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The Top Ranked Golfers of All-Time from Scotland
Notes: Players are ranked on the list of the country they were born in.
Where a player grew up, went to school, or who they represented internationally is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | James Braid | 1894 | 19 |
| 2 | Willie Park Sr. | 1860 | 26 |
| 3 | Old Tom Morris | 1860 | 28 |
| 4 | Willie Anderson | 1897 | 30 |
| 5 | Young Tom Morris | 1865 | 31 |
| 6 | Jamie Anderson | 1869 | 39 |
| 7 | Bob Ferguson | 1868 | 44 |
| 8 | Tommy Armour | 1924 | 46 |
| 9 | Alex Smith | 1898 | 59 |
| 10 | Jock Hutchison | 1908 | 60 |
| 11 | Bob Martin | 1873 | 64 |
| 12 | Willie Park Jr. | 1880 | 73 |
| 13 | Sandy Herd | 1885 | 107 |
| 14 | Willie Fernie | 1873 | 110 |
| 15 | Willie Smith | 1898 | 128 |
| 16 | Fred McLeod | 1903 | 141 |
| 17 | Andrew Strath | 1860 | 144 |
| 18 | George Duncan | 1906 | 148 |
| 19 | Jack White | 1892 | 156 |
| 20 | Robert Harris | 1911 | 159 |
| 21 | David Brown | 1880 | 161 |
| 22 | Hugh Kirkaldy | 1885 | 175 |
| 23 | Jim Foulis | 1895 | 187 |
| 24 | Laurie Auchterlonie | 1888 | 189 |
| 25 | Willie MacFarlane | 1912 | 199 |
| 26 | Mungo Park | 1874 | 204 |
| 27 | Willie Auchterlonie | 1888 | 224 |
| 28 | Tom Kidd | 1873 | 225 |
| 29 | Paul Lawrie | 1992 | 237 |
| 30 | Jack Burns | 1882 | 241 |
| 31 | Alec Ross | 1902 | 242 |
| 32 | Jack Simpson | 1883 | 246 |
| 33 | Fred Herd | 1898 | 247 |
| 34 | Hector Thomson | 1935 | 252 |
| 35 | Alex Kyle | 1939 | 257 |
| 36 | Colin Montgomerie | 1987 | 262 |
| 37 | MacDonald Smith | 1910 | 270 |
| 38 | Andrew Kirkaldy | 1879 | 271 |
| 39 | John E. Laidlay | 1885 | 272 |
| 40 | Bob Kirk | 1865 | 275 |
| 41 | Davie Strath | 1869 | 277 |
| 42 | Bobby Cruickshank | 1921 | 286 |
| 43 | Freddie Tait | 1891 | 287 |
| 44 | Archie Simpson | 1885 | 300 |
| 45 | Jimmy Adams | 1933 | 305 |
| 46 | Jimmy Thomson | 1925 | 309 |
| 47 | Robert Maxwell | 1897 | 315 |
| 48 | Douglas Rolland | 1882 | 316 |
| 49 | H.J. Whigham | 1893 | 317 |
| 50 | Findlay Douglas | 1897 | 330 |
| 51 | James Robb | 1895 | 331 |
| 52 | Willie Campbell | 1880 | 333 |
| 53 | Ben Sayers | 1878 | 336 |
| 54 | Stewart Gardner | 1899 | 342 |
| 55 | John Fallon | 1936 | 354 |
| 56 | Leslie Balfour Melville | 1885 | 356 |
| 57 | Bob Pringle | 1873 | 365 |
| 58 | George Low | 1899 | 367 |
| 59 | Robert MacIntyre | 2017 | 388 |
| 60 | Peter Paxton | 1876 | 401 |
| 61 | David Anderson Jr. | 1885 | 410 |
| 62 | Jamie Allan | 1878 | 413 |
| 63 | Val Fitzjohn | 1899 | 414 |
| 64 | John Black | 1919 | 439 |
| 65 | Walter Rutherford | 1900 | 441 |
| 66 | Jack McLean | 1933 | 445 |
| 67 | John Caven | 1923 | 456 |
| 68 | James Wallace | 1934 | 460 |
| 69 | John Nelson Smith | 1929 | 463 |
| 70 | Fred Simpson | 1926 | 466 |
| 71 | Allan Graham | 1921 | 469 |
| 72 | Jack Allan | 1897 | 474 |
| 73 | P.C. Anderson | 1891 | 475 |
| 74 | Robert Andrew | 1860 | 481 |
| 75 | William Dow | 1861 | 489 |
| 76 | Bob MacDonald | 1913 | 492 |
| 77 | Eric Brown | 1948 | 493 |
| 78 | Samuel Mure Fergusson | 1873 | 504 |
| 79 | George Paxton | 1874 | 513 |
| 80 | William Doleman | 1865 | 517 |
| 81 | Alex Campbell | 1899 | 530 |
| 82 | Harry Hampton | 1915 | 531 |
| 83 | Peter Robertson | 1905 | 535 |
| 84 | Willie Brown | 1880 | 537 |
| 85 | Andrew Smith | 1879 | 550 |
| 86 | Ned Cosgrove | 1880 | 551 |
| 87 | Charlie Hunter | 1860 | 553 |
| 88 | James Morris | 1873 | 562 |
| 89 | Jack Kirkaldy | 1879 | 567 |
| 90 | David Ayton | 1873 | 568 |
| 91 | Ben Campbell | 1883 | 570 |
| 92 | William Cosgrove | 1874 | 576 |
| 93 | George Simpson | 1911 | 578 |
| 94 | David Robertson | 1900 | 598 |
| 95 | James Maiden | 1906 | 600 |
| 96 | Fred MacKenzie | 1899 | 603 |
| 97 | Fitz Boothby | 1879 | 607 |
| 98 | David Bell | 1900 | 611 |
| 99 | Edward Blackwell | 1892 | 613 |
| 100 | Cecil Hutchison | 1909 | 619 |
| 101 | John L. Low | 1901 | 625 |
| 102 | Laurie Ayton Sr. | 1910 | 636 |
| 103 | Jack Hobens | 1901 | 637 |
| 104 | James Kinnell | 1894 | 658 |
| 105 | Bob Simpson | 1885 | 679 |
| 106 | Allan Dailey | 1930 | 682 |
| 107 | Jack Forrester | 1911 | 689 |
| 108 | Isaac Mackie | 1901 | 693 |
| 109 | Raymond Russell | 1993 | 714 |
| 110 | George Douglas | 1891 | 716 |
| 111 | William Thomson | 1873 | 721 |
| 112 | John Panton | 1935 | 728 |
| 113 | Francis Gallett | 1922 | 730 |
| 114 | Donald Ross | 1897 | 740 |
| 115 | Clarence Hackney | 1916 | 753 |
| 116 | James Rennie | 1875 | 758 |
| 117 | Sam Torrance | 1970 | 759 |
| 118 | James Kay | 1887 | 769 |
| 119 | David Kinnell | 1898 | 790 |
| 120 | James Knight | 1862 | 793 |
| 121 | Gordon Brand Jr. | 1981 | 810 |
| 122 | Tom Haliburton | 1936 | 815 |
| 123 | Tom Fernie | 1909 | 824 |
| 124 | Robert Reid Jack | 1959 | 839 |
| 125 | W.D. More | 1891 | 844 |
| 126 | Allan Robertson | 1835 | 859 |
| 127 | David Grant | 1879 | 862 |
| 128 | Jack Park | 1899 | 871 |
| 129 | Tom Dunn | 1868 | 872 |
| 130 | Tom Anderson Jr. | 1909 | 885 |
| 131 | Robert Thomson | 1892 | 914 |
| 132 | A.H. Scott | 1893 | 918 |
| 133 | Walter Gourlay | 1873 | 929 |
| 134 | Jack Campbell | 1902 | 967 |
| 135 | Willie Ogg | 1906 | 979 |
| 136 | George Cummings | 1903 | 980 |
| 137 | Bobby Simpson | 1900 | 1019 |
| 138 | William Strath | 1864 | 1045 |
| 139 | Peter McEwan Sr. | 1861 | 1046 |
| 140 | Martin Laird | 2004 | 1072 |
| 141 | Russell Knox | 2007 | 1104 |
| 142 | William Nichols | 1907 | 1224 |
| 143 | Al Johnston | 1962 | 1377 |
| 144 | John Allan | 1866 | 1449 |
| 145 | Willie Dunn Sr. | 1861 | 1451 |
| 146 | James Miller | 1863 | 1468 |
| 147 | Charlie Thom | 1902 | 1481 |
| 148 | George Fernie | 1884 | 1486 |
| 149 | John Cowan | 1911 | 1487 |
| 150 | William Laidlaw | 1932 | 1490 |
| 151 | Tom Hutchinson | 1898 | 1491 |
| 152 | John Patrick | 1895 | 1493 |
| 153 | Andrew Campbell | 1909 | 1495 |
| 154 | Tom Peebles | 1908 | 1497 |
| 155 | James Mansfield | 1882 | 1499 |
| 156 | Tom Carson | 1875 | 1500 |
| 157 | Hugh Brown | 1872 | 1501 |
| 158 | Gilbert Mitchell-Innes | 1869 | 1502 |
| 159 | Alexander Smith | 1860 | 1503 |
| 160 | Harry Turpie | 1895 | 1506 |
| 161 | James Hepburn | 1894 | 1507 |
| 162 | William Watt | 1910 | 1510 |
| 163 | William Leaver | 1897 | 1516 |
| 164 | Brian Marchbank | 1979 | 1518 |
| 165 | John Hunter | 1891 | 1519 |
| 166 | David Foulis | 1897 | 1528 |
| 167 | Tom Hood | 1865 | 1531 |
| 168 | Tom Hunter | 1867 | 1532 |
| 169 | Henry Gullane | 1899 | 1535 |
| 170 | James McKenzie | 1922 | 1536 |
| 171 | William Steel | 1860 | 1540 |
| 172 | William McEwan | 1890 | 1567 |
| 173 | Alastair Forsyth | 1998 | 1572 |
| 174 | Peter Fernie | 1882 | 1584 |
| 175 | Buff Wilson | 1888 | 1585 |
| 176 | George Fotheringham | 1912 | 1588 |
| 177 | David Blair | 1950 | 1611 |
| 178 | Peter Walker | 1897 | 1634 |
| 179 | Hugh Morrison | 1875 | 1635 |
| 180 | Alexander Doleman | 1870 | 1636 |
| 181 | John Reid | 1882 | 1648 |
| 182 | Arnold Blyth | 1894 | 1662 |
| 183 | George McCachnie | 1874 | 1663 |
| 184 | John Ferguson | 1874 | 1664 |
| 185 | James Paxton | 1863 | 1665 |
| 186 | Peter Chalmers | 1863 | 1666 |
| 187 | Robert Chambers Jr. | 1861 | 1667 |
| 188 | Bernard Gallacher | 1967 | 1675 |
| 189 | Andrew Coltart | 1991 | 1687 |
| 190 | Marc Warren | 2002 | 1697 |
| 191 | Stephan Gallacher | 1995 | 1710 |
| 192 | Richie Ramsay | 2007 | 1726 |
| 193 | Peter McEwan | 1893 | 1742 |
| 194 | Rhys Davies | 2007 | 1789 |
| 195 | Harry Bannerman | 1965 | 1795 |
| 196 | Gary Orr | 1988 | 1800 |
| 197 | Calum Hill | 2017 | 1806 |
| 198 | Norman Wood | 1965 | 1844 |
| 199 | Ewen Ferguson | 2016 | 1852 |
| 200 | Tom Arundel | 1879 | 1854 |
| 201 | Tom Watt | 1905 | 1862 |
| 202 | Thomas Brown | 1870 | 1892 |
| 203 | Grant Forrest | 2016 | 1895 |
| 204 | Robert Armit | 1873 | 1899 |
| 205 | Stephen McAllister | 1983 | 1923 |
| 206 | Matthew Allan | 1875 | 1930 |
| 207 | Connor Syme | 2017 | 1949 |
| 208 | Adam Hunter | 1984 | 1970 |
| 209 | J. Foreman | 1880 | 1986 |
| 210 | John Campbell | 1875 | 1987 |
| 211 | James Dunn | 1861 | 1988 |
| 212 | Tom Yeoman | 1897 | 1996 |
| 213 | Neil Boon | 1875 | 2007 |
| 214 | John Lambert | 1883 | 2009 |
| 215 | Thomas McWatt | 1886 | 2020 |
| 216 | David Lamb | 1876 | 2021 |
| 217 | James Hutchison | 1866 | 2022 |
| 218 | David Leitch | 1883 | 2038 |
| 219 | Alex Patrick | 1878 | 2042 |
| 220 | George Lowe | 1878 | 2047 |
| 221 | Andrew Alexander | 1882 | 2059 |
| 222 | William Mitchell | 1863 | 2060 |
| 223 | David Anderson Sr. | 1876 | 2069 |
| 224 | George Strath | 1878 | 2071 |
| 225 | T.H.T. Fairbairn | 1953 | 2077 |
| 226 | John Thompson | 1876 | 2096 |
| 227 | Frank Doleman | 1870 | 2097 |
| 228 | William Moffat | 1863 | 2098 |
| 229 | Bob Mearns | 1890 | 2117 |
| 230 | James Hunter | 1870 | 2123 |
| 231 | James Boyd | 1875 | 2126 |
| 232 | Tom Manzie | 1873 | 2133 |
| 233 | Lloyd Saltman | 2007 | 2140 |
| 234 | R.W. Whitecross | 1906 | 2147 |
| 235 | R.B. Sharpe | 1891 | 2148 |
| 236 | Frank Park | 1883 | 2149 |
| 237 | W. Boyd | 1870 | 2150 |
| 238 | Ronnie Shade | 1968 | 2218 |
| 239 | Stewart Burns | 1923 | 2225 |
| 240 | William Ritchie | 1910 | 2228 |
| 241 | William Greig | 1885 | 2259 |
| 242 | Jack Morris | 1873 | 2260 |
| 243 | Simon Yates | 1989 | 2274 |
| 244 | Robert T. Boothby | 1892 | 2325 |
| 245 | W. Honeyman | 1882 | 2398 |
| 246 | Willie Kidd | 1914 | 2419 |
| 247 | David Corstorphine | 1879 | 2428 |
| 248 | George Sayers | 1892 | 2457 |
| 249 | Andrew Monaghan | 1887 | 2577 |
| 250 | David McEwan | 1885 | 2578 |
| 251 | Michael Sim | 2005 | 2580 |
| 252 | Duncan McCulloch | 1923 | 2583 |
| 253 | Robert Tait | 1879 | 2593 |
| 254 | Francis Fairlie | 1892 | 2627 |
| 255 | L.S. Anderson | 1892 | 2628 |
| 256 | Peter Anderson | 1891 | 2632 |
| 257 | George Millar | 1883 | 2640 |
| 258 | John Chisholm | 1873 | 2641 |
| 259 | David Herd | 1891 | 2644 |
| 260 | David Simpson | 1882 | 2653 |
| 261 | C.E. Dick | 1894 | 2664 |
| 262 | A. Wright | 1890 | 2676 |
| 263 | Percy Wilson | 1887 | 2677 |
| 264 | A. Smith | 1879 | 2678 |
| 265 | Bob Dow | 1879 | 2679 |
| 266 | C. Ralph Smith | 1894 | 2681 |
| 267 | David Huish | 1959 | 2685 |
| 268 | George Pearson | 1891 | 2700 |
| 269 | Gordon Sherry | 1995 | 2713 |
| 270 | C.E. Hambro | 1894 | 2714 |
| 271 | A. Brown | 1874 | 2715 |
| 272 | Garden Smith | 1891 | 2725 |
| 273 | Stuart Wilson | 2003 | 2743 |
| 274 | Bradley Neil | 2015 | 2755 |
| 275 | Craig Watson | 1992 | 2763 |
| 276 | James Moore | 1878 | 2793 |
| 277 | David Brand | 1873 | 2794 |
| 278 | Euan Walker | 2019 | 2812 |
| 279 | Michael Stewart | 2011 | 2817 |
| 280 | John Gallagher | 2009 | 2851 |
| 281 | Andrew Stuart | 1887 | 2908 |
| 282 | Robert Drummond | 1880 | 2909 |
| 283 | R. Cosgrove | 1874 | 2910 |
| 284 | T. Carmichael | 1891 | 2937 |
| 285 | Eric Ramsay | 2005 | 2939 |
| 286 | D.D. Robertson | 1890 | 2947 |
| 287 | George Forrester | 1882 | 2948 |
| 288 | Walter Kirk | 1882 | 2955 |
| 289 | Ernly Blackwell | 1891 | 2965 |
| 290 | W. Anderson | 1885 | 2967 |
| 291 | Jack Ferguson | 1886 | 2968 |
| 292 | George Mason | 1885 | 2969 |
| 293 | J. Beveridge | 1880 | 2987 |
| 294 | J. Dow | 1874 | 2988 |
| 295 | W.D. Robinson | 1891 | 2993 |
| 296 | Douglas McEwan | 1887 | 2994 |
| 297 | John Milne | 1894 | 3005 |
| 298 | Robert Adam | 1890 | 3019 |
| 299 | N. Playfair | 1888 | 3020 |
| 300 | J.S. Carrick | 1887 | 3021 |
| 301 | Stuart Anderson | 1894 | 3077 |
| 302 | W.H. Goff | 1879 | 3091 |
| 303 | James Mair | 1890 | 3142 |
| 304 | David Drysdale | 1995 | 3153 |
| 305 | Charles Whigham | 1890 | 3163 |
| 306 | Robert White | 1892 | 3167 |
| 307 | Jimmy Gunn | 2007 | 3178 |
| 308 | James Cunningham | 1890 | 3192 |
| 309 | D.G. Rose | 1888 | 3193 |
| 310 | T.S. Hendry | 1885 | 3194 |
| 311 | Douglas Argyill Robertson | 1879 | 3195 |
| 312 | W. Hutchison | 1874 | 3196 |
| 313 | James Kirk | 1879 | 3203 |
| 314 | Charles Gibson | 1894 | 3210 |
| 315 | Ed Fitzjohn | 1892 | 3248 |
| 316 | J.M. Williamson | 1891 | 3249 |
| 317 | Charlie Crawford | 1886 | 3252 |
| 318 | Scott Jamieson | 2006 | 3254 |
| 319 | Bruce Goff | 1885 | 3260 |
| 320 | James McKay | 1890 | 3278 |
| 321 | James Keddie | 1886 | 3279 |
| 322 | Nicol Patrick | 1874 | 3280 |
| 323 | W.C. Gaudin | 1901 | 3288 |
| 324 | John Cuthbert | 1891 | 3290 |
| 325 | Joseph Dalgleish | 1892 | 3295 |
| 326 | David Baldie | 1883 | 3304 |
| 327 | A. Lumsden | 1894 | 3318 |
| 328 | R.H. Johnston | 1891 | 3319 |
| 329 | D.H. Gillan | 1890 | 3320 |
| 330 | M. Clayton | 1874 | 3321 |
| 331 | Ben Sayers Jr. | 1906 | 3374 |
| 332 | David Law | 2011 | 3378 |
| 333 | Ross Drummond | 1975 | 3392 |
| 334 | Ewen Murray | 1971 | 3476 |
| 335 | Allan Duncan | 1893 | 3768 |
| 336 | L. Robertson | 1890 | 3769 |
| 337 | Leslie Smith | 1888 | 3770 |
| 338 | James Denham | 1886 | 3771 |
| 339 | J.H. Blackwell | 1879 | 3772 |
| 340 | Mike Miller | 1978 | 3776 |
| 341 | T.M. Hunter | 1902 | 3808 |
| 342 | E. Mason | 1888 | 3810 |
| 343 | T. Gourlay | 1885 | 3992 |
| 344 | G. Honeyman | 1879 | 3993 |
| 345 | Alexander Stuart | 1892 | 4002 |
| 346 | F.S. Ireland | 1894 | 4024 |
| 347 | David Auchterlonie | 1885 | 4025 |
| 348 | Albert Park | 1886 | 4063 |
| 349 | Robert Dinwiddie | 2006 | 4071 |
| 350 | John Chillas | 1971 | 4074 |
| 351 | Gordon Manson | 1977 | 4076 |
| 352 | Greig Hutcheon | 1991 | 4080 |
| 353 | Andrew Lawson | 1891 | 4108 |
| 354 | Russell Weir | 1971 | 4137 |
| 355 | A. Burns | 1888 | 4157 |
| 356 | Tom Dobson | 1927 | 4159 |
| 357 | John Low | 1892 | 4162 |
| 358 | Rev. D. Lundie | 1879 | 4200 |
| 359 | David Ayton Jr. | 1921 | 4224 |
| 360 | T.T. Gray | 1896 | 4228 |
| 361 | J. Longhurst | 1894 | 4230 |
| 362 | G.M. Rennie | 1893 | 4231 |
| 363 | H.S. Colt | 1891 | 4232 |
| 364 | John Dunn | 1882 | 4233 |
| 365 | James Logan White | 1882 | 4272 |
| 366 | Stuart Murray | 1964 | 4293 |
| 367 | T. Butel | 1894 | 4305 |
| 368 | E.D. Prothero | 1893 | 4306 |
| 369 | J. Martin | 1892 | 4307 |
| 370 | J. McCulloch | 1892 | 4308 |
| 371 | J. Thomson White | 1879 | 4309 |
| 372 | Mungo Park Jr. | 1896 | 4341 |
| 373 | David Anderson | 1891 | 4342 |
| 374 | William Davis | 1895 | 4346 |
| 375 | Fred Fitzjohn | 1892 | 4349 |
| 376 | W. Young | 1891 | 4383 |
| 377 | Calum Scott | 2024 | 4385 |
| 378 | Stewart Maiden | 1908 | 4405 |
| 379 | Robert Munro | 1897 | 4441 |
| 380 | W.A. Anderson | 1895 | 4442 |
| 381 | Ross Bain | 1998 | 4451 |
| 382 | R.W. Orr | 1903 | 4479 |
| 383 | Lindsay Ross | 1891 | 4486 |
| 384 | Frank Deighton | 1956 | 4501 |
| 385 | D. Clark | 1892 | 4515 |
| 386 | James Kinsman | 1885 | 4516 |
| 387 | R. Rutherford | 1897 | 4551 |
| 388 | John Andrew | 1893 | 4552 |
| 389 | Allan Brodie | 1978 | 4567 |
| 390 | A.H. Molesworth | 1892 | 4595 |
| 391 | Tom Chisholm | 1892 | 4600 |
| 392 | Ernest Lehmann | 1892 | 4602 |
| 393 | Liam Johnston | 2017 | 4752 |
| 394 | Peter Whiteford | 2002 | 4797 |
| 395 | Jamie McLeary | 2006 | 4826 |
| 396 | Andrew McArthur | 2005 | 4899 |
| 397 | Euan Little | 1996 | 4926 |
| 398 | Craig Howie | 2018 | 5015 |
| 399 | Duncan Stewart | 2007 | 5139 |
| 400 | Scott Henry | 2007 | 5142 |
| 401 | George Murray | 2006 | 5147 |
| 402 | Chris Doak | 1997 | 5191 |
| 403 | Craig Maltman | 1972 | 5333 |
| 404 | J. Douglas | 1893 | 5353 |
| 405 | W.L. Thompson | 1899 | 5383 |
| 406 | W.M. McCawley | 1899 | 5436 |
| 407 | T. Gilroy | 1891 | 5582 |
| 408 | William Guy | 1992 | 5584 |
| 409 | Barclay Howard | 1997 | 5616 |
| 410 | R. Scott | 1891 | 5633 |
| 411 | D. Sheppard | 1891 | 5674 |
| 412 | Scott Henderson | 1992 | 5821 |
| 413 | Sam Locke | 2018 | 5891 |
| 414 | Calum Fyfe | 2019 | 6344 |
| 415 | Paul O'Hara | 2017 | 6457 |
| 416 | Conor O'Neil | 2011 | 6628 |
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