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Evans vs Morris

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EvansWinner
84.5

Evans wins: Longevity

Morris
84.5

Morris wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Chick Evans
84.5

Evans leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Won the US Open and US Amateur in the same 1916 season as an amateur.

1. Chick Evans
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. 🇺🇸 Chick Evans5 seasons played · career day 1,825222 wins
-29.7% vs Morris at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Evans003067222530
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 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.

MetricEvansRetiredMorrisRetired
US Open titles1
US Amateur titles2
Western Amateur titles8
US Amateur appearances50
Seasons in competition56
Open Championships4
Consecutive Open titles4
Championship Belt retired1
Age at first Open win17
Open scoring records set3
Dominance w25%8094
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%9258
Honours w20%8088
Statistics w15%7884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Evans84.5
Morris84.5
The people
Evans
Morris

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