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Charles vs Morris

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CharlesWinner
84.5

Charles wins: Longevity

Morris
84.5

Morris wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇿 Bob Charles
84.5

Charles leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. The first left-hander to win a major, taking the 1963 Open Championship.

1. Bob Charles
84.5
2. Young Tom Morris
84.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Wins per season

Career timeline · Wins per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Wins per season
1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Young Tom Morris5 seasons played · career day 1,825316 wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇿 Bob Charles5 seasons played · career day 1,825197 wins
-37.7% vs Morris at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇿 Charles002557197485
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Morris004092316650

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricCharlesRetiredMorrisRetired
Major titles1
PGA Tour wins6
Champions Tour wins23
Senior major titles2
Professional wins worldwide70
Open Championships4
Consecutive Open titles4
Championship Belt retired1
Age at first Open win17
Open scoring records set3
Dominance w25%7894
Peak w20%8896
Longevity w20%9458
Honours w20%8088
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Charles84.5
Morris84.5
The people
Charles
Morris

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