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In golf, it's all about winning majors, and we have seen some prolific champions over the years.Players with one or two major victories will have enjoyed a brilliant career but these legends of the game turned the biggest tournaments into their bread and butter.4Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are two of golf's greatest ever playersCredit: GettyPhil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are the players still competing at the top level who could yet break into this list.All four will hope for glory at the upcoming 2025 Masters and move a step closer to the all-time greats.Tiger Woods,
From left to right, Jack Nicklaus, Mickey Wright, Tiger Woods and Bobby Jones are among author Michael Arkush's greatest players of all time. (Photo Illustration by Los Angeles Times, Photos by Associated Press)From John McDermott's fragile psyche to the sustained excellence of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — or Woods and Nicklaus; no spoiler here on who's No. 1 — this countdown of the top golfers is less a list than an index of insightful, lively profiles rife with anecdotes centered on their most joyous and miserable moments.Advertisement'The Golf 100: A spirited ranking of the greatest players of all time'