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The Top Ranked Golfers of the 1950s
Notes: Ranking Explanations
| Rnk | Athlete |
| 1 | Ben Hogan |
| 2 | Peter Thomson |
| 3 | Sam Snead |
| 4 | Bobby Locke |
| 5 | Cary Middlecoff |
| 6 | Jack Burke Jr. |
| 7 | Doug Ford |
| 8 | Walter Burkemo |
| 9 | Julius Boros |
| 10 | Bob Rosburg |
| 11 | Chick Harbert |
| 12 | Gary Player |
| 13 | Dow Finsterwald |
| 14 | Billy Casper |
| 15 | Tommy Bolt |
| 16 | Jimmy Demaret |
| 17 | Arnold Palmer |
| 18 | Dick Mayer |
| 19 | Ed Furgol |
| 20 | Art Wall |
| 21 | Jim Turnesa |
| 22 | Max Faulkner |
| 23 | Chandler Harper |
| 24 | Lionel Hebert |
| 25 | Jack Fleck |
| 26 | Dai Rees |
| 27 | Flory Van Donck |
| 28 | Antonio Cerda |
| 29 | Ed Oliver |
| 30 | Lloyd Mangrum |
| 31 | Jim Ferrier |
| 32 | Ted Kroll |
| 33 | Roberto De Vicenzo |
| 34 | Ken Venturi |
| 35 | Fred Hawkins |
| 36 | Jerry Barber |
| 37 | Gene Littler |
| 38 | Skee Riegel |
| 39 | Syd Scott |
| 40 | Dave Thomas |
| 41 | Henry Williams |
| 42 | Clayton Heafner |
| 43 | Fred Bullock |
| 44 | Frank Stranahan |
| 45 | Felice Torza |
| 46 | Doug Sanders |
| 47 | John Fallon |
| 48 | Claude Harmon |
| 49 | Fred Daly |
| 50 | Eric Brown |
| 51 | Mike Souchak |
| 52 | Lew Worsham |
| 53 | George Fazio |
| 54 | Bob Hamilton |
| 55 | Billy Joe Patton |
| 56 | Al Besselink |
| 57 | Shelley Mayfield |
| 58 | Christy O'Connor Sr. |
| 59 | Charles Bassler |
| 60 | Jack Isaacs |
| 61 | Henry Picard |
| 62 | Don Whitt |
| 63 | Ellsworth Vines |
| 64 | Charlie Ward |
| 65 | Frank Jowle |
| 66 | William Johnston |
| 67 | Stan Leonard |
| 68 | Dutch Harrison |
| 69 | Byron Nelson |
| 70 | Harvie Ward |
| 71 | Johnny Bulla |
| 72 | Jimmy Adams |
| 73 | Henry Cotton |
| 74 | Pete Cooper |
| 75 | Angel Miguel |
| 76 | Dave Douglas |
| 77 | Henry Ransom |
| 78 | Jay Hebert |
| 79 | Sam King |
| 80 | Johnny Palmer |
| 81 | John Panton |
| 82 | Fred Haas |
| 83 | Harry Weetman |
| 84 | Vic Ghezzi |
| 85 | Al Brosch |
| 86 | Bill Nary |
| 87 | Leopoldo Ruiz |
| 88 | Clarence Doser |
| 89 | Joe Kirkwood Jr. |
| 90 | Ernie Vossler |
| 91 | Ray Gafford |
| 92 | Bernard Hunt |
| 93 | Ken Bousfield |
| 94 | Jimmy Clark |
| 95 | Tom Haliburton |
| 96 | Eric Moore |
| 97 | Bob Goalby |
| 98 | Terl Johnson |
| 99 | Robert Reid Jack |
| 100 | Charles Sheppard |
| 101 | Frank Champ |
| 102 | W.D. Smith |
| 103 | Billy Maxwell |
| 104 | Lawson Little |
| 105 | Dick Metz |
| 106 | Marty Furgol |
| 107 | Bob Toski |
| 108 | Charles Coe |
| 109 | Al Mengert |
| 110 | Buck White |
| 111 | Denny Shute |
| 112 | Earl Stewart |
| 113 | Norman Sutton |
| 114 | Wes Ellis |
| 115 | Jim Browning |
| 116 | Smiley Quick |
| 117 | Labron Harris |
| 118 | Don January |
| 119 | Paul Runyan |
| 120 | Bill Shankland |
| 121 | Dick Shoemaker |
| 122 | Bud Holscher |
| 123 | George Bolesta |
| 124 | Enrique Bertolino |
| 125 | Bo Wininger |
| 126 | Eric Monti |
| 127 | Babe Lichardus |
| 128 | Tony Holguin |
| 129 | Skip Alexander |
| 130 | Al Balding |
| 131 | Mike Fetchick |
| 132 | Johnny Weitzel |
| 133 | Gardner Dickinson |
| 134 | Bud Ward |
| 135 | Paul Harney |
| 136 | George Bayer |
| 137 | Mickey Homa |
| 138 | Herman Keiser |
| 139 | Emery Thomas |
| 140 | Zell Eaton |
| 141 | Art Doering |
| 142 | Lou Barbarzo |
| 143 | Bill Johnston |
| 144 | Tommy Jacobs |
| 145 | Otto Greiner |
| 146 | Bruce Cudd |
| 147 | Chuck Klein |
| 148 | Johnny O'Donnell |
| 149 | Jimmy Gauntt |
| 150 | Wally Ulrich |
| 151 | John Thoren |
| 152 | Bill Collins |
| 153 | Dave Ragan |
| 154 | Jim Ferree |
| 155 | Stan Mosel |
| 156 | John O'Donnell |
| 157 | Herman Barron |
| 158 | Bob Crowley |
| 159 | Joe Greer |
| 160 | Chester Sanok |
| 161 | Don Hoenig |
| 162 | Howard Everitt |
| 163 | Manuel De La Torre |
| 164 | Howie Johnson |
| 165 | Bob Duden |
| 166 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 167 | Billy Burke |
| 168 | Fred Wampler |
| 169 | Dick Lundahl |
| 170 | Art Bell |
| 171 | George Griffin Jr. |
| 172 | George Schneiter |
| 173 | Fred Baker |
| 174 | Fred Annon |
| 175 | Steve Doctor |
| 176 | Ed Meister |
| 177 | Harold West |
| 178 | Harry Nettelbladt |
| 179 | Tom Veech |
| 180 | Tom Nieporte |
| 181 | George Kinsman |
| 182 | Charles Sifford |
| 183 | Pat Fletcher |
| 184 | Walter Romans |
| 185 | John McMullin |
| 186 | Ralph Blomquist |
| 187 | Don Bisplinghoff |
| 188 | Ted Lenczyk |
| 189 | Frank Gelhot |
| 190 | James McCoy |
| 191 | Billy Milward |
| 192 | Bud Lewis |
| 193 | Charles Seaver |
| 194 | Ed Griffiths |
| 195 | Ellis Taylor |
| 196 | Everett Stuart |
| 197 | F.A. Winchenbach |
| 198 | Gene Mason |
| 199 | George Stuhler |
| 200 | Harry Cooper |
| 201 | Jerry Pisano |
| 202 | Joe Curtin |
| 203 | John Galeski |
| 204 | John Langford Jr. |
| 205 | Les Brownlee |
| 206 | Lloyd Wadkins |
| 207 | Mason Rudolph |
| 208 | Olin Cerrochi |
| 209 | Oscar Eliason |
| 210 | Ralph Hutchison |
| 211 | Tom Robins |
| 212 | Tom Strange |
| 213 | Walter Porterfield |
| 214 | Arthur Lees |
| 215 | Peter Alliss |
| 216 | Eric Lester |
| 217 | Buster Cupit |
| 218 | Gene Sarazen |
| 219 | Jackson Bradley |
| 220 | Milon Marusic |
| 221 | Al Smith |
| 222 | Johnny Revolta |
| 223 | Horton Smith |
| 224 | Harry Bradshaw |
| 225 | Toby Lyons |
| 226 | Don Fairfield |
| 227 | Norman Von Nida |
| 228 | Mike Pavella |
| 229 | Willie Goggin |
| 230 | Eddie Burke |
| 231 | Elroy Marti |
| 232 | Brien Charter |
| 233 | Gene Kunes |
| 234 | Elmer Reed |
| 235 | Charles Harper |
| 236 | Robert Kay |
| 237 | Jack Harden |
| 238 | Reggie Myles |
| 239 | Frank Souchak |
| 240 | Ray Honsberger |
| 241 | Jack Burke Sr. |
| 242 | Dick Knight |
| 243 | Romualdo Barbieri |
| 244 | Dick Chapman |
| 245 | Jimmy Hitchcock |
| 246 | Arnold Stickley |
| 247 | Donald Swaelens |
| 248 | Michael Bonallack |
| 249 | John Jacobs |
| 250 | Sam Urzetta |
| 251 | Bill Ogden |
| 252 | Walter Smithers |
| 253 | Alfonso Angelini |
| 254 | Dick Burton |
| 255 | Thomas Spence |
| 256 | Bill Hyndman |
| 257 | Bruce Crampton |
| 258 | Harry Todd |
| 259 | Bud Taylor |
| 260 | Harold Henning |
| 261 | Rudy Horvath |
| 262 | Leland Gibson |
| 263 | Chuck Kocsis |
| 264 | Hector Thomson |
| 265 | T.H.T. Fairbairn |
| 266 | Jean Garaialde |
| 267 | Walker Inman |
| 268 | W.J. Henderson |
| 269 | Norman Drew |
| 270 | Robert Halsall |
| 271 | Sebastian Miguel |
| 272 | Dave Marr |
| 273 | J.S. Anderson |
| 274 | Peter Toogood |
| 275 | John Barnum |
| 276 | Bob Goetz |
| 277 | Eric Cremin |
| 278 | Guy Wolstenholme |
| 279 | Al Watrous |
| 280 | Max Evans |
| 281 | Jack Hargreaves |
| 282 | Reg Horne |
| 283 | Mike Turnesa |
| 284 | Sam Bernardi |
| 285 | Hillman Robbins |
| 286 | Eddie Whitcombe |
| 287 | Jimmy Hines |
| 288 | Toney Penna |
| 289 | Ugo Grappasonni |
| 290 | Mike Dietz |
| 291 | Hassan Hassanein |
| 292 | Ray Hill |
| 293 | Bob Gajda |
| 294 | C. Kane |
| 295 | Rod Munday |
| 296 | Leonard Wagner |
| 297 | Charles Harter |
| 298 | Iverson Martin |
| 299 | Charles Farlow |
| 300 | Bill Trombley |
| 301 | Augie Nordone |
| 302 | Mike Krak |
| 303 | Ewing Pomeroy |
| 304 | Eldon Briggs |
| 305 | Leonard Schmutte |
| 306 | Jack Jones |
| 307 | D.F. Smalldon |
| 308 | John McHale |
| 309 | Charles Lepre |
| 310 | Leonard Dodson |
| 311 | Robert Gajda |
| 312 | Jim Milward |
| 313 | Ricardo Rossi |
| 314 | Warren Smith |
| 315 | Gus Salerno |
| 316 | A. Soto |
| 317 | Alan Waters |
| 318 | Broyles Plemmons |
| 319 | George Shafer |
| 320 | Jack Grout |
| 321 | Jerry Pittman |
| 322 | John Trish |
| 323 | Keppel Enderby |
| 324 | Mel Carpenter |
| 325 | Joe Conrad |
| 326 | James Jackson |
| 327 | Kel Nagle |
| 328 | Johnny Pott |
| 329 | Mac Hunter |
| 330 | Christy Greene |
| 331 | L. Topping |
| 332 | Alf Padgham |
| 333 | Tony Coop |
| 334 | Joe Carr |
| 335 | F.G. Allott |
| 336 | Bob Harris |
| 337 | Jack Westland |
| 338 | Deane Beman |
| 339 | Doug Bachli |
| 340 | E. Noke |
| 341 | Jerry Magee |
| 342 | John Beharrell |
| 343 | Neil Coles |
| 344 | Bill Campbell |
| 345 | Errie Ball |
| 346 | Joe Campbell |
| 347 | Dale Morey |
| 348 | William Branch |
| 349 | Gerry DeWit |
| 350 | Alan Slater |
| 351 | Alan Thirlwell |
| 352 | Harold Ridgley |
| 353 | Joe Gagliardi |
| 354 | Leslie Taylor |
| 355 | Phil Rodgers |
| 356 | Robert Sweeny Jr. |
| 357 | Tommy Aaron |
| 358 | Reg Knight |
| 359 | Peter Mills |
| 360 | J.R. Moses |
| 361 | Geoffrey Hunt |
| 362 | Arnold Blum |
| 363 | Trevor Wilkes |
| 364 | G.M. White |
| 365 | P. Traviani |
| 366 | S.S. Field |
| 367 | Trevor Allen |
| 368 | Don Cherry |
| 369 | Alan Poulton |
| 370 | Laurie Ayton Jr. |
| 371 | Bobby Cruickshank |
| 372 | Lee Mackey |
| 373 | Jimmy McHale |
| 374 | Pete Burke |
| 375 | Ernie Newnham |
| 376 | Harry Schwab |
| 377 | Mortie Dutra |
| 378 | Herschel Spears |
| 379 | Stan Dudas |
| 380 | Sam Penecale |
| 381 | Bert Williamson |
| 382 | Jerry Kesselring |
| 383 | Doug Higgins |
| 384 | William Goodloe |
| 385 | Charles Rotar |
| 386 | Clare Emery |
| 387 | J. McKenna |
| 388 | Ken Adwick |
| 389 | P. Patrick |
| 390 | B. Shelton |
| 391 | Peter Shanks |
| 392 | R. Ferguson |
| 393 | Leo Biagetti |
| 394 | Jimmy Martin |
| 395 | David Blair |
| 396 | David Snell |
| 397 | Marvin Ward |
| 398 | Peter Butler |
| 399 | C.H. Beamish |
| 400 | G.N. Roffe |
| 401 | James English |
| 402 | T. Trevena |
| 403 | Frank Commisso |
| 404 | Pat Abbott |
| 405 | Bill Heinlein |
| 406 | Gene Webb |
| 407 | Ed Joseph |
| 408 | George Keyes |
| 409 | Furman Hayes |
| 410 | Jimmy Johnson |
| 411 | Bob Kay |
| 412 | Herman Scharlau |
| 413 | Jerry Gianferante |
| 414 | Joe Taylor |
| 415 | Joe Zarhardt |
| 416 | Phil Friel |
| 417 | Robert Moore |
| 418 | Robert Watson |
| 419 | Roy Wallin |
| 420 | Ted Neist |
| 421 | Jack Wilkshire |
| 422 | Sam Byrd |
| 423 | Al Feminelli |
| 424 | Fred Gronauer |
| 425 | Guy Paulsen |
| 426 | James Guinnup |
| 427 | Jim Scott |
| 428 | Joe Brown |
| 429 | Tom Blaskovich |
| 430 | Bud Williamson |
| 431 | Jim Gantz |
| 432 | Leonard Kennett |
| 433 | M.R. Harbert |
| 434 | Albert Feminelli |
| 435 | Alberto Salas |
| 436 | Alex Redl |
| 437 | Alf Perry |
| 438 | Andy Gaspar |
| 439 | Bennie Adams |
| 440 | Bob Carmen |
| 441 | Bob Tucker |
| 442 | Charles Prentice |
| 443 | Ching-Po Chen |
| 444 | D. Rawlinson |
| 445 | Dale Andreason |
| 446 | Darwin White |
| 447 | Dean Adkisson |
| 448 | Ernest Schneiter |
| 449 | Frank Kiraly |
| 450 | Frank Newell Jr. |
| 451 | Frank Staszowski |
| 452 | George Buck |
| 453 | Gil Cavanaugh |
| 454 | Gunnar Johnson |
| 455 | Hap Malia |
| 456 | Harold Oatman |
| 457 | Harold Whittington |
| 458 | Henry Lindner |
| 459 | J. Carroll |
| 460 | Jack Igoe |
| 461 | Jack Ryan |
| 462 | Jack Shields |
| 463 | James Alcroft |
| 464 | Jim Rupolph |
| 465 | Jimmy Walkup |
| 466 | Jock Hutchison |
| 467 | Lester Moe |
| 468 | Mario Gonzales |
| 469 | Marshall Springer |
| 470 | Matthew Barosek |
| 471 | Orville White |
| 472 | Pete Lamb |
| 473 | Robert Zander |
| 474 | Sherman Elworthy |
| 475 | Tom Talkington |
| 476 | Virgil Shreeve |
| 477 | Walter Ambo |
| 478 | Wilbur Brandenburg |
| 479 | Rex Baxter |
| 480 | Brian Wilkes |
| 481 | Alex Kyle |
| 482 | Hamish Ballingall |
| 483 | Hugh Lewis |
| 484 | Chuck Scally |
| 485 | John Burton |
| 486 | Dick Cline |
| 487 | Dick Stranahan |
| 488 | Henri De Lamaze |
| 489 | J.C. Wilson |
| 490 | John MacDonald |
| 491 | Thomas Barnes |
| 492 | W.C.A. Hancock |
| 493 | Bob Sweeny |
| 494 | Michio Ishii |
| 495 | Carlos Potente |
| 496 | George Johnson |
| 497 | H.A.J. Young |
| 498 | J.H. Hawkins |
| 499 | Paul McGuire |
| 500 | R.G. French |
| 501 | Jean-Baptiste Ado |
| 502 | Ralph Moffitt |
| 503 | Aldo Casera |
| 504 | D.L. Melville |
| 505 | Cecil Denny |
| 506 | Bill Large |
| 507 | Keith MacDonald |
| 508 | Gregor McIntosh |
| 509 | Henry Castillo |
| 510 | Arthur Lacey |
| 511 | Carlos Celles |
| 512 | George Low III |
| 513 | Jack Sharkey |
| 514 | Ken Beckett |
| 515 | Paul O'Leary |
| 516 | Ted Gwin |
| 517 | Torakichi Nakamura |
| 518 | George Knight |
| 519 | Bobby Knowles |
| 520 | Harry Haverstick |
| 521 | John Dawson |
| 522 | Robin Galloway |
| 523 | Frank Harned |
| 524 | Frank Miller |
| 525 | Joe Thacker |
| 526 | George Farmer |
| 527 | Scudday Horner |
| 528 | George Howard |
| 529 | Dennis Lavender |
| 530 | F. Morrell |
| 531 | Johnny Morris |
| 532 | K.G. Geddes |
| 533 | Loddie Kempa |
| 534 | Alfred Smith |
| 535 | Darrell Hickok |
| 536 | Gene Dahlbender |
| 537 | J.J. Querelos |
| 538 | Robert Batdorff |
| 539 | Craig Wood |
| 540 | J.S. More |
| 541 | Joe Jimenez |
| 542 | Ralph Evans |
| 543 | Ronnie Mandeville |
| 544 | Ray Hayden |
| 545 | Robert Roos Jr. |
| 546 | Harold Paddock |
| 547 | A.M.M. Bucher |
| 548 | Dan Herring |
| 549 | Mac Main |
| 550 | P.J. Boatwright |
| 551 | Bill Shield |
| 552 | E. Fred Brown |
| 553 | George Von Elm |
| 554 | John Bass |
| 555 | Juan Segura |
| 556 | Tony Lema |
| 557 | Sam Parks |
| 558 | Herman Coelho |
| 559 | John Garrett |
| 560 | Pat Schwab |
| 561 | Al Zimmerman |
| 562 | Bobby Nichols |
| 563 | Gene Coulter |
| 564 | John Garrison |
| 565 | George Puetz |
| 566 | James Funston |
| 567 | Jimmy Ukauka |
| 568 | Thorne Wood |
| 569 | Ted Bishop |
| 570 | Bill Esinicki |
| 571 | Wayne Otis |
| 572 | Larry Bartosek |
| 573 | Denny Champagne |
| 574 | Edward Garfield |
| 575 | Albert Maus |
| 576 | Alex Hackney |
| 577 | Ansel Snow |
| 578 | Babe Orff |
| 579 | Bill Mawhinney |
| 580 | Bob Schechte |
| 581 | Bob Veylupek |
| 582 | Buddy Viar |
| 583 | Buford Widener |
| 584 | Clyde Usina |
| 585 | Cobby Ware |
| 586 | Ed Wysowski |
| 587 | Edward Hopkins |
| 588 | Fred Blanchard |
| 589 | Howard Kluth |
| 590 | Jack Weitzel |
| 591 | Leon Pounders |
| 592 | Richard Hendrickson |
| 593 | Robert Hayes |
| 594 | Roger Peacock |
| 595 | Ron La Parl |
| 596 | Sam Speer |
| 597 | Steve Blatnak |
| 598 | Ted Huge |
| 599 | Warren Orlick |
| 600 | William Doll |
| 601 | Fred Moseley |
| 602 | John Ward II |
| 603 | Johnny Farrell |
| 604 | William Thornton |
| 605 | Frank Strafaci |
| 606 | Les Kennedy |
| 607 | Don Waryan |
| 608 | Jimmy Frisina |
| 609 | John De Bendern |
| 610 | Olin Dutra |
| 611 | Chick Evans |
| 612 | Robert Kuntz |
| 613 | Armand Farina |
| 614 | Arthur Deering |
| 615 | Arthur Jones |
| 616 | Arthur Stabler |
| 617 | Bill Hanger |
| 618 | Bob Kivlin |
| 619 | Bob Stupple |
| 620 | Charles Johnson |
| 621 | Charles Wipperman |
| 622 | Clark Morrow |
| 623 | Earl Martin |
| 624 | Ed Carpenter |
| 625 | Felters Tersa |
| 626 | Floyd Hamblem |
| 627 | Fulmer Lawrence |
| 628 | Gene Marchi |
| 629 | Gib Sellers |
| 630 | Gordon Lotchman |
| 631 | Hans Merrell |
| 632 | Harry Dee |
| 633 | Howie De Angles |
| 634 | James Speer |
| 635 | Jim Turmoon |
| 636 | John Dalrymple |
| 637 | John Sorofin |
| 638 | John Spencer |
| 639 | Joseph Conner |
| 640 | Joseph Todd |
| 641 | Mondo Neveress |
| 642 | Robert Whitaker |
| 643 | Roy Hill |
| 644 | Rut Coffey |
| 645 | Ted Steichter |
| 646 | Tommy Thee |
| 647 | Verl Neimchromb |
| 648 | William Collins |
| 649 | William Estmick |
| 650 | Don Albert |
| 651 | Angelo Santilli |
| 652 | Davis Love Jr. |
| 653 | Raymond Palmer |
| 654 | William Boce |
| 655 | Charles Kunkle |
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