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A golfer is a person who plays golf.Below is a list of male golfers, professional and amateurs, sorted alphabetically. Category:Lists of golfers contains lists of golfers sorted in several other ways: by nationality, by tour and by type of major championship won (men's, women's or senior).
Note 1: In the first column, each number signifies the first time that golfer was ranked number one. Note 2: In the "Cumulative total" column, each boldface number signifies total weeks as of the most recent time that golfer was ranked number one. Bernhard Langer was the first golfer to be ranked world No. 1.
This is a list of golfers who have appeared in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). The rankings started on 6 April 1986 and are updated each week. 120 golfers have reached the top 10. Tiger Woods holds the record for the most weeks in the world top 10, with 906.
During this time, he won 13 of golf's major championships. The next decade of Woods's career was marked by comebacks from personal problems and injuries. He took a self-imposed hiatus from professional golf from December 2009 to early April 2010 in an attempt to resolve marital issues with his wife at the time, Elin.
He is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He won 117 professional tournaments in his career. Over a quarter-century, he won a record 18 major championships , three more than second-placed Tiger Woods . [ 6 ]
Men's major championship winning golfers Rank Country Golfer Winning span Masters U.S. Open The Open PGA Total 1 United States: Jack Nicklaus * 1962–1986 6 4 3 5 18 2 United States: Tiger Woods * 1997–2019 5 3 3 4 15 3 United States: Walter Hagen: 1914–1929 0 2 4 5 11 4 United States: Ben Hogan * 1946–1953 2 4 1 2 9 4 South Africa: Gary ...
By most accounts, Ben Hogan was the best golfer of his era and still stands as one of the greatest of all time. "The Hawk" possessed fierce determination and an iron will, which combined with his unquestionable golf skills, formed an aura that could intimidate opponents into competitive submission.
His rounds of 69-68-69-69 was the first time 70 was broken in all 4 rounds of a U.S. Open. During his career, Trevino won 29 times on the PGA Tour, including six majors . He was at his best in the early 1970s, when he was Jack Nicklaus 's chief rival.