'The Golf 100' isn't so much a pecking order of greatest players. It's an index of lively profiles

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'