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The Top Ranked Golfers of the 1980s
Notes: Ranking Explanations
| Rnk | Athlete |
| 1 | Tom Watson |
| 2 | Seve Ballesteros |
| 3 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 4 | Larry Nelson |
| 5 | Curtis Strange |
| 6 | Nick Faldo |
| 7 | Raymond Floyd |
| 8 | Sandy Lyle |
| 9 | Greg Norman |
| 10 | Bernhard Langer |
| 11 | Lee Trevino |
| 12 | Ben Crenshaw |
| 13 | Bill Rogers |
| 14 | Fuzzy Zoeller |
| 15 | Payne Stewart |
| 16 | Mark Calcavecchia |
| 17 | Craig Stadler |
| 18 | David Graham |
| 19 | Hal Sutton |
| 20 | Scott Simpson |
| 21 | Hubert Green |
| 22 | Larry Mize |
| 23 | Bob Tway |
| 24 | Andy North |
| 25 | Jeff Sluman |
| 26 | Lanny Wadkins |
| 27 | Andy Bean |
| 28 | Tom Kite |
| 29 | Nick Price |
| 30 | Chip Beck |
| 31 | Paul Azinger |
| 32 | Dan Pohl |
| 33 | Ian Woosnam |
| 34 | Scott Hoch |
| 35 | Hale Irwin |
| 36 | Mark McCumber |
| 37 | Johnny Miller |
| 38 | Isao Aoki |
| 39 | Mike Reid |
| 40 | Gary Player |
| 41 | Denis Watson |
| 42 | Rodger Davis |
| 43 | Peter Oosterhuis |
| 44 | Dave Barr |
| 45 | George Burns |
| 46 | T.C. Chen |
| 47 | Wayne Grady |
| 48 | Gordon J. Brand |
| 49 | Gibby Gilbert |
| 50 | Jack Newton |
| 51 | Gil Morgan |
| 52 | Peter Jacobsen |
| 53 | Mark O'Meara |
| 54 | D.A. Weibring |
| 55 | Lon Hinkle |
| 56 | Calvin Peete |
| 57 | Fred Couples |
| 58 | Mark James |
| 59 | Tommy Nakajima |
| 60 | Keith Fergus |
| 61 | Jerry Pate |
| 62 | David Edwards |
| 63 | Steve Pate |
| 64 | Bobby Clampett |
| 65 | Jose Rivero |
| 66 | Christy O'Connor Jr. |
| 67 | T.M. Chen |
| 68 | Bruce Lietzke |
| 69 | Bob Gilder |
| 70 | Gary Koch |
| 71 | Roger Maltbie |
| 72 | Bobby Wadkins |
| 73 | John Cook |
| 74 | Graham Marsh |
| 75 | Jodie Mudd |
| 76 | Tom Purtzer |
| 77 | Des Smyth |
| 78 | Pat McGowan |
| 79 | Masahiro Kuramoto |
| 80 | Carl Mason |
| 81 | John Schroeder |
| 82 | Jay Haas |
| 83 | Don Pooley |
| 84 | Sam Torrance |
| 85 | Jim Thorpe |
| 86 | Jim Simons |
| 87 | Howard Twitty |
| 88 | Dave Rummells |
| 89 | John Fought |
| 90 | Brian Claar |
| 91 | John Mahaffey |
| 92 | Corey Pavin |
| 93 | Danny Edwards |
| 94 | Wayne Levi |
| 95 | David Frost |
| 96 | Doug Tewell |
| 97 | Joey Sindelar |
| 98 | Jack Renner |
| 99 | Tim Simpson |
| 100 | Ken Green |
| 101 | Tom Weiskopf |
| 102 | Manuel Pinero |
| 103 | Mark Lye |
| 104 | Ken Brown |
| 105 | Jim Colbert |
| 106 | Mike Sullivan |
| 107 | Morris Hatalsky |
| 108 | Donnie Hammond |
| 109 | George Archer |
| 110 | J.C. Snead |
| 111 | Ronnie Black |
| 112 | Gary Hallberg |
| 113 | Bob Eastwood |
| 114 | Bill Glasson |
| 115 | Steve Jones |
| 116 | Mark Hayes |
| 117 | Ed Fiori |
| 118 | Mark Wiebe |
| 119 | Ron Streck |
| 120 | Gene Sauers |
| 121 | Rex Caldwell |
| 122 | Billy Kratzert |
| 123 | Sam Randolph |
| 124 | Mac O'Grady |
| 125 | Bob Shearer |
| 126 | Leonard Thompson |
| 127 | Jumbo Ozaki |
| 128 | Kenny Knox |
| 129 | Bob Murphy |
| 130 | Ed Sneed |
| 131 | Ian Baker-Finch |
| 132 | Peter Senior |
| 133 | Rick Fehr |
| 134 | Mike Nicolette |
| 135 | Buddy Gardner |
| 136 | Mike Donald |
| 137 | Blaine McCallister |
| 138 | David Feherty |
| 139 | Scott Verplank |
| 140 | Mike Hulbert |
| 141 | Davis Love III |
| 142 | Mark Pfeil |
| 143 | Robert Wrenn |
| 144 | Vance Heafner |
| 145 | Dave Eichelberger |
| 146 | Frank Conner |
| 147 | Woody Blackburn |
| 148 | Dan Forsman |
| 149 | Harold Henning |
| 150 | Dan Halldorson |
| 151 | Tom Sieckmann |
| 152 | Bob Lohr |
| 153 | Curt Byrum |
| 154 | Jeff Mitchell |
| 155 | Bill Britton |
| 156 | Keith Clearwater |
| 157 | Phil Hancock |
| 158 | Chi Chi Rodriguez |
| 159 | Greg Twiggs |
| 160 | Jim Benepe |
| 161 | Mike Holland |
| 162 | Tim Norris |
| 163 | Tom Byrum |
| 164 | Andrew Magee |
| 165 | Pat Lindsey |
| 166 | Fred Wadsworth |
| 167 | Ernie Gonzalez |
| 168 | Mark Brooks |
| 169 | Sammy Rachels |
| 170 | Ted Schulz |
| 171 | Howard Clark |
| 172 | Jose Maria Olazabal |
| 173 | Anders Forsbrand |
| 174 | Brian Marchbank |
| 175 | Eduardo Romero |
| 176 | Mike Morley |
| 177 | Ralph Landrum |
| 178 | Brian Jones |
| 179 | Bobby Walzel |
| 180 | Denis Durnian |
| 181 | Ronan Rafferty |
| 182 | Lennie Clements |
| 183 | Hugh Baiocchi |
| 184 | Bruce Devlin |
| 185 | Terry Diehl |
| 186 | Russ Cochran |
| 187 | Victor Regalado |
| 188 | Mark McNulty |
| 189 | Gordon Brand Jr. |
| 190 | Bernard Gallacher |
| 191 | Eamonn Darcy |
| 192 | Jose Maria Canizares |
| 193 | Paul Way |
| 194 | Tony Jacklin |
| 195 | Derrick Cooper |
| 196 | Brian Waites |
| 197 | Brad Faxon |
| 198 | Robert Lee |
| 199 | Jaime Gonzalez |
| 200 | David J. Russell |
| 201 | Ove Sellberg |
| 202 | Brian Barnes |
| 203 | Neil Coles |
| 204 | Tommy Valentine |
| 205 | John O'Leary |
| 206 | John Bland |
| 207 | Mike Harwood |
| 208 | Mark Mouland |
| 209 | Antonio Garrido |
| 210 | Mark Roe |
| 211 | Tony Johnstone |
| 212 | Chris Moody |
| 213 | Craig Parry |
| 214 | Ian Mosey |
| 215 | Colin Montgomerie |
| 216 | Vijay Singh |
| 217 | Stephen Bennett |
| 218 | John Morgan |
| 219 | Greg Turner |
| 220 | Noel Ratcliffe |
| 221 | Mats Lanner |
| 222 | Michael Allen |
| 223 | Eddie Polland |
| 224 | Lonnie Nielsen |
| 225 | Warren Humphreys |
| 226 | Paul Broadhurst |
| 227 | David Whelan |
| 228 | Frank Nobilo |
| 229 | Bob Byman |
| 230 | Andrew Murray |
| 231 | Barry Lane |
| 232 | David Llewellyn |
| 233 | Jeff Hall |
| 234 | Jerry Anderson |
| 235 | Manuel Ballesteros |
| 236 | Massimo Mannelli |
| 237 | Mike Clayton |
| 238 | Peter Baker |
| 239 | Joe Hager |
| 240 | Lyn Lott |
| 241 | Jim Gallagher |
| 242 | David Ogrin |
| 243 | Roger Chapman |
| 244 | Philip Walton |
| 245 | Tom Pernice |
| 246 | Bill Bergin |
| 247 | Nick Job |
| 248 | Tony Sills |
| 249 | Larry Rinker |
| 250 | Gay Brewer |
| 251 | Yataka Hagawa |
| 252 | Joe Inman |
| 253 | Simon Bishop |
| 254 | Chris Perry |
| 255 | Richard Zokol |
| 256 | Jim Woodward |
| 257 | Jay Overton |
| 258 | Jay Don Blake |
| 259 | Bob Charles |
| 260 | Norio Suzuki |
| 261 | Tienie Britz |
| 262 | Simon Hobday |
| 263 | Peter Townsend |
| 264 | Don January |
| 265 | Toru Nakamura |
| 266 | Rod Curl |
| 267 | Griff Moody |
| 268 | Alan Tapie |
| 269 | Jay Sigel |
| 270 | Philip Parkin |
| 271 | Jim Hallet |
| 272 | Billy Mayfair |
| 273 | Steve Elkington |
| 274 | Vicente Fernandez |
| 275 | Vaughan Somers |
| 276 | Paul Mayo |
| 277 | Nathaniel Crosby |
| 278 | Buddy Alexander |
| 279 | Chris Patton |
| 280 | Christian Hardin |
| 281 | David Curry |
| 282 | Duncan Evans |
| 283 | Eric Meeks |
| 284 | Garth McGimpsey |
| 285 | Martin Thompson |
| 286 | Nolan Henke |
| 287 | Phillipe Ploujoux |
| 288 | Stephen Dodd |
| 289 | Jim Holtgrieve |
| 290 | Gene Littler |
| 291 | Andy Stubbs |
| 292 | Ben Fouchee |
| 293 | Bob Lewis |
| 294 | Brian Lindley |
| 295 | Chris Kite |
| 296 | Craig Cassells |
| 297 | Danny Green |
| 298 | Danny Yates |
| 299 | David Suddards |
| 300 | David Tolley |
| 301 | Eric Rebmann |
| 302 | Geoff Birtwell |
| 303 | Graham Homewood |
| 304 | Joel Hirsch |
| 305 | Michael Brannan |
| 306 | Peter McEvoy |
| 307 | Peter Persons |
| 308 | Arnold Palmer |
| 309 | Willie Wood |
| 310 | Fred Funk |
| 311 | Garry Cullen |
| 312 | Bill McColl |
| 313 | Simon Owen |
| 314 | Tommy Armour III |
| 315 | Michael Cahill |
| 316 | Kris Moe |
| 317 | Gerard Taylor |
| 318 | Dave Stockton |
| 319 | Lou Graham |
| 320 | Lee Elder |
| 321 | Joey Rassett |
| 322 | Bob Ford |
| 323 | Rik Massengale |
| 324 | Brian Tennyson |
| 325 | Buddy Whitten |
| 326 | Terry Gale |
| 327 | Brad Fabel |
| 328 | Emlyn Aubrey |
| 329 | Chien-Soon Lu |
| 330 | Mike McCullough |
| 331 | Scott Taylor |
| 332 | Greg Powers |
| 333 | Jeff Hawkes |
| 334 | Artie McNickle |
| 335 | Bob Boyd |
| 336 | Miguel Martin |
| 337 | Don Bies |
| 338 | Jim Albus |
| 339 | Ian Stanley |
| 340 | Mark Davis |
| 341 | Ross Drummond |
| 342 | Jerry Haas |
| 343 | Dale Douglass |
| 344 | Rocco Mediate |
| 345 | Trevor Powell |
| 346 | Tommy Horton |
| 347 | Jerry McGee |
| 348 | Mark Thomas |
| 349 | Mike Miller |
| 350 | Wayne Riley |
| 351 | Eddie Kirby |
| 352 | Bobby Nichols |
| 353 | Skeeter Heath |
| 354 | Loren Roberts |
| 355 | Miller Barber |
| 356 | Ron Terry |
| 357 | Phil Blackmar |
| 358 | Manuel Calero |
| 359 | Andrew Brooks |
| 360 | Billy Dunk |
| 361 | Jack Ferenz |
| 362 | Ron Commans |
| 363 | Tom Cook |
| 364 | Charles Coody |
| 365 | Barry Jaeckel |
| 366 | Tommy Aaron |
| 367 | David Ishii |
| 368 | Brett Upper |
| 369 | Jimmy Heggarty |
| 370 | Gavin Levenson |
| 371 | David Dunk |
| 372 | Ewen Murray |
| 373 | Forrest Fezler |
| 374 | David A. Russell |
| 375 | Bill Brask |
| 376 | Dale Hayes |
| 377 | Jim Dent |
| 378 | Steve Hart |
| 379 | Stewart Ginn |
| 380 | Tommy Brannen |
| 381 | George Cadle |
| 382 | Allen Miller |
| 383 | Florentino Molina |
| 384 | Ian Collins |
| 385 | Jeff Woodland |
| 386 | Jeffrey Pinsent |
| 387 | Kermit Zarley |
| 388 | Kikuo Arai |
| 389 | Magnus Persson |
| 390 | Rod Nuckolls |
| 391 | Clarence Rose |
| 392 | Robert Lewis |
| 393 | Chip Johnson |
| 394 | Bruce Fleisher |
| 395 | Dana Quigley |
| 396 | Malcolm Lewis |
| 397 | Bob Ackerman |
| 398 | Bobby Cole |
| 399 | Clark Dennis |
| 400 | Mark Balen |
| 401 | Mick Soli |
| 402 | Mike Peck |
| 403 | Ming-Chung Ho |
| 404 | Sto Liebler |
| 405 | Thomas Gray |
| 406 | Martin Poxon |
| 407 | Ossie Moore |
| 408 | Fulton Allem |
| 409 | Clive Tucker |
| 410 | Graham Burroughs |
| 411 | Wally Armstrong |
| 412 | Joe Ozaki |
| 413 | Bob Goalby |
| 414 | Clark Burroughs |
| 415 | Hsi-Chuen Lu |
| 416 | Jeff Sanders |
| 417 | Michael Clayton |
| 418 | Tony Charnley |
| 419 | Bill Longmuir |
| 420 | Bob Betley |
| 421 | Kent Stauffer |
| 422 | Paul Kent |
| 423 | John Slaughter |
| 424 | Dick Mast |
| 425 | Billy Casper |
| 426 | David Jones |
| 427 | David Hobby |
| 428 | David Thorp |
| 429 | Kenny Perry |
| 430 | Sheng-San Hsu |
| 431 | Art Wall |
| 432 | Ed Dougherty |
| 433 | Peter Fowler |
| 434 | Richard Boxall |
| 435 | Rafael Alarcon |
| 436 | Scott Bess |
| 437 | Bill Israelson |
| 438 | Tateo Ozaki |
| 439 | Brett Ogle |
| 440 | Emmanuel Dussart |
| 441 | John Chillas |
| 442 | Jim Nelford |
| 443 | Butch Baird |
| 444 | Larry Ziegler |
| 445 | Mike Ferguson |
| 446 | Steve Melnyk |
| 447 | Jim Carter |
| 448 | Emilio Rodriguez |
| 449 | Billy Andrade |
| 450 | Dennis Trixler |
| 451 | Gary McCord |
| 452 | Keith Waters |
| 453 | Webb Heintzelman |
| 454 | Malcolm Mackenzie |
| 455 | David Israelson |
| 456 | John Adams |
| 457 | Tommy McGinnis |
| 458 | Tom Jenkins |
| 459 | Lance Ten Broeck |
| 460 | Mark Johnson |
| 461 | Noel Hunt |
| 462 | Mike Smith |
| 463 | Brad Bryant |
| 464 | John Inman |
| 465 | Bob Makoski |
| 466 | Duffy Waldorf |
| 467 | Geoff Godwin |
| 468 | Ken Mattiace |
| 469 | Lee Rinker |
| 470 | Mitch Adcock |
| 471 | Philip Harrison |
| 472 | Ray Carrasco |
| 473 | David Williams |
| 474 | Michael King |
| 475 | Rob Wilkin |
| 476 | Saburo Fujiki |
| 477 | Steve Bowman |
| 478 | Tom Lamore |
| 479 | David Jagger |
| 480 | John Garner |
| 481 | John Sherman |
| 482 | Don Padgett |
| 483 | Dick McClean |
| 484 | Paul Hoad |
| 485 | Wayne Stephens |
| 486 | Jim King |
| 487 | Andrew Sherborne |
| 488 | David Canipe |
| 489 | Lloyd Monroe |
| 490 | Mike Ingham |
| 491 | Neil Hansen |
| 492 | Rick Hartmann |
| 493 | Greg Lesher |
| 494 | Jeff Grygiel |
| 495 | Peter Tupling |
| 496 | Yu-Shu Hsieh |
| 497 | Charlie Gibson |
| 498 | Andrew Chandler |
| 499 | Bill Pelham |
| 500 | James Blair |
| 501 | Martin Gray |
| 502 | Brandel Chamblee |
| 503 | Gregory Chapman |
| 504 | Paul Carman |
| 505 | Al Geiberger |
| 506 | Chin-Sheng Hsieh |
| 507 | Dillard Pruitt |
| 508 | Ed Humenik |
| 509 | Greg Bruckner |
| 510 | Jim Booros |
| 511 | Mike Malaska |
| 512 | Rocky Thompson |
| 513 | Doug Weaver |
| 514 | John Daly |
| 515 | Luis Carbonetti |
| 516 | Ray Freeman |
| 517 | Russell Claydon |
| 518 | Sandy Stephen |
| 519 | Brad Greer |
| 520 | Gary Stafford |
| 521 | Kip Byrne |
| 522 | Kurt Beck |
| 523 | Lindy Miller |
| 524 | Peter Mitchell |
| 525 | Wayne Westner |
| 526 | John Jackson |
| 527 | Robert Hoyt |
| 528 | Colin Gillies |
| 529 | David Glenz |
| 530 | Kevin Morris |
| 531 | Larry Gilbert |
| 532 | Peter Teravainen |
| 533 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 534 | Gary Weir |
| 535 | Ricky Willison |
| 536 | Martin Sludds |
| 537 | Bobby Heins |
| 538 | Bruce Summerhays |
| 539 | Jim Logue |
| 540 | Robert Karlsson |
| 541 | Anthony Stevens |
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