Article On: The Greatest Golfer From Every State

[boogielicious]

How did I not make this list?

http://www.golf.com/article-list/the-fab-50-the-greatest-ever-golfer-from-every-state

OK, Francis Ouimet may have a leg up on me.

[SavvySwede]

NJ needs to step up its game. I never heard of Vic Ghezzi.

[Club Rat]

It would be cool to see only the best Amateur's only, both in Men & Women, also. 

Great history of many of the games greatest.  

My Uncle declares my love of golf comes from distant a relative in the family from Illinois. Which should make me distant cousins with Jay Haas and have a distant nephew, Bill Haas.

[mvmac]

3 hours ago, SavvySwede said:

NJ needs to step up its game. I never heard of Vic Ghezzi.

It's interesting you don't see more great players from NJ or NY with all the great golf history and courses they have.

The people also didn't consider depth of filed when they picked Mickey Wright for best player from California 

(I also get that they were trying to be a little "shocking" with some of their picks.) 

[Pendragon]

4 hours ago, boogielicious said:

How did I not make this list?

http://www.golf.com/article-list/the-fab-50-the-greatest-ever-golfer-from-every-state

OK, Francis Ouimet may have a leg up on me.

What's interesting about this list is how many states there are whose best players are either complete unknowns or golfers whose accomplishments are not all that special. 

[SavvySwede]

5 hours ago, Pendragon said:

What's interesting about this list is how many states there are whose best players are either complete unknowns or golfers whose accomplishments are not all that special. 

There is simply no competing with people who grew up with year round golf weather. More proof that practice far outweighs talent.

[SL3PR]

I would love to see them put together a "best golfer by country" list. I bet it would cause some serious pub brawls across the pond.

[davechen]

What?  They put Tiger in Florida, not California.

[boogielicious]

13 hours ago, SavvySwede said:

There is simply no competing with people who grew up with year round golf weather. More proof that practice far outweighs talent.

Jack Nicklaus is from Ohio. Arnold Palmer is from PA. It gets pretty cold and snowy there.

[SavvySwede]

2 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Jack Nicklaus is from Ohio. Arnold Palmer is from PA. It gets pretty cold and snowy there.

Rare exceptions.

[boogielicious]

17 minutes ago, SavvySwede said:

Rare exceptions.

Keegan Bradley is from Vermont.

[SavvySwede]

17 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Keegan Bradley is from Vermont.

Few pros come from the north and those that do don't tend to stick around for very long. If you want to list every individual example ok, but I don't see how it undermines my point.

[JKolya]

ojI had the opportunity to write an article for Bleacher Report a few years ago - they wanted a slide show format, and this was my idea. I ended up turning it down as I didn't have the time and for me it was just for fun, but I have my notes and initial ideas. 

I had a more stringent methodology, and criteria. I said something like they had to relocate before the age of 21 to be considered from that state, or if they attended college and then stayed there they could be considered from the new state, so Woods was from California. Which I think he should have been here, but they really wad Wright included. 

My rough draft also included honorable mentions up to five, and then ranked the states overall. Texas was number one.