He's a 4 in the all-time just for winning the Open while nearly passing out. Hard to figure what he would have done if the hand problems had not cut his career short.

Ken Venturi should be ranked much much lower.

He is NOT the great humanitarian every one thinks he is. He broke my Mother's heart before she died. I know it, I saw it and I am not afraid to say it. My Mother was the wonderful, very much missed, Beau Venturi. During her last 3 months of life, she cried EVERY DAY because he would NOT stay home, CBS had told him to take off a year, two if he needed to, He did NOT take anytime off to be with her. He CHOKED....just like he always has. He is celebrated for being a HERO, bull, he is a coward and the only thing he ever did, that took internal strength, was win the US OPEN in 64' but like my oldest son said, "Mom he was PLAYING Golf, its not like he was in a war or something brave that he did for someone else. He was PLAYING GOLF. After my Mama died, he tried to throw me out of my own home. This is all documented. I have Multiple Sclerosis and my Mother left so many personal things to me and my sister and our families but we have never seen anything, he abandoned our Mother and he abandoned us. My name was "Venturi", he gave me the name becsuse we were so close, I lived with them for awhile and when my Mama was sick, I stayed with her and took care of her while he was on the road with CBS...She cried everyday for the last 3 months of her life because he had abandoned her. He would not allow anyone into their home, her friends, because he was afraid she would give them something. I even told my own Mama NO when she tried to give me some of her things and I did that because I was trying to take care of both of my parents. I was so foolish to believe him but after being his daughter and traveling to different award ceremonies with them, I felt I was his daughter. I was his daughter until the day my precious Mama died. Then, just like that, it was OVER and he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. The grief was so bad, watching the brain cancer eat my Mama and then for him to turn on me...for no logical reason...the stress of that and fighting him for my home, has left me with no stomach and a much shorter life span. Do you think this honorable man will help me...no he wont...he is not honorable...he is a Living Lie. I am so ashamed of him. he broke my Mama's heart, the brain cancer may have killed her but she died of a broken heart.

He has the greatest tapes in the history of golf. He is just GREAT!