GOLFER

Ian Woosnam

1958 - Today

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Ian Harold Woosnam (born 2 March 1958) is a Welsh professional golfer. Nicknamed "Woosie", Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup. His peers in this group were Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, and Sandy Lyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Woosnam has received more than 720,078 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ian Woosnam is the 25th most popular golfer (down from 22nd in 2019), the 6,668th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,901st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Golfer.

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  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Ian Woosnam ranks 25 out of 71. Before him are Nick Faldo, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Pak Se-ri, and Nick Price. After him are Rory McIlroy, Ernie Els, John Daly, Peter Thomson, Lorena Ochoa, and Sergio García.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Ian Woosnam ranks 727. Before him are José María Rivas, Steven Smith, Dirk Hafemeister, Maria Cantwell, Peter Wisoff, and Mamta Chandrakar. After him are Tina Smith, Marc William Buie, Elizabeth Diller, Kevin Hooks, Bill Haslam, and Paul Whitehouse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Woosnam ranks 6,668 out of 8,785. Before him are Heather Sears (1935), Frank McLintock (1939), Stephen Campbell Moore (1979), Barry Hawkins (1979), Ronnie Carroll (1934), and Robert Aramayo (1992). After him are Beryl Reid (1919), Burial (2000), Eddie Clamp (1934), Maurice Setters (1936), Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950), and Edwin Morgan (1920).

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Among GOLFERS In United Kingdom

Among golfers born in United Kingdom, Ian Woosnam ranks 3. Before him are Old Tom Morris (1821), and Nick Faldo (1957). After him are Rory McIlroy (1989), Colin Montgomerie (1963), Sandy Lyle (1958), Luke Donald (1977), Darren Clarke (1968), Lee Westwood (1973), Ian Poulter (1976), Graeme McDowell (1979), and Danny Willett (1987).

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