-up:
Phil Mickelson ($300,000)
2001 Skins Game
GC at Terra Lago
Indio, California
All 18 skins won:
Unique:
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2000 Skins Game
GC at Terra Lago
Indio, California
6 skins won:
Runner-up:
Vijay Singh ($260,000)
1999 Skins Game
GC at Terra Lago
Indio, California
11 skins won:
Runner-up:
Mark O'Meara ($245,000)
1998 Skins Game
Rancho La Quinta CC
Coachella Valley, CA
8 skins won:
Runner-up:
Tom Lehman ($420,000)
1997 Skins Game
Rancho La Quinta CC
Coachella Valley, CA
10 skins won:
Runner-up:
Mark O'Meara ($240,000)
1996 Skins Game
Rancho La Quinta CC
Coachella Valley, CA
9 skins won:
Runner-up:
Tom Watson ($220,000)
1995 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
7 skins won:
Runner-up:
Corey Pavin ($240,000)
1994 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Winnings:
Runner-up:
Fred Couples
1993 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Third straight win:
Runner-up:
Fred Couples
1992 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Winnings:
Runner-up:
Fred Couples
1991 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Winnings:
Runner-up:
John Daly
1990 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Second straight win:
Runner-up:
Greg Norman
1989 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Winnings:
Runner-up:
Jack Nicklaus
1988 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Winnings:
Runner-up:
Jack Nicklaus
1987 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Notable: Hole-in-one:
Made ace on par-3 17th
Runners-up: Jack Nicklaus, Fuzzy Zoeller
1986 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Second straight win:
Runner-up:
Lee Trevino
1985 Skins Game
Various Locations
California
Winnings:
Runner-up:
Tom Watson
1984 Skins Game
Desert Highlands
Scottsdale, Arizona
Winnings:
Runner-up:
Tom Watson
1983 Skins Game
Desert Highlands
Scottsdale, Arizona
The First Skins Game:
Original Four:
Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Watson