Top 38 Golfers of the 2010s

The decade after Tiger Woods stopped winning majors and before he won one more. Nobody quite took over.

1. 1
   Rory McIlroy

   Four majors in the decade, FedEx Cups in 2016 and 2019, and Order of Merit titles in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Brooks Koepka

   Four majors between 2017 and 2019.
   601pts
3. 3
   Jason Day

   Won the 2015 PGA Championship and reached world number one.
   532pts
4. 4
   Martin Kaymer

   Won the 2010 PGA Championship and the 2014 US Open by eight shots, and reached world number one in 2011.
   492pts
5. 5
   Shane Lowry

   Won the 2019 Open at Royal Portrush by six shots, the first Open in Northern Ireland since 1951.
   492pts
6. 6
   Francesco Molinari

   Won the 2018 Open at Carnoustie.
   446pts
7. 7
   Luke Donald

   Spent 56 weeks at world number one and in 2011 became the first player to top the money lists in America and Europe.
   446pts
8. 8
   Adam Scott

   Won the 2013 Masters, the first Australian to do it.
   446pts
9. 9
   Lee Westwood

   Ended Tiger Woods's five-year reign at world number one in 2010, the year he was runner-up at both the Masters and the Open.
   394pts
10. 10
    Bubba Watson

    Two Masters titles, in 2012 and 2014.
    394pts
11. 11
    Graeme McDowell

    Won the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach and holed the winning putt for Europe at the Ryder Cup that autumn.
    394pts
12. 12
    Danny Willett

    Won the 2016 Masters when Jordan Spieth collapsed on the back nine, the first English winner since Nick Faldo.
    394pts
13. 13
    Charl Schwartzel

    South African who birdied the last four holes at Augusta to win the 2011 Masters by two shots.
    394pts
14. 14
    Webb Simpson

    Won the 2012 US Open at the Olympic Club and the 2018 Players Championship.
    394pts
15. 15
    Dustin Johnson

    Won the 2016 US Open and spent long stretches ranked first in the world.
    333pts
16. 16
    Patrick Reed

    Won the 2018 Masters and became Captain America with his Ryder Cup singles win over Rory McIlroy in 2016.
    333pts
17. 17
    Justin Thomas

    Won the 2017 PGA Championship and the FedEx Cup the same year.
    333pts
18. 18
    Ernie Els

    Came from six shots back to win the 2012 Open at Royal Lytham, his fourth major and second Claret Jug.
    333pts
19. 19
    Gary Woodland

    Held off Brooks Koepka to win the 2019 US Open at Pebble Beach.
    333pts
20. 20
    Jim Furyk

    Won the 2010 FedEx Cup and shot 58 at the 2016 Travelers, the lowest round in PGA Tour history.
    333pts
21. 21
    Louis Oosthuizen

    Won the 2010 Open at St Andrews by seven shots and finished runner-up in all four majors over the decade.
    333pts
22. 22
    Jordan Spieth

    Three majors before his twenty-fourth birthday.
    262pts
23. 23
    Darren Clarke

    Won the 2011 Open at Royal St George's at forty-two, at his twentieth attempt.
    262pts
24. 24
    Zach Johnson

    Won the 2015 Open at St Andrews in a four-hole playoff, eight years after his Masters title.
    262pts
25. 25
    Henrik Stenson

    Won the 2016 Open in one of the great final-round duels.
    262pts
26. 26
    Keegan Bradley

    Won the 2011 PGA Championship in his first major start, the first player to win a major with a long putter.
    262pts
27. 27
    Justin Rose

    Won the 2013 US Open and Olympic gold in 2016.
    179pts
28. 28
    Sergio Garcia

    Won the 2017 Masters at his seventy-fourth major attempt.
    179pts
29. 29
    Tiger Woods

    Won the 2019 Masters, eleven years after his previous major.
    179pts
30. 30
    Phil Mickelson

    Won the 2013 Open at Muirfield.
    179pts
31. 31
    Jimmy Walker

    Won five PGA Tour events in 2014 and 2015 and the 2016 PGA Championship at Baltusrol.
    179pts
32. 32
    Jon Rahm

    Turned professional in 2016 and before the decade was out had won the Race to Dubai and two Spanish Opens.
    179pts
33. 33
    Inbee Park

    Won six majors between 2013 and 2015, including three in a row in 2013, completed the career Grand Slam and took Olympic gold in 2016.
34. 34
    Yani Tseng

    Won four majors from 2010 to 2011 and spent 109 consecutive weeks as world number one, the youngest golfer of either sex to reach five majors.
35. 35
    Lydia Ko

    Became the youngest world number one in golf history at seventeen in 2015 and won the Evian Championship and the ANA Inspiration within a year.
36. 36
    Stacy Lewis

    Won the 2011 Kraft Nabisco and the 2013 Women's British Open at St Andrews, reached world number one and was LPGA Player of the Year twice.
37. 37
    Ariya Jutanugarn

    Became Thailand's first major champion at the 2016 Women's British Open, added the 2018 US Women's Open and was LPGA Player of the Year both years.
38. 38
    Ko Jin-young

    Won the ANA Inspiration and the Evian Championship in 2019, rose to world number one and was named LPGA Player of the Year.

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