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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 |
Willie Hunter |
22 |
Arthur Havers |
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 |
Aubrey Boomer |
39 |
Sandy Herd |
40 |
Fred Robson |
41 |
Jack Burke Sr. |
42 |
Harry Vardon |
43 |
Ernest Whitcombe |
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 |
Harry Hampton |
59 |
Horton Smith |
60 |
Tom Kerrigan |
61 |
Larry Nabholtz |
62 |
Frank Ball |
63 |
Mortie Dutra |
64 |
Denny Shute |
65 |
Ray Derr |
66 |
Roland Hancock |
67 |
Joe Kirkwood |
68 |
Jack Forrester |
69 |
Abe Mitchell |
70 |
Percy Alliss |
71 |
Clarence Hackney |
72 |
Bob MacDonald |
73 |
Ed Dudley |
74 |
Peter O'Hara |
75 |
Francis Gallett |
76 |
J.H. Taylor |
77 |
Abe Espinosa |
78 |
Emil Loeffler |
79 |
Craig Wood |
80 |
Pat Doyle |
81 |
George Christ |
82 |
Len Holland |
83 |
Henry Ciuci |
84 |
Charles Rowe |
85 |
Charles Whitcombe |
86 |
Tom Fernie |
87 |
Thomas Barber |
88 |
Louis Tellier |
89 |
Tony Manero |
90 |
Perry Del Vecchio |
91 |
Alex Smith |
92 |
W.M. Reekie |
93 |
Mike Brady |
94 |
Willie Klein |
95 |
Willie Ogg |
96 |
Eddie Loos |
97 |
Charles Hoffner |
98 |
Tom Williamson |
99 |
Billy Burke |
100 |
Albert Alcroft |
101 |
George Bowden |
102 |
Bill Leach |
103 |
Harold Long |
104 |
Syd Wingate |
105 |
J.W. Gaudin |
106 |
Pat O'Hara |
107 |
William Davies |
108 |
Jimmy Thomson |
109 |
William Creavy |
110 |
Fred Leach |
111 |
George Kerrigan |
112 |
Frank Walsh |
113 |
Dick Grout |
114 |
Jose Jurado |
115 |
Martin O'Loughlin |
116 |
Arnaud Massy |
117 |
Frank McNamara |
118 |
Pat Petranck |
119 |
Phil Hesler |
120 |
William Trovinger |
121 |
Harold Sampson |
122 |
Jack Dowling |
123 |
Waldo Crowder |
124 |
Adolph Bock |
125 |
Arthur Clarkson |
126 |
B. Warren Corkran |
127 |
Babe McHugh |
128 |
Bert Wilde |
129 |
C.E. Foley |
130 |
Charlie Betschler |
131 |
Charlie Isaacs |
132 |
D. Clarke Corkran |
133 |
Dave Campbell |
134 |
Donald Vinton |
135 |
Eddie Morrison |
136 |
Elmer Loving |
137 |
Frank Minch |
138 |
Fred Savage |
139 |
Gene Larkin |
140 |
George Voigt |
141 |
J.D. Edgar |
142 |
Jack Thompson |
143 |
James Edmundson |
144 |
James Maiden |
145 |
Jimmy Law |
146 |
Jimmy Mason |
147 |
John Bird |
148 |
John Rogers |
149 |
Sandy Baxter |
150 |
Tom Lally |
151 |
Tom McHugh |
152 |
Tom Sasscer |
153 |
W.R. Lovekin |
154 |
Walter Kozak |
155 |
William Nichols |
156 |
Jean Gassiat |
157 |
Bert Hodson |
158 |
Herbert Jolly |
159 |
William Watt |
160 |
T. Walton |
161 |
James McKenzie |
162 |
Laurie Ayton Sr. |
163 |
Tom Harmon |
164 |
Tom Boyd |
165 |
George Gadd |
166 |
Jack Gordon |
167 |
James West |
168 |
Dan Williams |
169 |
Charles Guest |
170 |
Neil Christian |
171 |
G.R. Buckle |
172 |
Frank Sprogell |
173 |
Joe Sylvester |
174 |
Charles Mayo |
175 |
Alex Cunningham |
176 |
Charles Mothersele |
177 |
Henry Cotton |
178 |
James Sherlock |
179 |
Eddie Towns |
180 |
Charles Clarke |
181 |
R.S. Miner |
182 |
Jack Stait |
183 |
Tom Kennett |
184 |
Ralph Beach |
185 |
Al Ciuci |
186 |
Fred Morrison |
187 |
Alec Campbell |
188 |
Dick Linnars |
189 |
Eddie Schultz |
190 |
George Thompson |
191 |
Glen Spencer |
192 |
Herman Barron |
193 |
Jack Burgess |
194 |
Julian Blanton |
195 |
Marshall Crichton |
196 |
Neal McIntyre |
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 |
Cyril Hughes |
207 |
H.A. Gaudin |
208 |
J.E. Rogers |
209 |
Alfred Hackbarth |
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 |
Lloyd Gullickson |
240 |
George Stark |
241 |
Charlie Thom |
242 |
Bob Shave |
243 |
Willie Kidd |
244 |
Jock Hendry |
245 |
Jim Foulis III |
246 |
Frank Coltart |
247 |
Fred Canausa |
248 |
Robert Barnett |
249 |
Walter Bourne |
250 |
John Cowan |
251 |
Mike Patton |
252 |
David K. White |
253 |
George Griffin |
254 |
Willie Maguire |
255 |
James Gullane |
256 |
Gunnar Nelson |
257 |
William Leach |
258 |
Fred Brand |
259 |
T.J. Rajoppi |
260 |
Wallie Nelson |
261 |
Jack Pirie |
262 |
Arthur Ham |
263 |
Dan Kenney |
264 |
Isaac Mackie |
265 |
Peter Walsh |
266 |
Carl Anderson |
267 |
Charles Hezlet |
268 |
Charles Koontz |
269 |
Charles McKenna |
270 |
Clarence Clark |
271 |
Clarence Doser |
272 |
Dan Goss |
273 |
Dave Hackney |
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 |
596 |
Harry Amos |
597 |
Edwin Sinclair |
598 |
A.F. Kettley |
599 |
John Harrison |
600 |
P.C. Quilter |
601 |
Robert McKenzie |
602 |
J.M. Sunter |
603 |
H. Wilson |
604 |
T. Mounce |
605 |
A. Watson Jr. |
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