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The Top Ranked Golfers of
the 1930s
Notes:
Ranking Explanations
|
Rnk |
Athlete |
|
1 |
Gene Sarazen |
|
2 |
Lawson Little |
|
3 |
Bobby Jones |
|
4 |
Ralph Guldahl |
|
5 |
Denny Shute |
|
6 |
Byron Nelson |
|
7 |
Tommy Armour |
|
8 |
Johnny Goodman |
|
9 |
Henry Cotton |
|
10 |
Horton Smith |
|
11 |
Paul Runyan |
|
12 |
Henry Picard |
|
13 |
Olin Dutra |
|
14 |
Alf Padgham |
|
15 |
Reg Whitcombe |
|
16 |
John de Forest |
|
17 |
Billy Burke |
|
18 |
Tony Manero |
|
19 |
Tom Creavy |
|
20 |
Alf Perry |
|
21 |
Dick Burton |
|
22 |
Johnny Revolta |
|
23 |
Sam Parks |
|
24 |
Bud Ward |
|
25 |
Charles Yates |
|
26 |
Hector Thomson |
|
27 |
Ross Somerville |
|
28 |
George Dunlap |
|
29 |
John Fischer |
|
30 |
Francis Ouimet |
|
31 |
Alex Kyle |
|
32 |
Eric Martin Smith |
|
33 |
Hon. Michael Scott |
|
34 |
Robert Sweeny Jr. |
|
35 |
Willie Turnesa |
|
36 |
Craig Wood |
|
37 |
Harry Cooper |
|
38 |
MacDonald Smith |
|
39 |
Sam Snead |
|
40 |
Jimmy Thomson |
|
41 |
Jimmy Adams |
|
42 |
Ray Billows |
|
43 |
Bobby Cruickshank |
|
44 |
Leo Diegel |
|
45 |
Dick Metz |
|
46 |
Dutch Harrison |
|
47 |
Harold McSpaden |
|
48 |
Willie Goggin |
|
49 |
Frank Walsh |
|
50 |
Philip Perkins |
|
51 |
Johnny Bulla |
|
52 |
Jose Jurado |
|
53 |
George Von Elm |
|
54 |
Sid Brews |
|
55 |
Jack McLean |
|
56 |
Walter Emery |
|
57 |
Jack Westland |
|
58 |
Lionel Munn |
|
59 |
Jim Ferrier |
|
60 |
Cecil Ewing |
|
61 |
Dale Bourn |
|
62 |
David Goldman |
|
63 |
Eric Fiddian |
|
64 |
Eugene Homans |
|
65 |
James Wallace |
|
66 |
Max Marston |
|
67 |
Pat Abbott |
|
68 |
Roger Wethered |
|
69 |
Tony Duncan |
|
70 |
William Tweddell |
|
71 |
Ed Dudley |
|
72 |
Jimmy Hines |
|
73 |
Charles Lacey |
|
74 |
Ky Laffoon |
|
75 |
Wiffy Cox |
|
76 |
Johnny Farrell |
|
77 |
Charles Whitcombe |
|
78 |
Percy Alliss |
|
79 |
Al Watrous |
|
80 |
Walter Hagen |
|
81 |
Bill Mehlhorn |
|
82 |
Joe Kirkwood |
|
83 |
Marcel Dallemagne |
|
84 |
Arthur Havers |
|
85 |
Clarence Clark |
|
86 |
Toney Penna |
|
87 |
Gene Kunes |
|
88 |
Syd Easterbrook |
|
89 |
Al Zimmerman |
|
90 |
John Fallon |
|
91 |
Ray Mangrum |
|
92 |
Bert Gadd |
|
93 |
Fred Robson |
|
94 |
John J. Busson |
|
95 |
Allan Dailey |
|
96 |
Sam King |
|
97 |
Bill Shankland |
|
98 |
Martin Pose |
|
99 |
Johnny Golden |
|
100 |
Al Espinosa |
|
101 |
Jim Foulis III |
|
102 |
Bob Crowley |
|
103 |
Abe Espinosa |
|
104 |
Herman Barron |
|
105 |
Al Houghton |
|
106 |
Ralph Stonehouse |
|
107 |
Eddie Schultz |
|
108 |
Tom Green |
|
109 |
Emery Zimmerman |
|
110 |
Harold Sampson |
|
111 |
Rod Munday |
|
112 |
Emerick Kocals |
|
113 |
Cyril Walker |
|
114 |
Al Collins |
|
115 |
Vic Ghezzi |
|
116 |
Willie MacFarlane |
|
117 |
Mortie Dutra |
|
118 |
Felix Serafin |
|
119 |
Ben Hogan |
|
120 |
Joe Turnesa |
|
121 |
Alvin Krueger |
|
122 |
Archie Compston |
|
123 |
Leonard Dodson |
|
124 |
John Kinder |
|
125 |
Ted Turner |
|
126 |
Frank Moore |
|
127 |
Vincent Eldred |
|
128 |
Al Brosch |
|
129 |
Jim Barnes |
|
130 |
Harry Bassler |
|
131 |
Willie Klein |
|
132 |
Ted Luther |
|
133 |
Henry Ciuci |
|
134 |
Mike Turnesa |
|
135 |
Leo Mallory |
|
136 |
Walter Kozak |
|
137 |
Fred Morrison |
|
138 |
Francis Gallett |
|
139 |
Clarence Hackney |
|
140 |
Ted Longworth |
|
141 |
Charles Sheppard |
|
142 |
Art Bell |
|
143 |
Zell Eaton |
|
144 |
George Schneiter |
|
145 |
Lloyd Gullickson |
|
146 |
Ralph Beach |
|
147 |
Bob Stupple |
|
148 |
Clarence Yockey |
|
149 |
Edwin Kingsley |
|
150 |
Chandler Harper |
|
151 |
James Gullane |
|
152 |
Jim Milward |
|
153 |
Sam Byrd |
|
154 |
Eddie Burke |
|
155 |
Jock Collins |
|
156 |
Andrew Gibson |
|
157 |
Cliff Spencer |
|
158 |
Lloyd Mangrum |
|
159 |
Babe McHugh |
|
160 |
Ben Coltrin |
|
161 |
Billy Simpson |
|
162 |
Buddy Clement |
|
163 |
C.E. Foley |
|
164 |
Cam Poget |
|
165 |
George Griffin Sr. |
|
166 |
Glen Spencer |
|
167 |
Harry Thompson |
|
168 |
Jack Malloy |
|
169 |
Jack Terron |
|
170 |
John O'Donnell |
|
171 |
Maurrie O'Connor |
|
172 |
Owen Covey |
|
173 |
Robert Weichel |
|
174 |
Roy Bronsdon |
|
175 |
Walter Scheiber |
|
176 |
Arthur Lacey |
|
177 |
William Davies |
|
178 |
Abe Mitchell |
|
179 |
Bert Hodson |
|
180 |
William Laidlaw |
|
181 |
Gus Moreland |
|
182 |
Marcos Churio |
|
183 |
Bobby Locke |
|
184 |
Bill Cox |
|
185 |
Fred Bullock |
|
186 |
Laurie Ayton Sr. |
|
187 |
John Dawson |
|
188 |
Jimmy Demaret |
|
189 |
Ernest Whitcombe |
|
190 |
Auguste Boyer |
|
191 |
Charles Schneider |
|
192 |
Clarence Doser |
|
193 |
Bob Shave |
|
194 |
William Branch |
|
195 |
Levi Lynch |
|
196 |
Reggie Myles |
|
197 |
Bruce Coltart |
|
198 |
Peter O'Hara |
|
199 |
Fay Coleman |
|
200 |
Leo Walper |
|
201 |
Johnny Perelli |
|
202 |
Marvin Stahl |
|
203 |
Frank Strafaci |
|
204 |
J.S. Collins |
|
205 |
Thomas Barber |
|
206 |
Tom O'Connor |
|
207 |
Walter Murray |
|
208 |
Ernest Kenyon |
|
209 |
Dai Rees |
|
210 |
Chuck Kocsis |
|
211 |
George Smith |
|
212 |
William Twine |
|
213 |
Tom Kerrigan |
|
214 |
Al Heron |
|
215 |
Aubrey Boomer |
|
216 |
John Burton |
|
217 |
Tom Williamson |
|
218 |
Gus Faulkner |
|
219 |
Tomas Genta |
|
220 |
Edward Jarman |
|
221 |
Charlie Ward |
|
222 |
Guy Paulsen |
|
223 |
H. Prowse |
|
224 |
Willie Hunter |
|
225 |
Enrique Bertolino |
|
226 |
Jimmy Bruen |
|
227 |
William Anderson |
|
228 |
Orville White |
|
229 |
Cecil Denny |
|
230 |
Philip Rodgers |
|
231 |
Hamish Ballingall |
|
232 |
Donald Moe |
|
233 |
Stanley Horne |
|
234 |
W.L. Hope |
|
235 |
Walter Smithers |
|
236 |
Wilford Wehrle |
|
237 |
James McDowall |
|
238 |
Mark Fry |
|
239 |
Pat Sawyer |
|
240 |
Clayton Heafner |
|
241 |
John Jacobs |
|
242 |
Pat Circelli |
|
243 |
Charles Guest |
|
244 |
Errie Ball |
|
245 |
Francis Scheider |
|
246 |
Eddie Loos |
|
247 |
Harry Nettelbladt |
|
248 |
Gunnar Johnson |
|
249 |
Dave Hackney |
|
250 |
Gunnar Nelson |
|
251 |
George Christ |
|
252 |
Leo Fraser |
|
253 |
Les Madison |
|
254 |
Bunny Torpey |
|
255 |
Fred Robertson |
|
256 |
Jack Patroni |
|
257 |
Alex Gerlak |
|
258 |
Eric Seavell |
|
259 |
Frank Champ |
|
260 |
Tom LoPresti |
|
261 |
Tony Butler |
|
262 |
Joe Paletti |
|
263 |
William Oke |
|
264 |
Terl Johnson |
|
265 |
William Francis |
|
266 |
William Large |
|
267 |
Clarence Ehresman |
|
268 |
Neal McIntyre |
|
269 |
Arthur Young |
|
270 |
George Dawson |
|
271 |
Jack Curley |
|
272 |
George Slingerland |
|
273 |
Walter Bemish |
|
274 |
Alfred Sargent |
|
275 |
Arthur Gusa |
|
276 |
Ben Pautke |
|
277 |
Earl Fry |
|
278 |
George Whitehead |
|
279 |
Henry Bontempo |
|
280 |
J.G. Collins |
|
281 |
Jack Ryan |
|
282 |
Joe Frank |
|
283 |
Joe Zarhardt |
|
284 |
John Hines |
|
285 |
John Thoren |
|
286 |
Joseph Kenney |
|
287 |
Ken Tucker |
|
288 |
Norman Smith |
|
289 |
Pat Wilcox |
|
290 |
Sam Bernardi |
|
291 |
Mark Seymour |
|
292 |
Bill Schwartz |
|
293 |
Cyril Tolley |
|
294 |
Tommy Suffern Tailer |
|
295 |
Chick Harbert |
|
296 |
Emilio Serra |
|
297 |
W.H. Green |
|
298 |
Les Bolstad |
|
299 |
G. Good |
|
300 |
Johnny Rogers |
|
301 |
P.J. Mahon |
|
302 |
Chick Chin |
|
303 |
J.L. Black |
|
304 |
Alfred Beck Jr. |
|
305 |
William Nolan |
|
306 |
Percy Weston |
|
307 |
Harry Large |
|
308 |
Max Faulkner |
|
309 |
Pierre Hirigoyen |
|
310 |
Bill Kaiser |
|
311 |
Harry Crapper |
|
312 |
Archie Hambrick |
|
313 |
Leonard Crawley |
|
314 |
D.C. Jones |
|
315 |
Jerry Gianferante |
|
316 |
Thomas Torrance |
|
317 |
Norman Sutton |
|
318 |
Len Holland |
|
319 |
Francis Francis |
|
320 |
Reg Cox |
|
321 |
Frank Ball |
|
322 |
P.B. Lucas |
|
323 |
William Hastings |
|
324 |
Tom Collinge |
|
325 |
Stewart Burns |
|
326 |
James Busson |
|
327 |
Al Huske |
|
328 |
Ted Ray |
|
329 |
Lister Hartley |
|
330 |
Eddie Williams |
|
331 |
Matt Kowal |
|
332 |
A.D. Cairncross |
|
333 |
Laurie Ayton Jr. |
|
334 |
Jock Hutchison |
|
335 |
Fred McLeod |
|
336 |
E.F. Storey |
|
337 |
Albert Campbell |
|
338 |
Joe Belfore |
|
339 |
Fred Taggart |
|
340 |
Bob MacDonald |
|
341 |
Aurelio Castanon |
|
342 |
P.W.L. Risdon |
|
343 |
Stanley Kertes |
|
344 |
William Collins |
|
345 |
Jack Forrester |
|
346 |
Jack Munger |
|
347 |
Charles Hilgendorf |
|
348 |
H.R. Manton |
|
349 |
Jean Saubaber |
|
350 |
R.H. Pemberton |
|
351 |
Rodney Bliss |
|
352 |
William Sparks |
|
353 |
Jess Sweetser |
|
354 |
William McMinn |
|
355 |
Duncan McCulloch |
|
356 |
Walter Pursey |
|
357 |
Cedric Sayner |
|
358 |
Ed Oliver |
|
359 |
Eddie Whitcombe |
|
360 |
Leslie Cotton |
|
361 |
Torchy Toda |
|
362 |
Don Curtis |
|
363 |
Frank Dennis |
|
364 |
C.W. Thomson |
|
365 |
J.I. Cruikshank |
|
366 |
Roland Vickers |
|
367 |
Neil Christian |
|
368 |
Albert Isherwood |
|
369 |
Chris Brinke |
|
370 |
Alex Watson |
|
371 |
Jim Turnesa |
|
372 |
R.G. French |
|
373 |
Vernon Allen |
|
374 |
Louis Chiapetta |
|
375 |
Clarence Owens |
|
376 |
Ben Richter |
|
377 |
Bill Jelliffe |
|
378 |
Stephen Zappe |
|
379 |
Perry Del Vecchio |
|
380 |
George Kerrigan |
|
381 |
Alex Follmer |
|
382 |
Clark Morse |
|
383 |
John Malutic |
|
384 |
Al Morley |
|
385 |
Alex Gerisk |
|
386 |
Andrew Dowie |
|
387 |
Bud Oakley |
|
388 |
Buddy Poteet |
|
389 |
Chuck Garringer |
|
390 |
Clyde Usina |
|
391 |
Dan Galgano |
|
392 |
Dave Trufelli |
|
393 |
Dick Renagen |
|
394 |
Dick Shoemaker |
|
395 |
E.R. Coffey |
|
396 |
Earl Martin |
|
397 |
Francis Ballert |
|
398 |
Frank Rodia |
|
399 |
Gene Marchi |
|
400 |
George Diffenbaugh |
|
401 |
Gordon Brunton |
|
402 |
Henry Kaiser |
|
403 |
Henry Ransom |
|
404 |
Ian Robertson |
|
405 |
Jack Sabol |
|
406 |
Jan Robertson |
|
407 |
John Gibson |
|
408 |
John Shimkonis |
|
409 |
L.G. Wilcox |
|
410 |
Len Mattson |
|
411 |
Marshall Crichton |
|
412 |
Mike DeMassey |
|
413 |
Orm Beaupre |
|
414 |
Paul Erath |
|
415 |
Rader Jewett |
|
416 |
Sal DiBuono |
|
417 |
Sam Schneider |
|
418 |
Steve Holloway |
|
419 |
Tony Joy |
|
420 |
William Malcolm |
|
421 |
Sydney Fairweather |
|
422 |
Bob Sweeny |
|
423 |
Herbert Jolly |
|
424 |
William Tulloch |
|
425 |
B.S. Weastell |
|
426 |
Tom Haliburton |
|
427 |
Tom Pierpoint |
|
428 |
Eric McRuvie |
|
429 |
John Pennink |
|
430 |
George Duncan |
|
431 |
Tom Dobson |
|
432 |
Joe Ezar |
|
433 |
J.J. Taylor |
|
434 |
Dick Chapman |
|
435 |
Eric Green |
|
436 |
Fred Haas |
|
437 |
George Knight |
|
438 |
Gordon Lockhart |
|
439 |
Gregor McIntosh |
|
440 |
H.W. Myers |
|
441 |
Bill Holt |
|
442 |
David Ogilvie |
|
443 |
Arthur Lees |
|
444 |
William Smith |
|
445 |
Fred Jarman |
|
446 |
Harry Bentley |
|
447 |
Jules Huot |
|
448 |
Owen Sanderson |
|
449 |
A.S.G. Thompson |
|
450 |
Augie Nordone |
|
451 |
James Bradbeer |
|
452 |
Sonny Rouse |
|
453 |
H. Rimmer |
|
454 |
Ted Adams |
|
455 |
Jake Fassezke |
|
456 |
Keith Dalby |
|
457 |
Roland MacKenzie |
|
458 |
Art Doering |
|
459 |
John Riddell |
|
460 |
Massie Miller |
|
461 |
Robert Rutherford |
|
462 |
J.A. Flaherty |
|
463 |
William Davis |
|
464 |
Nicasio Sagardia |
|
465 |
Joe Thompson |
|
466 |
George Gadd |
|
467 |
Bob Riegel |
|
468 |
Charles McIlvenny |
|
469 |
George Charman |
|
470 |
J. Woollam |
|
471 |
S.J. Jones |
|
472 |
Siesui Chin |
|
473 |
Charles MacAndrew |
|
474 |
W.J. Martin |
|
475 |
Jack Seager |
|
476 |
Andrew Kay |
|
477 |
Floyd Farley |
|
478 |
Otto Greiner |
|
479 |
Rufus Stewart |
|
480 |
Arthur Ham |
|
481 |
Bob Bradbeer |
|
482 |
Billy Howell |
|
483 |
Gabriel Gonzales |
|
484 |
George Kirby |
|
485 |
George Low Jr. |
|
486 |
W.D. Fondren |
|
487 |
Frank Hill |
|
488 |
H.J. Sanderson |
|
489 |
Mike Brady |
|
490 |
Pat O'Hara |
|
491 |
Wilfred Reid |
|
492 |
Chick Evans |
|
493 |
James Johnston |
|
494 |
J.M. McMillan |
|
495 |
George Sargent |
|
496 |
James Fogertey |
|
497 |
A.G. Matthews |
|
498 |
Angel De La Torre |
|
499 |
Edward Musty |
|
500 |
Ernest Cawsey |
|
501 |
Hector Freccero |
|
502 |
J.E. Field |
|
503 |
Julius Ackerbloom |
|
504 |
Mike Murra |
|
505 |
Neil White |
|
506 |
Sam Roberts |
|
507 |
Ted Bishop |
|
508 |
Pat Tiso |
|
509 |
William Sutton |
|
510 |
Phil Turnesa |
|
511 |
Charles Hall |
|
512 |
George Jacobus |
|
513 |
A. Jamieson |
|
514 |
Charles Gadd |
|
515 |
Herb Bowers |
|
516 |
Nick Weber |
|
517 |
Ray Schwartz |
|
518 |
Bill Neilan |
|
519 |
Charlie Manning |
|
520 |
George Voigt |
|
521 |
Hugh Carpenter |
|
522 |
Jim Vincent |
|
523 |
S.S. Field |
|
524 |
Sam Perry |
|
525 |
Maurice McCarthy |
|
526 |
Bob Babbish |
|
527 |
C.W. Timmis |
|
528 |
Jack Toomer |
|
529 |
Firmin Cavalo |
|
530 |
Harry Kidd |
|
531 |
C.E. Burge |
|
532 |
Harry Hampton |
|
533 |
Henry Sales |
|
534 |
J.T. Bookless |
|
535 |
R.S. Walker |
|
536 |
Tom Raklets |
|
537 |
William Robertson |
|
538 |
Captain C.T. Wilson |
|
539 |
Don Armstrong |
|
540 |
Jack Burke Sr. |
|
541 |
James Forrester |
|
542 |
Jock Hendry |
|
543 |
John Beadle |
|
544 |
Kanekichi Nakamura |
|
545 |
Leland Hammond |
|
546 |
Leslie Garnett |
|
547 |
Marcel Philippon |
|
548 |
W.G. Gimber |
|
549 |
Willie Dow |
|
550 |
Wilson Crain |
|
551 |
Norman Von Nida |
|
552 |
Raymond Oppenheimer |
|
553 |
Tom Carney |
|
554 |
Bayard Mitchell |
|
555 |
D.E.B. Soulby |
|
556 |
H. Chandler Egan |
|
557 |
Jack Gordon |
|
558 |
Jock Henderson |
|
559 |
John Schuebel |
|
560 |
Percy Baxter |
|
561 |
Rex Hartley |
|
562 |
Tom Harmon |
|
563 |
Waldo Crowder |
|
564 |
Andrew Peacock |
|
565 |
Edward Meister Jr. |
|
566 |
George McLean |
|
567 |
A.M. Chevalier |
|
568 |
Earl Stokes |
|
569 |
Rudolph Knepper |
|
570 |
W.E. Brown |
|
571 |
Bill Tinder |
|
572 |
C. Shankland |
|
573 |
Emil Loeffler |
|
574 |
F. Ricardo |
|
575 |
Gus Novotny |
|
576 |
John Donaldson |
|
577 |
Albert Alcroft |
|
578 |
Frank Gelhot |
|
579 |
J. Rouse |
|
580 |
Leonard Schmutte |
|
581 |
Ole Clark |
|
582 |
William Schuchart |
|
583 |
Bob Randall |
|
584 |
Ed Kirby |
|
585 |
Richard Martin |
|
586 |
T.J. Gibraski |
|
587 |
A.E. Whiting |
|
588 |
Albert Tingey Jr. |
|
589 |
Jack Isaacs |
|
590 |
Kully Schlicht |
|
591 |
William Green |
|
592 |
Dan Goss |
|
593 |
Len Gallett |
|
594 |
Morton McCarthy |
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