Who are the 10 best golfers from pre-WWII, Britain and America? Why?

Answer 1

Bobby Jones --------Do I really need to explain!
Walter Hagen--------Tiger only just past his majors total
Gene Sarazen------1st ever Professional Career Grand Slam
Harry Vardon--------6 British Opens
Tommy Armour----British & US opens & US PGA ret. pre Masters
Willie Anderson-----4 US opens, including 3 in a row 1903-05
James Braid---------5 British Opens
John H Taylor--------5 British Opens
Old Tom Morris-----4 British Opens
Tom Morris Jnr-----4 British Opens Pioneered Professional Game

Tommy Armour was also probably one of the greatest teachers the game has ever known. When he first started teaching in 1935 he commanded a fee of $50 a lesson. Work that in todays dollars baby!
I still believe that to this day he has written the best instruction book on golf that has ever been written.
" How to Play Your Best Golf all of the Time"

I left a very good player out of the Top 10 but he would come in at 11. That is Leo Diegel He won 2 USPGA Titles 1928-29. He stopped Walter Hagen in 1928 he also had a total of 26 tour victories
His instruction book:
"The 9 Bad Shots of Golf and What to do About Them",
if still in print should be read by everyone who asks a swing or bad shot question on Answers because it is still as relevent today as it was when he wrote it.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Golf originated in Scotland and was sledom played outside Europe and Noth america prior to WW II. There were very few golf course outside the USA, Britian, Canada and Spain prior to 1940.
Here are some original dates golf was introduced.
India 1829 Calcutta (then Bombay in 1842).
France 1856 Pau, first golf on the Continent.
Canada 1873 Montreal.
USA 1888 St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers, New-York.
Hong Kong 1891 Hong Kong.
China 1896 Shangaï.
Japan 1903 Kobe, Mont Rokko

The very best pre 1940 are
Bobby Jones,
Byron Nelson,
Gene Sarazen,
Walter Hagen,
Harry Varden,
Young Tom Morris,
Willie Anderson,
Horton Smith,
Bobby Locke,
Macdonald Smith

Answer 4

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