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The Top Ranked Golfers of
the 1900s
Notes:
Ranking Explanations
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Rnk |
Athlete |
|
1 |
James Braid |
|
2 |
Willie Anderson |
|
3 |
J.H. Taylor |
|
4 |
Harry Vardon |
|
5 |
Alex Smith |
|
6 |
Laurie Auchterlonie |
|
7 |
Jack White |
|
8 |
George Lyon |
|
9 |
Sandy Herd |
|
10 |
Arnaud Massy |
|
11 |
Alec Ross |
|
12 |
Fred McLeod |
|
13 |
George Sargent |
|
14 |
Charles Sands |
|
15 |
Walter Travis |
|
16 |
H. Chandler Egan |
|
17 |
Willie Smith |
|
18 |
Gilbert Nicholls |
|
19 |
Tom Ball |
|
20 |
Robert Maxwell |
|
21 |
Harold Hilton |
|
22 |
Jerome Travers |
|
23 |
Eben Byers |
|
24 |
Stewart Gardner |
|
25 |
Tom Vardon |
|
26 |
James Robb |
|
27 |
Rowland Jones |
|
28 |
David Brown |
|
29 |
Tom McNamara |
|
30 |
Walter Rutherford |
|
31 |
Edward Lassen |
|
32 |
John Ball |
|
33 |
Charles Hutchings |
|
34 |
Gordon Barry |
|
35 |
Louis James |
|
36 |
Robert Gardner |
|
37 |
Ted Ray |
|
38 |
Peter Robertson |
|
39 |
Alex Campbell |
|
40 |
Percy Barrett |
|
41 |
George Pulford |
|
42 |
David Robertson |
|
43 |
James Maiden |
|
44 |
Fred MacKenzie |
|
45 |
Daniel Sawyer |
|
46 |
Burt McKinnie |
|
47 |
David Bell |
|
48 |
Francis Newton |
|
49 |
Findlay Douglas |
|
50 |
Walter Egan |
|
51 |
Edward Blackwell |
|
52 |
Sidney Fry |
|
53 |
Max Behr |
|
54 |
Archibald Graham |
|
55 |
Cecil Hutchison |
|
56 |
Charles Palmer |
|
57 |
Clifford Lingen |
|
58 |
Fred Herreshoff |
|
59 |
Herbert Taylor |
|
60 |
Horace Hutchinson |
|
61 |
John L. Low |
|
62 |
Osmund Scott |
|
63 |
Jack Hobens |
|
64 |
Bernard Nicholls |
|
65 |
James Kinnell |
|
66 |
John Graham |
|
67 |
Isaac Mackie |
|
68 |
Ernest Way |
|
69 |
Charles Johns |
|
70 |
Frederick Taylor |
|
71 |
Donald Ross |
|
72 |
George Low |
|
73 |
Thomas Renouf |
|
74 |
Albert Lambert |
|
75 |
Ernest Gray |
|
76 |
Willie Auchterlonie |
|
77 |
David Kinnell |
|
78 |
John Shippen |
|
79 |
Mason Phelps |
|
80 |
Harry Allen |
|
81 |
John Daunt |
|
82 |
Robert Thomson |
|
83 |
James Sherlock |
|
84 |
Jack Campbell |
|
85 |
Willie Park Jr. |
|
86 |
George Cummings |
|
87 |
Bobby Simpson |
|
88 |
Arthur Smith |
|
89 |
A.H. Scott |
|
90 |
John Jones |
|
91 |
George Thorne |
|
92 |
James Campbell |
|
93 |
George Smith |
|
94 |
Donald Ball |
|
95 |
Albert Murray |
|
96 |
Charlie Murray |
|
97 |
Jack Oke |
|
98 |
Karl Keffer |
|
99 |
Andrew Kirkaldy |
|
100 |
Tom Simpson |
|
101 |
George Duncan |
|
102 |
Tom Williamson |
|
103 |
Archie Simpson |
|
104 |
John E. Laidlay |
|
105 |
H.H. Barker |
|
106 |
William Horne |
|
107 |
Andrew Campbell |
|
108 |
Charlie Thom |
|
109 |
Tom Anderson Jr. |
|
110 |
Tom Hutchinson |
|
111 |
Tom Peebles |
|
112 |
William Dove |
|
113 |
Harry Turpie |
|
114 |
James Hepburn |
|
115 |
William Leaver |
|
116 |
Ben Sayers |
|
117 |
P.J. Gaudin |
|
118 |
Jim Foulis |
|
119 |
George Cawsey |
|
120 |
Robert Hunter |
|
121 |
Allan Lard |
|
122 |
Arthur Havemeyer |
|
123 |
Arthur Lord |
|
124 |
Nathaniel Moore |
|
125 |
Ralph McKittrick |
|
126 |
Simpson Foulis |
|
127 |
Stuart Stickney |
|
128 |
William Stickney |
|
129 |
Jack Park |
|
130 |
Val Fitzjohn |
|
131 |
Jock Hutchison |
|
132 |
Pierre Deschamps |
|
133 |
Jack Rowe |
|
134 |
Fred Brand |
|
135 |
William Norton |
|
136 |
Tom Watt |
|
137 |
C.R. Murray |
|
138 |
A.G. Lockwood |
|
139 |
James Edmundson |
|
140 |
Richard Kimball |
|
141 |
Alexandros Merkati |
|
142 |
Horace Rawlins |
|
143 |
Tom Yeoman |
|
144 |
Alfred Toogood |
|
145 |
Mike Brady |
|
146 |
William Hunter |
|
147 |
Willie Fernie |
|
148 |
J. Van de Wynckele |
|
149 |
Fred Collins |
|
150 |
Walter Toogood |
|
151 |
Walter Fovargue |
|
152 |
Jack Jolly |
|
153 |
F.O. Reinhart |
|
154 |
Peter Rainford |
|
155 |
E.P. Gaudin |
|
156 |
David Anderson Jr. |
|
157 |
Bery Way |
|
158 |
J.H. Oke |
|
159 |
George Braid |
|
160 |
Orrin Terry |
|
161 |
George Thomson |
|
162 |
Samuel Mure Fergusson |
|
163 |
F.R. Upton Jr. |
|
164 |
R.W. Whitecross |
|
165 |
David Hunter |
|
166 |
George Coburn |
|
167 |
Joe Lloyd |
|
168 |
Robert Peebles |
|
169 |
Fred Herd |
|
170 |
A.S. Griffiths |
|
171 |
Martin O'Loughlin |
|
172 |
William Greig |
|
173 |
Alfred Matthews |
|
174 |
A.H. Fenn |
|
175 |
Charles Mayo |
|
176 |
Warren Wood |
|
177 |
Alex Baxter |
|
178 |
Abner Vickery |
|
179 |
Clement Smoot |
|
180 |
Douglass Cadwallader |
|
181 |
Edward Cummins |
|
182 |
Frederick Semple |
|
183 |
Harold Foster |
|
184 |
Harold Weber |
|
185 |
Henry Potter |
|
186 |
Jesse Carleton |
|
187 |
John Cady |
|
188 |
Orus Jones |
|
189 |
Raymond Havemeyer |
|
190 |
Simeon Price |
|
191 |
William Smith |
|
192 |
David Ogilvie |
|
193 |
Walter Clark |
|
194 |
A. Bellworthy |
|
195 |
Alfred Lewis |
|
196 |
J.W. Taylor |
|
197 |
Fred Robson |
|
198 |
J.C. Johnstone |
|
199 |
David McEwan |
|
200 |
C.K. Hutchison |
|
201 |
Harry Hamill |
|
202 |
Harry Rawlins |
|
203 |
Jack Kirkaldy |
|
204 |
Peter Paxton |
|
205 |
Charles Rowe |
|
206 |
John Harland |
|
207 |
Reginald Gray |
|
208 |
Willie Hunter |
|
209 |
George Turnbull |
|
210 |
G.J. Bouse |
|
211 |
Wilfred Reid |
|
212 |
Ernest Foord |
|
213 |
Peter McEwan |
|
214 |
James Bradbeer |
|
215 |
G. Carter |
|
216 |
Michael Moran |
|
217 |
James Kay |
|
218 |
Percy Hills |
|
219 |
Charles Neaves |
|
220 |
William Marshall |
|
221 |
D. McIntosh |
|
222 |
Otto Hackbarth |
|
223 |
J.B. Schlotman |
|
224 |
J.S. Worthington |
|
225 |
John Hunter |
|
226 |
Laurie Waters |
|
227 |
W.R. Lovekin |
|
228 |
Joe Mitchell |
|
229 |
Alex Taylor |
|
230 |
R.G. McAndrews |
|
231 |
F. Jackson |
|
232 |
Ernest Risebro |
|
233 |
John Reid |
|
234 |
C. Dalziel |
|
235 |
D. Kenny |
|
236 |
William McEwan |
|
237 |
Charles Roberts |
|
238 |
W.D. Robinson |
|
239 |
David Herd |
|
240 |
James Hutchinson |
|
241 |
A.C. Tolifson |
|
242 |
Harry Kidd |
|
243 |
Henry Gullane |
|
244 |
Jack Ross |
|
245 |
John Milne |
|
246 |
J.D. Edgar |
|
247 |
R.S. Patrick |
|
248 |
A. Thomson |
|
249 |
Arthur Butchart |
|
250 |
George T. Brokaw |
|
251 |
Kenneth Edwards |
|
252 |
W.H. Fowler |
|
253 |
John Dingwall |
|
254 |
W.V. Hoare |
|
255 |
C. Ralph Smith |
|
256 |
James Watson |
|
257 |
R. Andrew |
|
258 |
George Cawkwell |
|
259 |
Willie Davis |
|
260 |
David Stephenson |
|
261 |
Willie Aveston |
|
262 |
John Mackie |
|
263 |
Ed Fitzjohn |
|
264 |
George O'Neil |
|
265 |
J.M. Williamson |
|
266 |
Robert Foulis |
|
267 |
Tom McDeever |
|
268 |
Albert Tingey |
|
269 |
Alex Findlay |
|
270 |
Charles MacDonald |
|
271 |
Jack Burke Sr. |
|
272 |
W. Gaudin |
|
273 |
W. Ogilvie |
|
274 |
Herbert Strong |
|
275 |
James Batley |
|
276 |
Harry Cawsey |
|
277 |
Hugo Johnston |
|
278 |
Jean Gassiat |
|
279 |
James Thomson |
|
280 |
R.C. Murray |
|
281 |
G.A. Cassidy |
|
282 |
Fred Butel |
|
283 |
L.C. Servas |
|
284 |
T.M. Hunter |
|
285 |
W.C. Gaudin |
|
286 |
Joseph Parr |
|
287 |
Alex Gourlay |
|
288 |
Bart Adams |
|
289 |
G. Pannell |
|
290 |
George Sparling |
|
291 |
H. Hunt |
|
292 |
J.D. Campbell |
|
293 |
James Thompson |
|
294 |
R.M. Thompson |
|
295 |
William Burton |
|
296 |
William Donovan |
|
297 |
Percy Wyatt |
|
298 |
Alex Marr |
|
299 |
C.E. Dick |
|
300 |
William Braid |
|
301 |
William Kirk |
|
302 |
David Foulis |
|
303 |
David Honeyman |
|
304 |
Robert Thompson |
|
305 |
John Harrison |
|
306 |
A. Denholm |
|
307 |
Charles Scudder |
|
308 |
D.S. Froy |
|
309 |
E. Goodban |
|
310 |
Paul Murphy |
|
311 |
Robert Taylor |
|
312 |
Tim Boyd |
|
313 |
Fred Hocking |
|
314 |
John Hylan |
|
315 |
W.C. Sherwood |
|
316 |
J.S. Pearson |
|
317 |
F.A. Larke |
|
318 |
George Turpie |
|
319 |
Alex Patrick |
|
320 |
Charles Gibson |
|
321 |
D.K. White |
|
322 |
Edwin Hunter |
|
323 |
H. Holden |
|
324 |
Harold Simpkins |
|
325 |
J.S. Donaldson |
|
326 |
James Donaldson |
|
327 |
John Young |
|
328 |
Peter Eagan |
|
329 |
William Holabird |
|
330 |
William Lorimer |
|
331 |
Bertie Snowball |
|
332 |
James Soutar |
|
333 |
John Anson |
|
334 |
John G. Anderson |
|
335 |
P.G. McKenzie |
|
336 |
Alex Cunningham |
|
337 |
A.H. Murray |
|
338 |
C.D. Cronin |
|
339 |
F.W. Page |
|
340 |
Gilman Tiffany |
|
341 |
John Pierson |
|
342 |
John Rahm |
|
343 |
John Stuart |
|
344 |
Joshua Taylor |
|
345 |
R.C. Watson |
|
346 |
David Patrick |
|
347 |
Arthur Hussey |
|
348 |
Bob Simpson |
|
349 |
David Leitch |
|
350 |
Fred Bartsch |
|
351 |
H.A. Howlett |
|
352 |
Herbert Sumney |
|
353 |
Arthur Mitchell |
|
354 |
William Lewis |
|
355 |
J. Johnston |
|
356 |
David Mentiply |
|
357 |
Thomas O'Neil |
|
358 |
Robert White |
|
359 |
A.G. Herr |
|
360 |
C.W. Pope |
|
361 |
Campbell Brown |
|
362 |
Edgar Davis |
|
363 |
G. Charles |
|
364 |
Henry Case |
|
365 |
Patrick Corcoran |
|
366 |
R.E. Myddelton |
|
367 |
Simon Carr |
|
368 |
W.H. Reynolds |
|
369 |
Louis Livingston |
|
370 |
Stewart Maiden |
|
371 |
T. Clark |
|
372 |
William Byrne |
|
373 |
C.G. Horton |
|
374 |
Hugh McNeill |
|
375 |
W.T. West |
|
376 |
Charles Corlett |
|
377 |
David Grant |
|
378 |
Jack Croke |
|
379 |
Frank Corker |
|
380 |
Charles Willard |
|
381 |
G.F. Clingman |
|
382 |
George Daniel |
|
383 |
George Powell |
|
384 |
Robert Thach |
|
385 |
Ben Sayers Jr. |
|
386 |
Alexander Patrick |
|
387 |
Fred Leach |
|
388 |
J.M. Sellers |
|
389 |
James Simpson |
|
390 |
Philip Wynne |
|
391 |
Reginald Wilson |
|
392 |
Arthur Reid |
|
393 |
H.M. Forrest |
|
394 |
George Pearson |
|
395 |
Robert Dow |
|
396 |
C.R. Jenson |
|
397 |
Clarkson Potter |
|
398 |
E. Horton |
|
399 |
Fay Ingalls |
|
400 |
George Thomas |
|
401 |
Hugh Cunningham |
|
402 |
John McDermott |
|
403 |
John W. Fulford |
|
404 |
O.W. Potter Jr. |
|
405 |
P. Gilbert |
|
406 |
P.P. Burns |
|
407 |
R.W. Orr |
|
408 |
John Brett |
|
409 |
John Burke |
|
410 |
W.C. Carnegie |
|
411 |
A.L. White |
|
412 |
George Oliver |
|
413 |
W.B. Cochran |
|
414 |
Albert Hallam |
|
415 |
Arthur Day |
|
416 |
D. Adams |
|
417 |
George Gordon |
|
418 |
L. Gourlay |
|
419 |
L.L. Kellogg Jr. |
|
420 |
R. Finch |
|
421 |
W.A. Hersey |
|
422 |
Bernard Edmunds |
|
423 |
H. Vineall |
|
424 |
John Brandt |
|
425 |
W.F. Morgan Jr. |
|
426 |
J.S. Gillespie |
|
427 |
T.D. Currie |
|
428 |
William Binnie |
|
429 |
C.L. Tappin |
|
430 |
Frederick Newbery |
|
431 |
Alfred Annan |
|
432 |
Alfred Beck |
|
433 |
Leon Hazelton |
|
434 |
Willie Collins |
|
435 |
John Hill |
|
436 |
John Ward |
|
437 |
L.S. Jacobs |
|
438 |
William MacNamara |
|
439 |
Arthur Grant |
|
440 |
B. Skoyles |
|
441 |
Murray Carleton |
|
442 |
Robert Shiels |
|
443 |
C.A. Hutchison |
|
444 |
J. Piper |
|
445 |
J.C. Davidson |
|
446 |
Louis Allis |
|
447 |
Oswald Kirkby |
|
448 |
W.L. Mackie |
|
449 |
H. Watt |
|
450 |
John Watson |
|
451 |
P.S. Honeyman |
|
452 |
Alexander Mackintosh |
|
453 |
Jarvis Hunt |
|
454 |
M.G. McDonald |
|
455 |
Sidney Ball |
|
456 |
H. Cheal |
|
457 |
H. Naylor |
|
458 |
Frank Coltart |
|
459 |
John McAndrew |
|
460 |
W. Hallan |
|
461 |
Wallace Shaw |
|
462 |
William Withers |
|
463 |
Joseph Howard |
|
464 |
Bertie Austin |
|
465 |
James Stack |
|
466 |
Meade Yates |
|
467 |
Simon Harbaugh |
|
468 |
William Groseclose |
|
469 |
Edward Lansing |
|
470 |
Edward Gould |
|
471 |
Clarence Angier |
|
472 |
Albert Austin |
|
473 |
Lee Jones |
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