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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5119997, member: 1969"]
While I was watching the golf today, decided to follow up my point above, regarding sub 100 players and success in the majors.

1999-2011 British Open 
Sub 100 in Top 3 - 28% (11 of 39)
Sub 50 Wins - 39% (5 of 13)

2012-2024 (All Majors up to this week)
Sub 100 in Top 3 - 5% (7 of 150)
Sub 50 Wins - 2% (1 of 50)

Things were also distributed much more widely in other majors between 1999 and 2011 (Shawn Micheel for example), but not as much as the Open

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Data post 2012 for outside top 100, top 3 finishers.

2023 Masters - 3rd Phil Mickelson #425
2022 PGA - 3rd Mito Pereira #100
2021 PGA - 1st Phil Mickelson #115
2017 British - 3rd Haotong Li #107
2014 US Open - 2nd Erik Compton #187
2013 Masters - 2nd Angel Cabrera #269
2012 US Open - 2nd Michael Thompson #107

Excluded (LIV) ***
2024 US Open - #1 Bryson Dechambeau #124
2023 Masters - #1 Brooks Koepka #118
*** Clearly top 20 players, but LIV impact on WGR.

On the opposite - 
The Top 11 in the 2019 Masters were all ranked between #1 and #23 in the world.
The Top 16 were all in the top 50.
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