Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Wins per season
| Season | Wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 30 | |
| 1937 | 35 | |
| 1938 | 39 | |
| 1939 | 44 | |
| 1940 | 49 | |
| 1941 | 54 | |
| 1942 | 58 | |
| 1943 | 63 | |
| 1944 | 68 | |
| 1945 | 72 | |
| 1946 | 77 | |
| 1947 | 82 | |
| 1948 | 87 | |
| 1949 | 91 | |
| 1950 | 96 | |
| 1951 | 93 | |
| 1952 | 90 | |
| 1953 | 87 | |
| 1954 | 84 | |
| 1955 | 81 | |
| 1956 | 78 | |
| 1957 | 75 | |
| 1958 | 72 | |
| 1959 | 69 | |
| 1960 | 66 | |
| 1961 | 63 | |
| 1962 | 60 | |
| 1963 | 56 | |
| 1964 | 53 | |
| 1965 | 50 | |
| 1966 | 47 | |
| 1967 | 44 | |
| 1968 | 41 | |
| 1969 | 38 | |
| 1970 | 35 | |
| 1971 | 32 | |
| 1972 | 29 | |
| 1973 | 26 | |
| 1974 | 23 | |
| 1975 | 20 |
Data sources
- PGA Tour records
- The R&A championship archives
- World Golf Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bobby Locke ranks #10 in Golf
Bobby Locke ranks 10th among Golf athletes on GOAT Rank and 2613th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Golf reference universe of 265 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1936–1975 with 40 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1950, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes open championships 4, pga tour wins 15, south african open titles 9, professional wins worldwide 74.
Immediately ahead sits James Braid on 90.1, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Raymond Floyd on 89.7. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Bobby Locke GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Locke stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Golf cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1950. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 39 years of competition and 40 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Locke comparisons
Bobby Locke — frequently asked
- Is Bobby Locke the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bobby Locke ranks 10th in Golf with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Jack Nicklaus on 95.0.
- What is Bobby Locke's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bobby Locke rank all time?
- 2613th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Golf.
- Bobby Locke vs James Braid: who ranks higher?
- James Braid, on 90.1 against Bobby Locke's 89.9 — a margin of 0.2 points.