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Sandy Lyle

1958 - Today

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Alexander Walter Barr Lyle (born 9 February 1958) is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sandy Lyle has received more than 753,671 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sandy Lyle is the 39th most popular golfer (down from 34th in 2019), the 7,161st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,395th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Golfer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sandy Lyles by language

Over the past year Sandy Lyle has had the most page views in the with 55,527 views, followed by German (3,408), and Japanese (1,179). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (41.06%), Finnish (34.73%), and Portuguese (27.03%)

Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Sandy Lyle ranks 39 out of 71. Before him are Jon Rahm, Colin Montgomerie, Fred Couples, Inbee Park, Ángel Cabrera, and Adam Scott. After him are Martin Kaymer, Francesco Molinari, Justin Rose, Hideki Matsuyama, Patty Sheehan, and Bubba Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Sandy Lyle ranks 770. Before him are Neil Adams, Cyrille Regis, Alvin Martin, Michael Turtur, Lucky Ali, and Brenda Phillips. After him are Shigekazu Nakamura, Nancy Lieberman, Stephenson King, Michael Steele, Bill Dickens, and Pamela Geller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sandy Lyle ranks 7,161 out of 8,785. Before him are Harry Winks (1996), Scarlett Byrne (1990), Neil Lennon (1971), Tanya Reynolds (1991), Oliver Bearman (2005), and Steve Pemberton (1967). After him are Kevin Gallacher (1966), Caroline Lucas (1960), Georgia Moffett (1984), Katherine Parkinson (1978), Andy King (1988), and Labrinth (1989).

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Among GOLFERS In United Kingdom

Among golfers born in United Kingdom, Sandy Lyle ranks 6. Before him are Old Tom Morris (1821), Nick Faldo (1957), Ian Woosnam (1958), Rory McIlroy (1989), and Colin Montgomerie (1963). After him are Luke Donald (1977), Darren Clarke (1968), Lee Westwood (1973), Ian Poulter (1976), Graeme McDowell (1979), and Danny Willett (1987).

British born Golfers

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