Question of the week [April 21-27]: A recently published book, "The Golf 100," ranks the greatest players of all time. Who would you rank as the top 10 of all time (male or female; in order)?
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1. Tiger Woods
2. Jack Nicklaus
3. Lee Trevino
4. Ben Hogan
5. Lorena Ochoa
6. Mickey Wright
7. Sam Snead
8. Annika Sorenstam
9. Walter Hagen
10. Gary Player
Bob Celli
Longwood, Florida
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1. Tiger Woods
2. Jack Nicklaus
3. Arnold Palmer
4. Ben Hogan
5. Annika Sorrenstam
6. Bobby Jones
7. Babe Didrikson Zaharias (best pure athlete on the list)
8. Gary Player
9. Sam Snead
10. Karrie Webb
Tim King
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Presuming immortality matters most, so majors is the measure and you should be evaluated versus how you dominated the competition on hand. Finally there should be an extended period of relevance — eight years.
1. Bobby Jones
2. ... none close ...
3. Jack Nicklaus
4. Tiger Woods
5. Ben Hogan
6. Walter Hagen
7. Gary Player
8. Harry Vardon
9. Gene Sarazen
10. Sam Snead
Brent Myers
Kidron, Ohio
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1. Jack Nicklaus
2. Tiger Woods
3. Bobby Jones
4. Gary Player
5. Mickey Wright
6. Ben Hogan
7. Sam Snead
8. Kathy Whitworth
9. Arnold Palmer
10. Byron Nelson
Bahnson Stanley
Atlanta, Georgia
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1. Jack Nicklaus
2. Tiger Woods
3. Bobby Jones
4. Byron Nelson
5. Arnold Palmer
6. Sam Snead
7. Seve Ballesteros
8. Tom Watson
9. Annika Sorenstam
10. Gene Sarazen
Paul Vicary
The Villages, Florida
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1. Jack Nicklaus
2. Tiger Woods
3. Ben Hogan
4. Arnold Palmer
5. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
6. Gary Player
7. Walter Hagen
8. Annika Sorenstam
9. Patty Berg
10. Bobby Jones
Mike Bruckner
Haymarket, Virginia
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Front: From left, Jack Nicklaus, Hale Irwin and Tiger Woods talk during at the 2018 Memorial Tournament pro-am in Dublin, Ohio.
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