The
Greatest Golfers Of All Time
Over
the years, golf has seen many great golfers.
This section is a tribute to those who have
outshone their competitors and who make
it into the games Hall of Fame. Individually
and collectively they have been fundamental
to the development of the sport into the
successful multi-billion dollar industry
that it is today, played by over 50 million
people worldwide.
For
a complete analysis of the world's greatest
golfers visit
The
Greatest Golfers Of All Time. That website
compares the careers of all the world's
greatest golfers and this is their top 10: |
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1.
Jack Nicklaus
Nnown as "The Golden Bear"
he was a major force in professional
golf, first on the PGA Tour from the
1960s to the mid-to-late 1980s, then
on the Champions Tour from the late
1980s to the 1990s. |
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2.
Tiger Woods
In 2006, at the age of 30, he won his
11th and 12th professional major golf
championships[2] and has more wins on
the PGA Tour than any other active golfer.
He is the only active golfer currently
in the top 10 in career major wins. |
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3.
Ben Hogan
Ben Hogan was inducted into the World
Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. In 1976 he
was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest
honor given by the United States Golf
Association in recognition of distinguished
sportsmanship in golf. |
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4.
Bobby Jones
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bobby Jones
was arguably the greatest golfer who
ever competed on a national and international
level. He was a child prodigy who won
his first children's tournament at the
age of six and made the third round
of the U.S. Amateur Championship at
fourteen. |
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5.
Sam Snead
Sam Snead was one of the top golfers
in the world for most of 4 decades.
He won a record 82 PGA Tour events and
about 70 others worldwide. He won seven
majors: three Masters, three PGA Championships
and one British Open |
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6.
Byron Nelson
Competing between 1935 and 1946, although
he won many tournaments in the course
of his relatively brief career, he is
mostly remembered today for having won
11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total
tournaments in 1945. |
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7.
Arnold Palmer
Palmer's most prolific years were 1960-1963,
when he won 29 PGA Tour events in four
seasons. In 1960, he won the Hickok
Belt as the top professional athlete
of the year and Sports Illustrated magazine's
"Sportsman of the Year" award. |
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8.
Gary Player
Player is one of the most successful
golfers in the history of the sport,
ranking first in total professional
wins, with at least a hundred and sixty-six,
and tied fourth in major championship
victories with nine. Along with Arnold
Palmer and Jack Nicklaus he is referred
to as one of the "Big Three"
golfers of his era |
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9.
Walter Hagen
A major figure in golf in the first
half of the 20th century, his tally
of eleven majors is 3rd behind Tiger
Woods and Jack Nicklaus. He won the
U.S. Open twice and in 1922 he became
the first American to win the British
Open, which he went on to win four times
in total. |
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10.
Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen is one of the few golfers
to win all the Major Championships in
his career, the Career Grand Slam: U.S.
Open in 1922, 1932, PGA Championship
in 1922, 1923, 1933, British Open in
1932, and Masters in 1935. He was inducted
into the World Golf Hall of Fame in
1974. |
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