TOP FIVE PLAYERS OF ALL TIME

  1. Jack Nicklaus
Jack is honorably the best golfer to ever play the game because he has won the most majors with 18 which is remarkable.
 
     
  2. Tiger Tiger Woods is the most talented golfer ever to play the game. So why is he No. 2 instead of No. 1 on this list? Because he's still very early in his career. The question to ask about an active player is this: If his career ended tomorrow, where would he rank? If Tiger's career ended tomorrow, his career numbers would match up favorably with those of everyone else ... except Nicklaus. It's just a matter of time - literally - until Tiger is No. 1.
     
  3. Ben Hogan
Despite struggling for years on tour before breaking through, and despite having his career interrupted and cut short by a horrific auto accident, Hogan still managed nine major championship victories and 62 career wins. At his best, he left his contemporaries in the dust.
     
  4. Bobby Jones
How great was Bobby Jones? It's not an easy question to answer. In his day, the four majors were the two Open championships - the British and U.S. - and the two Amateur championships - again, the British and the U.S. Jones won those four events 13 times and twice recorded the Grand Slam. And then retired at the age of 28. He went on to found The Masters.
     
  5. Gary Player
Surprised it's not Arnie? Player has nine major championship wins, Palmer only seven. Player won the career Grand Slam - Palmer didn't. Sure, Palmer has more PGA Tour wins, but Player - who played tournaments around the globe - has more overall victories.