Here are the top 10 players of the decade who authored so many flashes of stardom. 10. Phil Mickelson: He won seven PGA Tour titles and also played in every Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup except one during the decade. 9. Bubba Watson: While he wowed galleries everywhere with his pink driver and prodigious firepower, he was one of the best on and around the greens. 8. Justin Rose: He won 10 PGA Tour titles. He won the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion, won the 2018 FedExCup at 38. 7. Jason Day: Day won 12 times in the decade, including his lone major title at the 2015 PGA Championship. He also became No. 1 in the world. 6. Justin Thomas: His 2017 was one of the decade’s best years, as he won his maiden major at the PGA Championship, captured five titles in all and won the FedExCup. He also reached No. 1. 5. Tiger Woods: He added three Tour titles to his haul in 2012 and five more in 2013, when he was named the PGA Tour Player of the Year. Nonetheless, I think we all know that the past year will forever live in the history books. 4. Jordan Spieth: In 2015, he posted the decade’s best year and flirted with the Grand Slam as he won the Masters and U.S. Open, finished in a tie for fourth in the British Open (one stroke out of a playoff) and second in the PGA. 3. Brooks Koepka: From 2017-19, he won his four majors and became the first player ever to go back-to-back in the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. 2. Dustin Johnson: He tied for the most victories in the decade with 18, among them his lone major at the 2016 U.S. Open, six World Golf Championships and four wins in the FedExCup Playoffs. 1. Rory McIlroy: The boy wonder became the man in golf this decade. He won 18 times on the PGA Tour and added six more titles on the European Tour. McIlroy won four majors, tying Koepka for the most in the decade, and three PGA Tour Player of the Year awards, the most in the decade.
Where does Tiger Woods rank among the top players of decade?
Here are the top 10 players of the decade who authored so many flashes of stardom. 10. Phil Mickelson: He won seven PGA Tour titles and also played in every Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup except one during the decade. 9. Bubba Watson: While he wowed galleries everywhere with his pink driver and prodigious firepower, he was one of the best on and around the greens. 8. Justin Rose: He won 10 PGA Tour titles. He won the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion, won the 2018 FedExCup at 38. 7. Jason Day: Day won 12 times in the decade, including his lone major title at the 2015 PGA Championship. He also became No. 1 in the world. 6. Justin Thomas: His 2017 was one of the decade’s best years, as he won his maiden major at the PGA Championship, captured five titles in all and won the FedExCup. He also reached No. 1. 5. Tiger Woods: He added three Tour titles to his haul in 2012 and five more in 2013, when he was named the PGA Tour Player of the Year. Nonetheless, I think we all know that the past year will forever live in the history books. 4. Jordan Spieth: In 2015, he posted the decade’s best year and flirted with the Grand Slam as he won the Masters and U.S. Open, finished in a tie for fourth in the British Open (one stroke out of a playoff) and second in the PGA. 3. Brooks Koepka: From 2017-19, he won his four majors and became the first player ever to go back-to-back in the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. 2. Dustin Johnson: He tied for the most victories in the decade with 18, among them his lone major at the 2016 U.S. Open, six World Golf Championships and four wins in the FedExCup Playoffs. 1. Rory McIlroy: The boy wonder became the man in golf this decade. He won 18 times on the PGA Tour and added six more titles on the European Tour. McIlroy won four majors, tying Koepka for the most in the decade, and three PGA Tour Player of the Year awards, the most in the decade.