The 27 Greatest Women's Golfers of All Time

Women's golf has produced legends who changed the sport forever — from Babe Didrikson Zaharias to Annika Sorenstam to Nelly Korda. Who do you think is the greatest of all time?

1. 1
   Annika Sorenstam

   The modern-era GOAT with 72 LPGA victories and 10 major championships, dominant across two decades and the only woman ever to shoot 59 in competition.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Kathy Whitworth

   Holder of the all-time professional golf record with 88 LPGA Tour wins, representing a level of consistency and longevity no one in the sport has surpassed.
   735pts
3. 3
   Yani Tseng

   Taiwanese star who became the youngest golfer to win five majors, at 22, and held the world number one ranking for 109 weeks.
   710pts
4. 4
   Laura Davies

   England's most celebrated golfer, a long hitter with four majors, 20 LPGA titles and appearances in the first twelve Solheim Cups.
   710pts
5. 5
   Karrie Webb

   Australia's greatest golfer, with 41 LPGA wins and seven majors, the first player to complete the Super Career Grand Slam.
   695pts
6. 6
   Mickey Wright

   Widely considered the greatest ball-striker in women's golf history, with 82 LPGA wins and 13 majors, admired even by Ben Hogan for her flawless swing.
   633pts
7. 7
   Patty Berg

   First president of the LPGA and holder of the record 15 major championships among her 60 tour victories.
   602pts
8. 8
   Ko Jin-young

   South Korean who spent a record 163 weeks as world number one and won two majors in 2019, the ANA Inspiration and the Evian Championship.
   588pts
9. 9
   Stacy Lewis

   Overcame scoliosis surgery to win 13 LPGA events, two majors and two Player of the Year awards while rising to world number one.
   481pts
10. 10
    Louise Suggs

    An LPGA co-founder and prolific champion with 61 victories and 11 major titles, renowned for a technically perfect ball-striking game.
    481pts
11. 11
    Beth Daniel

    Hall of Famer with 33 LPGA wins, the 1990 LPGA Championship and two Player of the Year awards, known for her pure ball-striking.
    417pts
12. 12
    Lorena Ochoa

    Mexico's greatest sporting legend spent four straight years as world number one, winning 27 LPGA events before retiring at 28 at the height of her powers.
    417pts
13. 13
    Judy Rankin

    Diminutive Texan with 26 LPGA wins who in 1976 became the first player to earn over 100,000 dollars in a season, later a two-time Solheim Cup captain.
    417pts
14. 14
    Suzann Pettersen

    Norway's greatest golfer, with 15 LPGA wins and two majors, who holed the winning putt at the 2019 Solheim Cup and retired on the spot.
    417pts
15. 15
    Babe Didrikson Zaharias

    Olympic track champion turned golfer who co-founded the LPGA, won 10 majors and took the 1954 U.S. Women's Open after cancer surgery.
    344pts
16. 16
    Cristie Kerr

    Winner of 20 LPGA titles and two majors, including a 12-shot LPGA Championship in 2010, and the first American to reach world number one.
    344pts
17. 17
    Nelly Korda

    Tokyo Olympic champion and two-time major winner whose seven LPGA titles in 2024, including the Chevron Championship, made her the dominant force of her generation.
    344pts
18. 18
    Inbee Park

    The leader of South Korea's golden generation, amassing 7 major championships and an Olympic gold medal in a career defined by elite putting and cool precision.
    344pts
19. 19
    Betsy Rawls

    Physics graduate who won 55 LPGA events and eight majors, including four U.S. Women's Opens, before becoming a respected rules official.
    344pts
20. 20
    Se Ri Pak

    Won two majors as a 1998 rookie, including a famous barefoot U.S. Women's Open playoff, and inspired South Korea's golf boom with 25 LPGA wins.
    344pts
21. 21
    Nancy Lopez

    The charismatic force who ignited an LPGA popularity boom in the late 1970s, winning nine tournaments in her rookie year including five consecutively.
    344pts
22. 22
    Juli Inkster

    Three-time U.S. Women's Amateur champion who went on to 31 LPGA wins and seven majors across a career lasting more than three decades.
    259pts
23. 23
    Lydia Ko

    Became the youngest world number one at 17, won three majors and completed a set of Olympic medals with gold in Paris to enter the Hall of Fame.
    259pts
24. 24
    Glenna Collett-Vare

    Dominant amateur of the 1920s and 1930s who won a record six U.S. Women's Amateur titles; the LPGA's Vare Trophy bears her name.
    259pts
25. 25
    Carol Mann

    Towering champion who won 38 LPGA events, including the 1965 U.S. Women's Open, and later served as LPGA president.
    160pts
26. 26
    Ariya Jutanugarn

    Thailand's first major champion and first world number one, winning the 2016 Women's British Open and the 2018 U.S. Women's Open.
    160pts
27. 27
    Shin Ji-yai

    Two-time Women's British Open champion and the 2010 world number one, nicknamed the Final Round Queen, with dozens of titles across the LPGA, Korean and Japanese tours.
    0pts

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