#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
127	Olin Dutra	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1950	81.6
128	Lionel Hebert	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1980	81.6
129	Hubert Green	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1996	81.6
130	Keegan Bradley	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.5
131	Willie Fernie	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1880–1900	81.5
132	Alex Čejka	Golf	🇩🇪 Germany	1992–—	81.5
133	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	Golf	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1960–2005	81.4
134	Laurie Auchterlonie	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1915	81.4
135	Leo Diegel	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1940	81.4
137	Peter Hanson	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1998–2019	81.2
139	Lee Janzen	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1986–—	81.1
142	Larry Mize	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2023	81
143	John Mahaffey	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1971–2007	81
144	Arthur Havers	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1920–1939	81
145	Tommy Aaron	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1961–2000	80.9
146	Ralph Guldahl	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1942	80.9
147	Larry Nelson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1971–2011	80.8
149	Kel Nagle	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1946–1980	80.8
151	Thomas Bjørn	Golf	🇩🇰 Denmark	1993–—	80.7
152	William Auchterlonie	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1890–1920	80.6
156	Matt Fitzpatrick	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2014–—	80.4
157	Paul Azinger	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1981–2010	80.2
158	Curtis Strange	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1976–2005	80.1
160	Brian Harman	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	80.1
161	Mark O'Meara	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2019	80
162	Bubba Watson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2002–—	80
163	Lucas Glover	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2001–—	80
164	Fred Daly	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1936–1970	79.9
165	Brooks Koepka	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	79.8
166	David Brown	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1886–1905	79.8
167	Paul Lawrie	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 United Kingdom	1986–2020	79.7
168	Justin Leonard	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2018	79.7
170	Thorbjørn Olesen	Golf	🇩🇰 Denmark	2008–—	79.4
173	Louis Oosthuizen	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	2002–—	79.1
174	Tommy Fleetwood	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2010–—	79.1
175	Michael Campbell	Golf	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1993–2016	79.1
176	Max Faulkner	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1946–1980	79
177	Jon Rahm	Golf	🇪🇸 Spain	2016–—	78.9
178	Camilo Villegas	Golf	🇨🇴 Colombia	2004–—	78.9
179	Cameron Smith	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	2013–—	78.8
180	Tony Lema	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1966	78.8
181	Mike Weir	Golf	🇨🇦 Canada	1992–—	78.7
182	Emiliano Grillo	Golf	🇦🇷 Argentina	2011–—	78.7
183	José María Olazábal	Golf	🇪🇸 Spain	1985–—	78.6
184	Dave Marr	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1974	78.6
185	Justin Rose	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1998–—	78.5
186	Xander Schauffele	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	78.5
187	Bob Goalby	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1990	78.5
188	Joakim Haeggman	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1989–2015	78.5
189	Søren Kjeldsen	Golf	🇩🇰 Denmark	1995–—	78.5

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