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The Top Ranked Golfers of
the 1920s
Notes:
Ranking Explanations
|
Rnk |
Athlete |
|
1 |
Bobby Jones |
|
2 |
Walter Hagen |
|
3 |
Gene Sarazen |
|
4 |
Jim Barnes |
|
5 |
Leo Diegel |
|
6 |
Jock Hutchison |
|
7 |
Jess Sweetser |
|
8 |
Cyril Tolley |
|
9 |
Ernest Holderness |
|
10 |
Johnny Farrell |
|
11 |
Chick Evans |
|
12 |
Roger Wethered |
|
13 |
Ted Ray |
|
14 |
George Von Elm |
|
15 |
George Duncan |
|
16 |
Robert Harris |
|
17 |
Philip Perkins |
|
18 |
Cyril Walker |
|
19 |
Tommy Armour |
|
20 |
Willie MacFarlane |
|
21 |
Arthur Havers |
|
22 |
Willie Hunter |
|
23 |
Jesse Guiford |
|
24 |
William Tweddell |
|
25 |
Jimmy Johnston |
|
26 |
Max Marston |
|
27 |
Al Espinosa |
|
28 |
Joe Turnesa |
|
29 |
Robert Gardner |
|
30 |
Bill Mehlhorn |
|
31 |
Bobby Cruickshank |
|
32 |
Emmett French |
|
33 |
Al Watrous |
|
34 |
Archie Compston |
|
35 |
Harry Cooper |
|
36 |
Francis Ouimet |
|
37 |
Fred McLeod |
|
38 |
Fred Robson |
|
39 |
Jack Burke Sr. |
|
40 |
Ernest Whitcombe |
|
41 |
Aubrey Boomer |
|
42 |
Sandy Herd |
|
43 |
Harry Vardon |
|
44 |
John Black |
|
45 |
J.D. Edgar |
|
46 |
Oscar Willing |
|
47 |
Watts Gunn |
|
48 |
John Caven |
|
49 |
Allan Graham |
|
50 |
Eustace Landale |
|
51 |
Eustace Storey |
|
52 |
Fred Simpson |
|
53 |
John Nelson Smith |
|
54 |
Kenneth Fradgley |
|
55 |
Johnny Golden |
|
56 |
MacDonald Smith |
|
57 |
George McLean |
|
58 |
Tom Kerrigan |
|
59 |
Harry Hampton |
|
60 |
Mortie Dutra |
|
61 |
Ray Derr |
|
62 |
Horton Smith |
|
63 |
Larry Nabholtz |
|
64 |
Denny Shute |
|
65 |
Frank Ball |
|
66 |
Roland Hancock |
|
67 |
Abe Mitchell |
|
68 |
Joe Kirkwood |
|
69 |
Percy Alliss |
|
70 |
Jack Forrester |
|
71 |
Francis Gallett |
|
72 |
Ed Dudley |
|
73 |
Henry Ciuci |
|
74 |
Clarence Hackney |
|
75 |
Bob MacDonald |
|
76 |
Peter O'Hara |
|
77 |
J.H. Taylor |
|
78 |
Charles Whitcombe |
|
79 |
Abe Espinosa |
|
80 |
Emil Loeffler |
|
81 |
Pat Doyle |
|
82 |
George Christ |
|
83 |
Len Holland |
|
84 |
Tony Manero |
|
85 |
Craig Wood |
|
86 |
Charles Rowe |
|
87 |
Tom Fernie |
|
88 |
Thomas Barber |
|
89 |
Louis Tellier |
|
90 |
Perry Del Vecchio |
|
91 |
Alex Smith |
|
92 |
W.M. Reekie |
|
93 |
J.D. Edgar |
|
94 |
Mike Brady |
|
95 |
Willie Klein |
|
96 |
Tom Williamson |
|
97 |
Bill Leach |
|
98 |
Syd Wingate |
|
99 |
William Davies |
|
100 |
Jose Jurado |
|
101 |
Willie Ogg |
|
102 |
Eddie Loos |
|
103 |
Harold Long |
|
104 |
J.W. Gaudin |
|
105 |
Fred Leach |
|
106 |
Dick Grout |
|
107 |
Neal McIntyre |
|
108 |
Arnaud Massy |
|
109 |
Waldo Crowder |
|
110 |
Charles Hoffner |
|
111 |
Billy Burke |
|
112 |
Albert Alcroft |
|
113 |
George Bowden |
|
114 |
Pat O'Hara |
|
115 |
Jimmy Thomson |
|
116 |
William Creavy |
|
117 |
George Kerrigan |
|
118 |
Frank Walsh |
|
119 |
Martin O'Loughlin |
|
120 |
Frank McNamara |
|
121 |
Pat Petranck |
|
122 |
Phil Hesler |
|
123 |
William Trovinger |
|
124 |
Harold Sampson |
|
125 |
Jack Dowling |
|
126 |
Adolph Bock |
|
127 |
Arthur Clarkson |
|
128 |
B. Warren Corkran |
|
129 |
Babe McHugh |
|
130 |
Bert Wilde |
|
131 |
C.E. Foley |
|
132 |
Charlie Betschler |
|
133 |
Charlie Isaacs |
|
134 |
D. Clarke Corkran |
|
135 |
Dave Campbell |
|
136 |
Donald Vinton |
|
137 |
Eddie Morrison |
|
138 |
Elmer Loving |
|
139 |
Frank Minch |
|
140 |
Fred Savage |
|
141 |
Gene Larkin |
|
142 |
George Voigt |
|
143 |
Jack Thompson |
|
144 |
James Edmundson |
|
145 |
James Maiden |
|
146 |
Jimmy Law |
|
147 |
Jimmy Mason |
|
148 |
John Bird |
|
149 |
John Rogers |
|
150 |
Sandy Baxter |
|
151 |
Tom Lally |
|
152 |
Tom McHugh |
|
153 |
Tom Sasscer |
|
154 |
W.R. Lovekin |
|
155 |
Walter Kozak |
|
156 |
William Nichols |
|
157 |
Jean Gassiat |
|
158 |
Bert Hodson |
|
159 |
Herbert Jolly |
|
160 |
William Watt |
|
161 |
T. Walton |
|
162 |
James McKenzie |
|
163 |
Laurie Ayton Sr. |
|
164 |
Dan Williams |
|
165 |
Tom Harmon |
|
166 |
Charles Guest |
|
167 |
Eddie Towns |
|
168 |
Tom Boyd |
|
169 |
George Gadd |
|
170 |
Jack Gordon |
|
171 |
James West |
|
172 |
Neil Christian |
|
173 |
G.R. Buckle |
|
174 |
Frank Sprogell |
|
175 |
Joe Sylvester |
|
176 |
Charles Mayo |
|
177 |
Alex Cunningham |
|
178 |
Charles Mothersele |
|
179 |
Henry Cotton |
|
180 |
James Sherlock |
|
181 |
Charles Clarke |
|
182 |
R.S. Miner |
|
183 |
Jack Stait |
|
184 |
Tom Kennett |
|
185 |
Ralph Beach |
|
186 |
Al Ciuci |
|
187 |
Fred Morrison |
|
188 |
Alec Campbell |
|
189 |
Dick Linnars |
|
190 |
Eddie Schultz |
|
191 |
George Thompson |
|
192 |
Glen Spencer |
|
193 |
Herman Barron |
|
194 |
Jack Burgess |
|
195 |
Julian Blanton |
|
196 |
Marshall Crichton |
|
197 |
Percy Weston |
|
198 |
William Horne |
|
199 |
Dave Robertson |
|
200 |
T.P. Perkins |
|
201 |
Roland Vickers |
|
202 |
Philip Rodgers |
|
203 |
W.B. Torrance |
|
204 |
Charles Johns |
|
205 |
Wiffy Cox |
|
206 |
Alfred Hackbarth |
|
207 |
Cyril Hughes |
|
208 |
H.A. Gaudin |
|
209 |
J.E. Rogers |
|
210 |
Fred Taggart |
|
211 |
A.E. Whiting |
|
212 |
Eddie Jones Jr. |
|
213 |
Fred Loos |
|
214 |
F.C. Jewell |
|
215 |
Gordon Lockhart |
|
216 |
Po Hart |
|
217 |
Jack Smith |
|
218 |
Charles Hilgendorf |
|
219 |
Walter Pursey |
|
220 |
Gilbert Nicholls |
|
221 |
Eugene Lafitte |
|
222 |
William Twine |
|
223 |
Reg Whitcombe |
|
224 |
H. Walker |
|
225 |
Eric Bannister |
|
226 |
Lister Hartley |
|
227 |
Fred Baroni |
|
228 |
James Braid |
|
229 |
Angel De La Torre |
|
230 |
Louis Chiapetta |
|
231 |
George Smith |
|
232 |
Stewart Burns |
|
233 |
Fred Collins |
|
234 |
Philip Taylor |
|
235 |
Jack Blakeslee |
|
236 |
Wilfred Reid |
|
237 |
George Aulbach |
|
238 |
Dick Wheildon |
|
239 |
Robert Barnett |
|
240 |
Lloyd Gullickson |
|
241 |
George Stark |
|
242 |
Charlie Thom |
|
243 |
Bob Shave |
|
244 |
Willie Kidd |
|
245 |
Jock Hendry |
|
246 |
Jim Foulis III |
|
247 |
Frank Coltart |
|
248 |
Fred Canausa |
|
249 |
Walter Bourne |
|
250 |
John Cowan |
|
251 |
Mike Patton |
|
252 |
David K. White |
|
253 |
George Griffin Sr. |
|
254 |
Willie Maguire |
|
255 |
James Gullane |
|
256 |
Gunnar Nelson |
|
257 |
William Leach |
|
258 |
Dave Hackney |
|
259 |
Fred Brand |
|
260 |
T.J. Rajoppi |
|
261 |
Wallie Nelson |
|
262 |
Jack Pirie |
|
263 |
Arthur Ham |
|
264 |
Dan Kenney |
|
265 |
Isaac Mackie |
|
266 |
Peter Walsh |
|
267 |
Carl Anderson |
|
268 |
Charles Hezlet |
|
269 |
Charles Koontz |
|
270 |
Charles McKenna |
|
271 |
Clarence Clark |
|
272 |
Clarence Doser |
|
273 |
Dan Goss |
|
274 |
Ed McElligott |
|
275 |
Ed Townes |
|
276 |
Fred McDermott |
|
277 |
George Dow |
|
278 |
George Hackney |
|
279 |
George Howard |
|
280 |
George Sayers |
|
281 |
Guy Paulsen |
|
282 |
Herbert Obendorf |
|
283 |
J.G. Curley |
|
284 |
J.I. Cruikshank |
|
285 |
Jack Elplick |
|
286 |
Jack Robertson |
|
287 |
James Meehan |
|
288 |
Jimmie Donaldson |
|
289 |
Joe Roseman |
|
290 |
Johnny Perelli |
|
291 |
Joseph Collins |
|
292 |
Leo Shea |
|
293 |
Matt Duffy |
|
294 |
Mel Smith |
|
295 |
Olin Dutra |
|
296 |
P.J. Gaudin |
|
297 |
Mark Seymour |
|
298 |
Harrison Johnston |
|
299 |
Duncan McCulloch |
|
300 |
Sid Brews |
|
301 |
Albert Tingey Jr. |
|
302 |
Johnny Rogers |
|
303 |
Paul Hunter |
|
304 |
James Ockenden |
|
305 |
Herbert Osborne |
|
306 |
Tom Stevens |
|
307 |
Hon. Michael Scott |
|
308 |
Don Curtis |
|
309 |
Reginald Wilson |
|
310 |
B.S. Weastell |
|
311 |
William Smith |
|
312 |
Charles Murray |
|
313 |
Massie Miller |
|
314 |
Otto Hackbarth |
|
315 |
R. Scott Jr. |
|
316 |
Arthur Butchart |
|
317 |
Henry Kinch |
|
318 |
Tom King |
|
319 |
Rowland Jones |
|
320 |
Arthur De Mane |
|
321 |
Bob Bradbeer |
|
322 |
Ted Longworth |
|
323 |
William Robertson |
|
324 |
W.L. Hope |
|
325 |
J.J. O'Brien |
|
326 |
William Nolan |
|
327 |
Dick May |
|
328 |
Edward Douglas |
|
329 |
Fred Wright |
|
330 |
Cedric Sayner |
|
331 |
Leonard Schmutte |
|
332 |
Walter Willis MacKenzie |
|
333 |
Hugh Roberts |
|
334 |
Eddie Held |
|
335 |
Dennis Kyle |
|
336 |
Alec Ross |
|
337 |
Eddie Murphy |
|
338 |
Gus Faulkner |
|
339 |
James Adwick |
|
340 |
Arthur Monk |
|
341 |
Charles Gadd |
|
342 |
C. Ralph Smith |
|
343 |
Felix Serafin |
|
344 |
George Sargent |
|
345 |
Arthur Day |
|
346 |
William Ritchie |
|
347 |
Douglas Grant |
|
348 |
George Heron |
|
349 |
Hutt Martin |
|
350 |
Charles Corlett |
|
351 |
James McDowall |
|
352 |
Charles Hall |
|
353 |
F. Boobyer |
|
354 |
Emerick Kocsis |
|
355 |
Walter Kennett |
|
356 |
Arthur Young |
|
357 |
Arthur Lacey |
|
358 |
Rudolph Knepper |
|
359 |
Irwin Ottman |
|
360 |
Harry Ball |
|
361 |
Albert Hallam |
|
362 |
Charles Parsons |
|
363 |
F.H. Frostick |
|
364 |
Arthur Beebe |
|
365 |
J. Rimmer |
|
366 |
J.J. Taylor |
|
367 |
Jack Sabol |
|
368 |
George Kirby |
|
369 |
Dave McKay |
|
370 |
George Dernback |
|
371 |
Jim Carberry |
|
372 |
George Underwood |
|
373 |
John Edmundson |
|
374 |
Stuart Sanderson |
|
375 |
Lou Goldbeck |
|
376 |
Charles Lorms |
|
377 |
A.J. Chapman |
|
378 |
Alex Ellis Jr. |
|
379 |
Alex Gerard |
|
380 |
Archie Loeffler |
|
381 |
Austie Claeyssens |
|
382 |
Carl Giehler |
|
383 |
Carl Rocco |
|
384 |
Dave Stevens |
|
385 |
Earl Rowly |
|
386 |
George Gordon |
|
387 |
Gil Nickels |
|
388 |
Harry Ellis |
|
389 |
Herbert Meyering |
|
390 |
Herbert Nicoll |
|
391 |
Jack Campbell |
|
392 |
John Rowe |
|
393 |
N. Zimmerman |
|
394 |
Nick DeMane |
|
395 |
Ralph Thomas |
|
396 |
T.K. Manley |
|
397 |
Tom Mahan |
|
398 |
Tom McNamara |
|
399 |
Walter Loeffler |
|
400 |
Wilbur Jack |
|
401 |
William Goebel |
|
402 |
William Holley |
|
403 |
William Robinson |
|
404 |
F.W. Clarke |
|
405 |
Dave Sutherland |
|
406 |
Joshua Taylor |
|
407 |
James Horn |
|
408 |
Fred Bell |
|
409 |
W.C. Fownes |
|
410 |
Harry Crapper |
|
411 |
J. Sullivan |
|
412 |
C.H. Reith |
|
413 |
Robert Ballantine |
|
414 |
Antonio Perez |
|
415 |
J.B. Rouse Jr. |
|
416 |
James Scarth |
|
417 |
Percy Hills |
|
418 |
Peter Robertson |
|
419 |
Joe Novak |
|
420 |
Herbert Lagerblade |
|
421 |
Rufus Stewart |
|
422 |
Alfred Miles |
|
423 |
Claude Gray |
|
424 |
Andrew Kay |
|
425 |
Alex Ayton |
|
426 |
Chick Fraser |
|
427 |
David Ayton Jr. |
|
428 |
Fred Novak |
|
429 |
Fred Jarman |
|
430 |
Jack Jarman |
|
431 |
William McMinn |
|
432 |
D.E.B. Soulby |
|
433 |
Harry Fernie |
|
434 |
Jack Turnesa |
|
435 |
Lord Charles Hope |
|
436 |
Nelson Whitney |
|
437 |
Wilfred Thomson |
|
438 |
Pierre Hirigoyen |
|
439 |
R. Botcazou |
|
440 |
Rex Hartley |
|
441 |
Thomas Torrance |
|
442 |
William Sutton |
|
443 |
T.E. Howard |
|
444 |
Michael Daragon |
|
445 |
Harry Kidd |
|
446 |
J.W. Milner |
|
447 |
Jack Westland |
|
448 |
T.B. Jolly |
|
449 |
Thomas Renouf |
|
450 |
Peter Harmon |
|
451 |
George Martin |
|
452 |
George Tuck |
|
453 |
R.W. Treacy |
|
454 |
James Bradbeer |
|
455 |
A. Armour |
|
456 |
Alf Perry |
|
457 |
George Dawson |
|
458 |
Johnny Goodman |
|
459 |
R.H. De Montmorency |
|
460 |
Thomas Hughes |
|
461 |
William Button |
|
462 |
William Oke |
|
463 |
Eugene McCarthy |
|
464 |
Charles Betchler |
|
465 |
Hugh Williamson |
|
466 |
Jack Tarrant |
|
467 |
Sam Bembridge |
|
468 |
James Batley |
|
469 |
Sidney Ball |
|
470 |
Leo Wallace |
|
471 |
Dave Trufelli |
|
472 |
Ernest Kenyon |
|
473 |
Frank Kennett |
|
474 |
Fred Ford |
|
475 |
Jack O'Connor |
|
476 |
R. Linares |
|
477 |
Sid Rush |
|
478 |
W.A. Murray |
|
479 |
W.E. Brown |
|
480 |
Jack Rowe |
|
481 |
George Charman |
|
482 |
C.W. Thomson |
|
483 |
A. Simpson |
|
484 |
Roland MacKenzie |
|
485 |
W.G. Gimber |
|
486 |
Charles McIlvenny |
|
487 |
Johnny Jones |
|
488 |
Michael Bingham |
|
489 |
Arthur Reid |
|
490 |
Ernest Penfold |
|
491 |
James Kenney |
|
492 |
John Junor |
|
493 |
A.J. Evans |
|
494 |
John Simpson |
|
495 |
R.S. Fernie |
|
496 |
E.A. Barker |
|
497 |
Jack Leach |
|
498 |
Peter Rainford |
|
499 |
Rail Rolfe |
|
500 |
Tom Dobson |
|
501 |
Alex Campbell |
|
502 |
Edward Gow |
|
503 |
Frank Dyer |
|
504 |
L. Nettlefold |
|
505 |
M. O'Neill |
|
506 |
Tom Wilson |
|
507 |
Frank Adams |
|
508 |
Herbert Riseborough |
|
509 |
R. Turner |
|
510 |
R.I. Finkenstaedt |
|
511 |
Ralph Kingsrud |
|
512 |
Clarence Gamber |
|
513 |
Alfred Beck Jr. |
|
514 |
Arthur Andrews |
|
515 |
Harold Calloway |
|
516 |
Ben Lord |
|
517 |
Dewey Weber |
|
518 |
Eddie Williams |
|
519 |
Frank Godchaux |
|
520 |
Harry Bolestra |
|
521 |
J. Alsagurin |
|
522 |
Joe Brennan |
|
523 |
Tom Raklets |
|
524 |
W.J. Damen |
|
525 |
C.I. Booth |
|
526 |
Ben Parola |
|
527 |
Ernest Risebro |
|
528 |
J. Brews |
|
529 |
Joe Devaney |
|
530 |
Walter Kossman |
|
531 |
J. Victor East |
|
532 |
Arthur Sweet |
|
533 |
Clarence Mainero |
|
534 |
Jack White |
|
535 |
James Martin |
|
536 |
John Burgess |
|
537 |
John O'Connor |
|
538 |
Jack Seager |
|
539 |
Charles Wallis |
|
540 |
Clarence Wolff |
|
541 |
J.A. Hassall |
|
542 |
James Busson |
|
543 |
Richard Walsh |
|
544 |
Rocky Rich |
|
545 |
Roy Donald |
|
546 |
E.F. Carter |
|
547 |
Al Natale |
|
548 |
R.M. Alston |
|
549 |
Angus Hambro |
|
550 |
C.H. Hayward |
|
551 |
Chick Trout |
|
552 |
James Ferguson |
|
553 |
John Fernie |
|
554 |
Leslie Cotton |
|
555 |
Robert Peebles |
|
556 |
W.C. Thomas |
|
557 |
Walter Ward |
|
558 |
Charles MacAndrew |
|
559 |
Chet Beer |
|
560 |
Eddie Gayer |
|
561 |
Jack Park |
|
562 |
Percy Wyatt |
|
563 |
Charles Clare |
|
564 |
Frank Decker |
|
565 |
Jack Croke |
|
566 |
James Soutar |
|
567 |
Paul Runyan |
|
568 |
S. Robinson |
|
569 |
Harry Sutton |
|
570 |
Howard Lee |
|
571 |
Albert Seymour |
|
572 |
E.H.W. Scott |
|
573 |
Archie Thomson |
|
574 |
John Thompson II |
|
575 |
Tom Jones |
|
576 |
John Turner |
|
577 |
Carl Bretherton |
|
578 |
Cuthbert Butchart |
|
579 |
J. Anderson |
|
580 |
Jack B. Ross |
|
581 |
James Fee |
|
582 |
Joseph Cheal |
|
583 |
William Bee |
|
584 |
Charles White |
|
585 |
M.S. Walker |
|
586 |
Ned McKenna |
|
587 |
E. Noel Layton |
|
588 |
E.C. Anderson |
|
589 |
Jerry Bond |
|
590 |
Alex Guild |
|
591 |
J.B. Fulford |
|
592 |
A. Coussies |
|
593 |
E. Goodban |
|
594 |
E.P. Hanton |
|
595 |
Ira Couch |
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