Golf world rankings

In honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Gary Van Sickle offers his 10 most important English golf figures from, oh, the last 500 years.

He was the voice of golf for many. He delighted in the game and passed that enthusiasm on. 1 in the world ranking for 97 weeks, and his work ethic, accuracy, array of shots and single-minded focus on golf made him seem like an English version of Ben Hogan. While his father was quite a good player in the really old days and Alliss himself had a very good career, winning 20 times and playing on eight Ryder Cup teams, he’s a Hall of Famer for his broadcasting career. In fact, he won by five shots and Ray wasn’t even a factor by the time he shot 40 on the final nine. In case of trivia outbreak: Taylor captained the 1933 British Ryder Cup team, the only captain on either side who never played in a Ryder Cup match. His brand was The Great Triumverate—he and fellow Brits James Braid and Harry Vardon, the three men who dominated turn-of-the-century British golf. When the PGA of America started its Hall of Fame, he was among the first 12 inductees. Open and had longevity](https://www.si.com/golf/news/feature-2020-01-22-any-world-golf-hall-of-fame-expansion-should-include-ted-ray), qualifying for a British Open when he was 60, was not accurately portrayed in Disney’s Ouimet movie, “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” The film erroneously showed Ouimet holing a putt to win. Poulter never won a major, his big moments were a pair of World Golf Championships, but he is the modern Mr. Isn’t he the English Tom Brady, the kind of guy you love if he’s on your team and you can’t stand if he’s on the other team? She is a member of the Hall of Fame.