1935 - Today
Gary Jim Player DMS, OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine major championships on the Champions Tour. At the age of 29, Player won the 1965 U.S. Open and became the only non-American to win all four majors in a career, known as the career Grand Slam. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Player has received more than 2,876,903 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Gary Player is the 5th most popular golfer, the 82nd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 86th in 2019) and the most popular South African Golfer.
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Among golfers, Gary Player ranks 5 out of 61. Before him are Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods, and Seve Ballesteros. After him are Ben Hogan, Walter Hagen, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Bernhard Langer, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, and Greg Norman.
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1
1929 - 2016
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 2
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 3
1957 - 2011
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 4
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 5
1912 - 1997
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 6
1892 - 1969
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 7
1911 - 1956
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 8
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 10
1912 - 2002
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 11
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1935, Gary Player ranks 273. Before him are Ryhor Baradulin, Lee Meriwether, Hrvoje Šarinić, Omero Antonutti, Bernard Pivot, and Ronald Lacey. After him are Oscar Panno, Sabahudin Kurt, Rafer Johnson, Pjetër Arbnori, Peter Grant, and Norma Bengell.
1935 - 2014
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 267
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 268
1935 - 2017
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 269
1935 - 2019
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 270
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 271
1935 - 1991
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 272
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 273
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 274
1935 - 2018
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 275
1935 - 2020
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 276
1935 - 2006
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 277
1935 - 1995
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 278
1935 - 2013
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 279
Among people born in South Africa, Gary Player ranks 82 out of 374. Before him are Evelyn Mase (1922), Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Deon Meyer (1958), Oliver Tambo (1917), Walter Sisulu (1912), and Alan Paton (1903). After him are Claude Chevalley (1909), Chris Hani (1942), Max Gluckman (1911), Frances Ames (1920), Jan de Klerk (1903), and Bruce Grobbelaar (1957).
1922 - 2004
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 76
1868 - 1913
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 77
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 78
1917 - 1993
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 79
1912 - 2003
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 80
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 81
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 82
1909 - 1984
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 83
1942 - 1993
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 84
1911 - 1975
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 85
1920 - 2002
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 86
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 87
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 88
Among golfers born in South Africa, Gary Player ranks 1. After him are Nick Price (1957), Ernie Els (1969), Justin Rose (1980), Louis Oosthuizen (1982), and Charl Schwartzel (1984).
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 1
1957 - Present
HPI: 34.02
Rank: 2
1969 - Present
HPI: 32.68
Rank: 3
1980 - Present
HPI: 28.55
Rank: 4
1982 - Present
HPI: 19.11
Rank: 5
1984 - Present
HPI: 18.18
Rank: 6