Lady Luck
 

I have the Henry Cotton book you mentioned. I chuckled when I first read his lavish praise of "The Lady" She was pretty good for a sweetspot throwing gal! I take Bob Jones' ringing endorsement in the same vain as Sir Henry's. The question is could she take them (7 Open Championships combined)from the tips with the chips...down? I think not! I do enjoy Henry Cotton's insights though.

Top Ten
 

Shouldn't Young Tom Watson be on that list?

Sports Illustrated without Illustrations
 

SI's Top Twenty All-Time Greatest Golfers

20. Billy Casper
19. Old Tom Morris
18. Lee Trevino
17. Gene Sarazen
16. Babe Zaharias
15. Seve Ballesteros
14. Young Tom Morris
13. Harry Vardon
12. Annika Sorenstam
11. Tom Watson
10. Walter Hagen
9. Gary Player
8. Mickey Wright
7. Byron Nelson
6. Arnold Palmer
5. Sam Snead
4. Ben Hogan
3. Bobby Jones
2. Tiger Woods
1. Jack Nicklaus

Seriously, Lee Trevino behind Seve?

I believe I once heard Moe Norman state something to the effect that Tiger Woods was not the best golfer. He was the best scorer, but not the best golfer. He went on to say that Tiger's inability to have control over the driver was the main problem. Of course, in Mr. Norman's vernacular it was much more interesting and colorful.

Greg Norman Forgotten
 

Did Sports Illustrated forget Greg Norman? Wasn't he ranked #1 for about six years in his prime. I think he won two British Opens. Greg should be in the top twenty based on the Majors he didn't win.

How about these chops!!
 

Cary Middlecoff: 40 tour wins, 3 majors in only 17 years.

Vijay Singh: 34 tour wins (58 total), 3 majors in 16 seasons.

Phil Mickelson: 37 tour wins (45 total), 3 majors in 19 seasons.

Nick Faldo: 9 tour wins (40 total), 6 majors.

Peter Thomson: 6 tour wins (81 total), 5 majors (all British Opens).

Ray Floyd: 22 tour wins (66 total), 4 majors.

Bobby Locke: 15 tour wins (72 total), 4 majors.

In my opinion Faldo should be on that list. I do not think that Old or Young Tom Morris could hang with him.

Mickelson and Singh have done it in the "tiger era" so they should also get some credit.

I think the list should probably be broken out a little, pre-television, woman and men.

I would also think that todays players are probably a little better than a 100 years ago given the amount of people in the world that now play golf.