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Why Tiger's Best! or
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| Era Player | Year |
Era Years |
Majors Held |
Majors Won by Era Player | Percent Won | Majors Won by U.S. Players |
Non-US Countries, Players, Wins |
Total PGA Wins |
Amateur Majors Source |
Additional Facts |
| Hogan | 1946-53 | 8 | 32 | 9 | 9/32 = 28% | (25/32) = 78% | 4,5,7 | 64 | NA |
Snead won 5 of
his 7 majors WW 2 stopped them. Bobby Lock won three in period plus one in 1957. |
| Palmer Am | 1954 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1/6 = 17% | |||||
| Palmer1 | 1958-61 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 4/16 = 25% | 12/16 = 75% | 2,3,4 | 62 | 1 | Gary Player wins first two of nine. |
| Jack Am | 1956-61 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2/6 = 33% |
73 |
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| Jack 1 | 1962-67 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 7/24 = 29% | 19/24 = 79% | 4,3,5 | Player wins another two. | ||
| Jack 2 | !970-75 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 8/24 = 33% | 20/24 = 83% | 2,2,4 | Gary Player wins three more including two in 1974. | ||
| Jack 3 | 1978-80 | 3 | 12 |
3
20 |
3/12 = 25 18/60 =30% |
8/12 = 67% | 4,3,4 | Gary Player wins last of 9, Steve Ballesteros wins first of 5, Tom wins another, Johnny Miller wins second of 2. | ||
| Faldo | 1987-96 | 10 | 40 | 6 | 6/40 = 15% | 21/36 = 53% | 8,12,19 | 9 | NA | Nick Price wins three of 3. |
| Tiger Am | 91-96 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6/6 = 100% | 79 | 6 | |||
| Tiger 1 | 1997-08 | 12 | 48 |
14 20 |
14/ 48= 29% | 31/48 = 65% | 8,11,17 |
Phil
Mickelson and Ernie Els win 3 of their 4, Padraig Harrington wins 3 of his 3 in 07-08 |
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| Tiger 2 | 2009-15 | 11/30 = 37% | 5,9,10 | Seven different countries have won a major since Tiger's most recent. ??? |
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Nick only won 6 majors but did it with 11 non U.S. Players winning majors while Ben's 9 came in a world where only non U.S. players won majors. |
Jack counts armature championships as Majors. |
How often a Non-U.S. player came in
second |
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Military service 1943-44, then won 13 in 1946 including his first major. Had Ben not lost 1949 due to an accident and had he won 2 majors, the 11/36 =30% would have beaten Jack1, 2 and Tiger 1's 29%. |
Since Tiger last won a major
Americans have won 11/30 = 37%
of the
majors. |
When Tiger passes Jack's 18, his winning majors from 1962 to 1986 will be what history remembers. Gary being one of the best over twenty-five years is incredible. |
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Era Player |
Year |
Era Years |
Majors Played |
Era Player's Majors Won |
Percent won |
Majors Won by U.S. Players |
Non-US Countries, Players, Wins |
Additional Facts |
| Palmer | 1958-64 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 7/28 = 25.0% | 22/28 =79% | 4,6,6 | Arnie's seven year run ranks
right up their with the great intermediate runs of all time. |
| 1In 1962-64 both Arnie and Jack won three tournaments and for comparison purposes I put Jack's as wins in Jack1. | ||||||||
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Sam Leads the Next Echelon |
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Era Player |
Year | Era Years |
Majors Played |
Era Player's Majors Won |
Percent won |
Majors Won by U.S. Players |
Non-US Countries, Players, Wins |
Additional Facts |
| Snead | 1942 1946-54 |
9.5 | 38 | 7 | 7/38 = 18% | 30/38 = 79% | 5,5,8 | Sam's record is similar to Nick's and it would have needed a lot of wins during the war to get his 18% up to Hogan, Palmer, Jack and Tiger. |
| Only two majors were played in 1942, Sam won one and Byron Nelson won the other. Only one was played in 1945 and Byron won. | ||||||||
| Great Players Without Their Own Era | ||||||||
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Era Player |
Year | Era Years |
Majors Played |
Era Player's Majors Won |
Percent won |
Majors Won by U.S. Player |
Non-US Countries, Players, Wins |
Additional Facts |
| Trevino | 1968-74 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 5/28 = 18% | 2,2,6 | Lee represents why the U.S. is the first Universal Nation. | |
| Watson | 1975-83 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 8/36 = 22% | 31/36 = 86% | 5,3,5 | Tom won 6 Championship Majors behind Jack's 8 and Irwin's 7. |
| Player | 1959-78 | 20 | 80 | 9 | 5/28 = 18% | Gary had 73 wins on
the South African/Sunshine Tour and 6 Championship Tour Majors. |
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