The Cutting Room Floor. (Last update: 2/25/25 Next update: December ’25)

Historically undervalued: 🔵

Rank	Player			Years	Country
1	Tiger Woods		Why?	1999-active	USA
2	Jack Nicklaus			1957-2005	USA
3	Phil Mickelson	🔵	Why?	1990-active	USA
4	Ben Hogan			1934-1967	USA
5	Sam Snead			1937-1983	USA
6	Arnold Palmer			1952-2004	USA
7	Tom Watson			1970-2016	USA
8	Gary Player			1956-2009	S. Africa
9	Bobby Jones			1916-1948	USA
10	Rory McIIroy			2007-active	N. Ireland
11	Ernie Els	🔵		1989-active	S. Africa
12	Nick Faldo			1976-2015	England
13	Seve Ballesteros			1975-2007	Spain
14	Lee Trevino			1966-2000	USA
15	Greg Norman	🔵		1977-2009	Australia
16	Brooks Koepka			2012-active	USA
17	Walter Hagen			1913-1942	USA
18	Gene Sarazen			1920-1976	USA
19	Byron Nelson			1934-1966	USA
20	Vijay Singh			1989-active	Fiji
21	Nick Price			1975-2006	Zimbabwe
22	Dustin Johnson			2008-active	USA
23	Bernhard Langer			1976-2023	Germany
24	Billy Casper			1956-2005	USA
25	Raymond Floyd			1963-2009	USA
26	Scottie Scheffler			2016-active	USA
27	Jordan Spieth			2012-active	USA
28	Ben Crenshaw			1970-2015	USA
29	Hale Irwin			1966-2004	USA
30	Payne Stewart			1981-1999	USA
31	Xander Schauffele			2017-active	USA
32	Pádraig Harrington			1996-active	Ireland
33	Jon Rahm			2016-active	Spain
34	Justin Thomas			2014-2024	USA
35	Sergio Garcia			1996-active	Spain
36	Jason Day			2010-active	Australia
37	Justin Rose			1998-acitve	England
38	Adam Scott			2000-active	Australia
39	Julius Boros			1950-1980	USA
40	Harry Vardon			1893-1929	Jersey
41	John Henry Taylor			1893-1929	England
42	James Braid			1894-1938	Scotland
43	José María Olazábal			1984-2018	Spain
44	Johnny Miller			1966-1994	USA
45	Larry Nelson			1976-2011	USA
46	Davis Love III			1986-2020	USA
47	Fred Couples			1979-2024	USA
48	Jim Furyk	🔵		1994-2022	USA
49	Cary Middlecoff			1946-1971	USA
50	Lanny Wadkins			1970-2001	USA
51	Tom Kite			1970-2004	USA
52	Tom Weiskopf			1965-2004	USA
53	Reteif Goosen			1999-2012	S. Africa
54	Louis Oosthuizen	🔵		2004-active	S. Africa
55	Henrik Stenson			2001-active	Sweden
56	Lee Westwood	🔵		1995-2022	England
57	Martin Kaymer			2008-active	Germany
58	David Duval			1990-2022	USA
59	Steve Elkington	🔵		1988-2011	Australia
60	Justin Leonard			1993-2024	USA
61	Hubert Green			1969-1996	USA
62	Curtis Strange			1975-2002	USA
63	Mark O’Meara			1980-2018	USA
64	Ian Woosnam			1982-2021	Wales
65	Fuzzy Zoeller			1976-2009	USA
66	Tom Lehman			1986-2019	USA
67	Collin Morikawa			2019-active	USA
68	Bubba Watson			2004-active	USA
69	Bryson DeChambeau			2015-active	USA
70	Zach Johnson			2004-active	USA
71	Angel Cabrera			1997-2019	Argentina
72	Sandy Lyle			1974-2013	Scotland
73	Lee Janzen			1985-2015	USA
74	David Graham			1970-1995	Australia
75	Jerry Pate			1975-2011	USA
76	Dave Stockton			1968-1997	USA
77	Paul Azinger			1983-2009	USA
78	Hal Sutton			1980-2005	USA
79	Leo Diegel			1920-1939	USA
80	Jimmy Demaret			1935-1967	USA
81	Denny Shute			1926-1972	USA
82	Tony Jacklin			1963-2007	England
83	Colin Montgomerie	🔵		1990-2016	Scotland
84	Luke Donald			1999-2024	England
85	Craig Wood			1925-1964	USA
86	Ralph Guldahl			1930-1973	USA
87	Ian Poulter			2000-2022	England
88	Rickie Fowler			2008-active	USA
89	Hideki Matsuyama			2011-active	Japan
90	Matt Kuchar			1998-active	USA
91	Tommy Fleetwood			2014-active	England
92	Corey Pavin			1981-2010	USA
93	Darren Clarke			1991-active	N. Ireland
94	Stewart Cink			1996-active	USA
95	Peter Thomson			1951-1984	Australia
96	Steve Stricker	🔵		1993-2021	USA
97	Craig Stadler			1974-2014	USA
98	Andy North			1974-1995	USA
99	John Daly			1986-2024	USA
100	David Toms			1996-2019	USA

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