# Who was the best golfer of the 2010s?

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

*By YPB Team · Published September 4, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-was-the-best-golfer-of-the-2010s*

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1. **Rory McIlroy**
   Four majors in the decade, FedEx Cups in 2016 and 2019, and Order of Merit titles in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
2. **Jordan Spieth**
   Three majors before his twenty-fourth birthday.
3. **Brooks Koepka**
   Four majors between 2017 and 2019.
4. **Dustin Johnson**
   Won the 2016 US Open and spent long stretches ranked first in the world.
5. **Justin Thomas**
   Won the 2017 PGA Championship and the FedEx Cup the same year.
6. **Jason Day**
   Won the 2015 PGA Championship and reached world number one.
7. **Bubba Watson**
   Two Masters titles, in 2012 and 2014.
8. **Henrik Stenson**
   Won the 2016 Open in one of the great final-round duels.
9. **Adam Scott**
   Won the 2013 Masters, the first Australian to do it.
10. **Justin Rose**
   Won the 2013 US Open and Olympic gold in 2016.
11. **Sergio Garcia**
   Won the 2017 Masters at his seventy-fourth major attempt.
12. **Tiger Woods**
   Won the 2019 Masters, eleven years after his previous major.
13. **Phil Mickelson**
   Won the 2013 Open at Muirfield.
14. **Francesco Molinari**
   Won the 2018 Open at Carnoustie.

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