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The 10 best players to emerge from the golf-rich environment of California

The Golden State can boast the one-two punch of Pebble Beach and Cypress Point, a knockout combination of two of the best courses in the world just down the road from each other on Monterey Peninsula’s 17-Mile Drive.

California also can go toe-to-toe with any state when it comes to the quality of its golfers. In fact, in Tiger Woods and Mickey Wright, California has produced arguably the greatest male and female players of all time. The rest of the state’s top 10 isn’t bad either, with a combined 50 majors among them. (Of course, Woods and Wright account for more than half.)

Given the climate and top courses, it’s no surprise so many great players hail from California. Some, like Woods and Wright, were born there. Others, like Amy Alcott and Mark O’Meara moved there when they were kids. But no matter their background, each player on the following list of the 10 best golfers from California has made an indelible mark on the golf world.

1. Tiger Woods
2. Mickey Wright
3. Billy Casper
4. Phil Mickelson
5. Juli Inkster
6. Johnny Miller
7. Gene Littler
8. Amy Alcott
9. Mark O'Meara
10. Lawson Little

 





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