Best Player Younger than Bubba?

[MEfree]

Which player younger than Bubba (33 yo) do you think has had the best CAREER so far?  Not talking about potential, but rather total performance to date.

[brocks]

Which player younger than Bubba (33 yo) do you think has had the best CAREER so far?  Not talking about potential, but rather total performance to date.

Probably Sergio, followed by Adam Scott.

[showtime583]

Good question - not too many guys younger have won majors, but lots of guys have been "in the spotlight" longer and have had longer sustained success. Off the top of my head I'd say the "universe" has to include Rory, Hunter Mahan, Adam Scott, Sergio, Kaymer, Justin Rose and Keegan.

From that list, I'd say Rory is the leader....

[x129]

Unless I am forgetting somebody this list begins and ends with Rory. Major, 3 wins and ranked #1.

But lets start a list to think about. Feel free to add anyone that has a major or 3+ wins.

1) Martin Kaymer -major and a win, ranked #1 for a brief period

2) Keagan bradley - major and another pga win

3) charles schwartzel - major and a bunch of euro wins

4) Dustin Johnson 5 wins

5) Hunter Mahan 5 wins

6) Sean o'hair -  4 wins

7) Camilo Villegas  3 wins

[x129]

I thought sergio and Adam scott  were both 33 now but I would put Sergio slightly ahead of Rory and Adam slightly after. Rose is like 32 with 4 wins. Definitely top 10 but hard to put him in front of a guy like Rory. But I might be over valuing that major.

Originally Posted by brocks

Probably Sergio, followed by Adam Scott.

[MEfree]

Here are some quick stats that I pulled

		PGA Tour $ (official)	DOB	PGA Tour Wins	Euro Wins	Euros Won	Notes
12	Sergio Garcia	$28,695,284	1/9/1980	7	10	€ 16,735,184
20	Adam Scott	$25,871,262	7/16/1980	8	8	11,451,664	I Euro Win overlaps, not sure about $/Euros
25	Charles Howell III	$23,300,273	6/20/1979	2
31	Hunter Mahan	$20,797,740	5/17/1982	5
38	Justin Rose	$19,175,893	7/30/1980	4	5	€ 8,874,112	I Euro Win overlaps, not sure about $/Euros
52	Sean O'Hair	$16,200,605	7/11/1982	4
53	Nick Watney	$16,188,385	4/25/1981	4
58	Jonathan Byrd	$15,601,919	1/27/1978	5
60	Bubba Watson	$15,519,424	11/5/1978	4
163	Rory McIlroy	$7,733,608	5/4/1989	3	3	€ 11,755,346
332	Martin Kaymer	$2,625,697	12/28/1984	2	10	€ 13,666,715	10 Wins total as both PGA wins count for Euro Tour…not sure how much $/Euros overlap

Ed- Not sure how that formatted for everyone, but Scott and Rose each have 1 win that counted for both Tours and both of Kaymers PGA Tour wins were also counted in his Euro total.  There is also overlapping money for guys that play both tours.  Not sure if the PGA career money list counts money that is won when you are not a PGA Tour member?

[brocks]

Not sure if the PGA career money list counts money that is won when you are not a PGA Tour member?

The "Career Earnings" list says at the bottom, "The total official money earned by a player on the PGA TOUR for his career. This is different from Career Money in that it includes all players, not just members." But the lists appear to be identical through at least the first 100 players, so I don't know what they're doing.