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Tom Watson

1949 - Today

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Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949) is an American retired professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading golfers in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times. He was the number one player in the world according to McCormack's World Golf Rankings from 1978 until 1982; in both 1983 and 1984, he was ranked second behind Seve Ballesteros. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Watson has received more than 79,256 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Watson is the 13th most popular golfer (up from 14th in 2019), the 12,099th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,760th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Golfer.

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  • 79k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Tom Watson ranks 13 out of 71. Before him are Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Bernhard Langer, Walter Hagen, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, and Greg Norman. After him are Byron Nelson, Gene Sarazen, Old Tom Morris, Annika Sörenstam, George Lyon, and Nick Faldo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Tom Watson ranks 716. Before him are Claudia Jennings, Hannu Siitonen, Simon Kirke, Denis Johnson, Tim Renwick, and Ghulam Nabi Azad. After him are Pierre Bayonne, Viktor Kupreichik, Mike Boit, Brian Kerwin, Isabelle Mir, and Rauno Miettinen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Watson ranks 12,099 out of 20,380. Before him are Amy Sherman-Palladino (1966), Michael Romeo (1968), Mark Feuerstein (1971), Alvin Drew (1962), Wayne Morris (1914), and Max Abramovitz (1908). After him are Eddie Bernice Johnson (1935), Lucille Bliss (1916), Jamie Clayton (1978), David Goggins (1975), Chad Lindberg (1976), and Natalia Dyer (1995).

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Among GOLFERS In United States

Among golfers born in United States, Tom Watson ranks 9. Before him are Arnold Palmer (1929), Ben Hogan (1912), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911), Walter Hagen (1892), Lee Trevino (1939), and Sam Snead (1912). After him are Byron Nelson (1912), Gene Sarazen (1902), Phil Mickelson (1970), John Daly (1966), Fred Couples (1959), and Patty Sheehan (1956).

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