#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
125	Isao Aoki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1964–2015	81.6
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
131	Willie Fernie	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1880–1900	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
136	So Yeon Ryu	Golf	🇰🇷 South Korea	2008–2023	81.2
137	Peter Hanson	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1998–2019	81.2
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
150	Lorena Ochoa	Golf	🇲🇽 Mexico	2002–2010	80.7
152	William Auchterlonie	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1890–1920	80.6
155	Suzann Pettersen	Golf	🇳🇴 Norway	2000–2019	80.4
157	Paul Azinger	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1981–2010	80.2
158	Curtis Strange	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1976–2005	80.1
161	Mark O'Meara	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2019	80
164	Fred Daly	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1936–1970	79.9
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
175	Michael Campbell	Golf	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1993–2016	79.1
176	Max Faulkner	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1946–1980	79
180	Tony Lema	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1966	78.8
184	Dave Marr	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1974	78.6
187	Bob Goalby	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1990	78.5
188	Joakim Haeggman	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1989–2015	78.5
192	John McDermott	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1915	78.3
193	Trevor Immelman	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1999–2020	78.2
194	Tom Kidd	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1868–1884	78.2
195	Jack Burns	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1880–1895	78.2
196	Mark Brooks	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2013	78.1
198	Nick Price	Golf	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1977–2014	78
199	Charles Coody	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1999	78
202	Fred McLeod	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1950	77.7
203	Chick Harbert	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1970	77.7
209	Tom Creavy	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1928–1940	77.4
211	Tommy Bolt	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1970	77.3
213	Michelle Wie	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2023	77.2
216	Billy Burke	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1950	76.9
217	Jerry Barber	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1980	76.9
218	Fred Herd	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1895–1910	76.9
219	Joe Lloyd	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1894–1910	76.9
220	Lou Graham	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1990	76.8

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