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A poll about the Greatest Golfer of All Time was conducted on the ESPN Sport Science website in 2012. The voting was based on the best athlete (not player) who has a combination of strength, speed, endurance, quickness, durability and the other attributes that make an athlete elite. See more about the ESPN Sport Science poll to determine the Greatest Athlete of All Time. See also our discussion of the greatest ever golf player.

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Nominees

Who is the greatest golf athlete of all time?

1. Sam Snead
2. Jack Nicklaus
3. Ben Hogan
4. Arnold Palmer
5. Tiger Woods 

And the winner was ...

Tiger Woods, with 57% of the vote.

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Related Pages

• Our poll about Who is the greatest male golfer of all time?
• Who Is The Fittest Golfer Ever?
• The ESPN Sport Science poll to determine the Greatest Athlete of All Time.
• Our discussion of the greatest ever golf player.
• More about golf

Old Comments

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• Everything considered it has to be Tiger Woods. Competition is better now than in Jack's era. (from Greg, Mar 2013)