Most Underrated Player of All-Time??

[Writehooks]

Lee Trevino.
Besides being an all-time great (29 Tour wins and 6 majors, including PGA Championships 10 years apart, in 1974 and '84), "SuperMex" was almost single-handedly responsible for transforming televised golf from dreary, mind-numbing formality to a what it is today: colorful, exciting ... and often full of spontaneous fun. One of the few golfers to be named sports personality of the year by both Sports Illustrated and The Associated Press in the same year (1971).

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Great Topic! Here are my entries:

Chick Evans - Won the 1916 US Open and had a stellar career but was overshadowed by Ouimet and Bobby Jones.

"Old Man" Walter Travis - Didnt play until age 35, won 3 US Amateurs and was the first American to win the British Amateur.

Se Ri Pak - 5 major championships and the reason Korean women rule ladies golf right now.

[Mikehealer]

This is a good topic.
I agree with Casper, he would be on very few lists of all time greats, but his record suggests he probably should.

Another underrated one Hubert Green-although maybe not a truly great player
he was very good and won quite a few tournaments from the mid '70s to the mid '80's and a couple of majors. Also had one of the best short games ever.

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Originally Posted by Mikehealer

Another underrated one Hubert Green-although maybe not a truly great player
he was very good and won quite a few tournaments from the mid '70s to the mid '80's and a couple of majors. Also had one of the best short games ever.

He won the 77 US Open under a sniper's death threat too. They said they were going to shoot him on the 15th and Green didnt find out about it until he was walking off of the 14th green. Talk about pressure!!

[Mikehealer]

I remembered the death threat, but did not remember the specifics. Thanks for the refresher.

[Golfcollector]

Hagen should be credited with more majors. The Western Open was considered a major during the time Hagen played and if you count those tournaments, that makes 16 majors.

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Was looking up the Western Open and came across Willie Anderson a 4-time US Open winner, who is still the only man to win three consecutive US Open titles. He also won four Western Opens. Unfortunately he died at age 30. He supposedly played with only 8 clubs in days when there was no limit.