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THE ALLTIME GREATEST GOLFERS
TAGG 200 - CAREER RANKING


US & DP WORLD TOURS - MASTERS TOURNAMENT
TAGG 200 : Greatest Courses - Augusta National G.C
US & DP WORLD TOURS - The OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
TAGG 200 : Greatest Courses - St. Andrews, Old Course
TAGG 200 : GREATEST GOLFERS
CAREER RANKING LIST (Men)
TOP 30
The All-time Greatest Golfers : Top 200 - stats on Top Players below:
21 May 2023
NOTES:
1. Column titled: "Maj, tpc, wgc, NB <1940"- includes wins in all Majors, The Players Championship, World Golf Championships and the biggest events in year 1940 & earlier (US & British Amateur & Western Open)
2. Majors & WGC wins are included in both US & European win totals
3. DNP "did not play" or "Player older than 50yrs" - e.g: J. Nicklaus dnp WGC events, which started in 1999
4. DNPM - did not play many of these events (typically less than 5 - 10)
5. HOF - Hall of Fame
6. Majors - points awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes on sliding scale
7. Tournaments ranked in importance as Majors, then Category A, WGC, B, C, D, E and F
8. Majors rank highest, then Category A events (Players Champ. & Western Open prior to 1940)
9. WGC tournaments rank next, then category B and so on down to category F
10. Points allocated to wins according to this categorisation
11. Points also awarded - runner up placings in US & European tour events
12. Scaling factor - wins in different decades - recent decade higher than previous
13. Also factored - major results as percentage of majors played
14. This Career Ranking system is applied to all the greatest male golfers to have played the game






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