#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
61	Bob Charles	Golf	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1954–2010	84.5
62	Chick Evans	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1962	84.5
63	Harold Hilton	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1890–1913	84.5
64	Peter Thomson	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1949–1988	84.4
65	Jason Day	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	2006–—	84.4
66	Zach Johnson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2003–—	84.4
68	Mark Calcavecchia	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1981–—	84.2
70	David Duval	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2019	84.1
71	Lee Trevino	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1960–2000	84
73	Bob Martin	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1873–1890	84
76	Jimmy Demaret	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1960	83.8
77	Bryson DeChambeau	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	83.7
79	Jack Burke Jr.	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1975	83.6
81	Lloyd Mangrum	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1963	83.6
83	Tom Lehman	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1982–—	83.5
84	Sandy Lyle	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1977–2020	83.5
86	Stewart Cink	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1995–—	83.3
87	Jay Hebert	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1973	83.2
88	Nick Faldo	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–2015	83.1
92	Al Geiberger	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1959–2001	83
93	George Archer	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1964–2001	83
94	Shigeki Maruyama	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1992–2015	83
95	Ben Crenshaw	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1973–2015	83
97	Chandler Harper	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1965	82.9
98	Graeme McDowell	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2002–—	82.8
99	Dow Finsterwald	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1970	82.7
100	Tony Jacklin	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1963–1994	82.7
101	Steve Jones	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1981–2003	82.7
102	Vic Ghezzi	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1955	82.6
103	Bob Hamilton	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1965	82.5
104	Anders Hansen	Golf	🇩🇰 Denmark	1996–2018	82.5
105	Seve Ballesteros	Golf	🇪🇸 Spain	1974–2007	82.4
106	Vijay Singh	Golf	🇫🇯 Fiji	1982–—	82.4
107	Johnny Farrell	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1950	82.4
111	Dick Burton	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1930–1955	82.2
112	Collin Morikawa	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	82.1
113	Walter Burkemo	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1965	82.1
114	Lawson Little	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1957	82.1
115	Arnaud Massy	Golf	🇫🇷 France	1902–1930	82
116	Steve Elkington	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1985–2015	81.9
117	Sandy Herd	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1885–1930	81.9
118	Jim Ferrier	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1935–1970	81.9
119	Jock Hutchison	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1910–1935	81.9
120	Scottie Scheffler	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	81.8
121	David Graham	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1970–2000	81.8
122	Greg Norman	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1976–2009	81.7
123	Ernie Els	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1989–—	81.7
124	Gay Brewer	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1990	81.7
125	Isao Aoki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1964–2015	81.6
126	Shane Lowry	Golf	🇮🇪 Ireland	2009–—	81.6

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