What separates the best players in the world? Turns out it’s their nicknames - not their short games. Here are some of golf’s all-time best monikers.
What separates the best players in the world? Turns out it’s their nicknames - not their short games. Here are some of golf’s all-time best monikers.
Craig Stadler: 13 career PGA Tour victories, eight career Champions Tour victories, 190 career top-10 finishes, one major championship: 1982 Masters
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Arnold Palmer: 62 career PGA Tour victories, 10 career Champions Tour victories, 312 career top-10 finishes, seven major championships: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 Masters; 1960 U.S. Open; 1961, 1962 Open Championship
Miguel Angel Jimenez:14 career top-10 finishes
Ernie Els: 18 career PGA Tour victories, 120 top-10 finishes, three major championships: 1994, 1997 U.S. Open; 2002 Open Championship
Michelle Wie: two career LPGA Tour victories, 30 top-10 finishes
Paula Creamer: nine LPGA Tour victories, 80 career top-10 finishes, one major championship: 2010 U.S. Women’s Open
Greg Norman: 20 career PGA Tour victories, 136 career top-10 finishes, two major championships: 1986, 1993 Open Championship
Frank ‘Fuzzy’ Zoeller: 10 career PGA Tour victories, two career Champions Tour victories, 130 career top-10 finishes, two major championships: 1979 Masters, 1984 U.S. Open
Jack Nicklaus: 73 career PGA Tour wins, 10 career Champions Tour victories, 327 career top-10 finishes, 18 major championships: 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986 Masters; 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 U.S. Open; 1966, 1970, 1978 Open Championship; 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980 PGA Championship
Fred Couples: 15 career PGA Tour victories, seven career Champions Tour victories, 186 career top-10 finishes, one major championship: 1992 Masters
Vijay Singh: 34 career PGA Tour wins, 176 career top-10 finishes, three major championships: 2000 Masters; 1998, 2004 PGA Championship
Loren Roberts: eight career PGA Tour victories, 13 career Champions Tour victories, 170 total top-10 finishes
Tim Herron: four career PGA Tour victories, 56 top-10 finishes
Ben Hogan: 64 career PGA Tour victories, nine major championships: 1951, 1953 Masters; 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 U.S. Open; 1953 Open Championship; 1946, 1948 PGA Championship
Lee Trevino: 29 career PGA Tour victories, 29 career Champions Tour victories, 319 career top-10 finishes, six major championships: 1968, 1971 U.S. Open; 1971, 1972 Open Championship; 1974, 1984 PGA Championship
Woody Austin: three career PGA Tour victories, 51 career top-10 finishes
Annika Sorenstam: 72 career LPGA Tour victories, 207 career top-10 finishes, 10 major championships: 2001, 2002, 2005 Kreft Nabisco Championship; 2003, 2004, 2005 LPGA Championship; 1995, 1996, 2006 U.S. Women’s Open; 2003 Women’s British Open
Corey Pavin: 15 career PGA Tour victories, one career Champions Tour victory, 131 career top-10 finishes, one major championship: 1995 U.S. Open
Camilo Villegas: three career PGA Tour victories, 33 career top-10 finishes
Sergio Garcia: seven career PGA Tour victories, 67 career top-10 finishes
Louis Oosthuizen: one career PGA Tour victory, six career top-10 finishes, one major championship: 2010 Open Championship
John Daly: five career PGA Tour victories, 33 career top-10 finishes, two major championships: 1995 Open Championship; 1991 PGA Championship
Angel Cabrera: two carer PGA Tour victories, 22 career top-10 finishes, two major championships: 2009 Masters; 2007 U.S. Open
Ben Crenshaw: 19 career PGA Tour victories, 157 career top-10 finishes, two major championships: 1984, 1995 Masters
Fredrik Jacobson: one career PGA Tour victory, 32 career top-10 finishes
Gary Player: 24 career PGA Tour victories, 19 career Champions Tour victories, 296 career top-10 finishes, nine major championships: 1961, 1978, 1978 Masters; 1965 U.S. Open; 1959, 1968, 1974 Open Championship; 1962, 1972 PGA Championship
Charles Howell III: two career PGA Tour victories, 59 career top-10 finishes
Tommy Armour: 25 career PGA Tour victories, three major championships: 1927 U.S. Open; 1931 Open Championship; 1930 PGA Championship
Craig Parry: two career PGA Tour victories, 38 top-10 finishes
Phil Mickelson: 40 career PGA Tour victories, 163 top-10 Finishes, four major championships: 2004, 2006, 2010 Masters; 2005 PGA Championship
Sam Snead: 82 career PGA Tour victories, 330 top-10 Finishes, seven major championships: 1949, 1952, 1954 Masters; 1946 Open Championship; 1942, 1945, 1951 PGA Championship
Colin Montgomerie: 31 career European Tour victories, 24 career PGA Tour top-10 finishes
Eduardo Romero: five career Champions Tour victories, 35 career top-10 finishes