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Height is a vital factor in golf but you should not be discouraged if you are not very tall tall golfers have the advantage of Club head speed and shot distance so it goes without saying that shorter golfers need to put more effort into their game however there have been
Several short golfers that have performed at an elite level who are they watch completely for the details the first three golfers on the list stand at 5’8 first we have Franchesco Molinari great golfers are frequently produced by the molari family one son making it onto
The PGA Tour is one thing but having two sons capable of winning on the PGA Tour is quite another 5′ 8 in tall Franchesco Molinari began playing professionally in 2004 Franchesco Molinari has 10 victories on the European tour and finished in the top 10 at other major
Competitions the top five at the Masters was one of his best results since Molinari plays a lot of golf you can always count on him to participate in the major competitions for which he can qualify next we have Bobby Jones although Bobby Jones is technically an amateur golfer he is nevertheless
Regarded as one of the all-time greats Bobby Jones genuinely enjoyed playing Golf and had no desire to use it to make money Jones was only 5′ 8 in tall which was not particularly tall this was much shorter than expected on the PGA tour nowadays as several golfers are well
Over 6 feet tall Bobby Jones never turned professional thus it is amazing that he secured the coveted Grand Slam although the career Grand Slam has been repeated only Bobby Jones has achieved the true grand slam of winning four majors in a calendar year if that
Doesn’t make him stick out as one of the 10 shortest golfers to have an impact on the game then nothing will next we have Cory paven while Cory paven doesn’t exactly stand at 5’8 he is regarded as one of the top golfers on the PGA tour paven once Rose high as the second
Ranked golfer in the world Cory paven continued to play golf on the champions tour after leaving the PGA Tour you could almost always count on paven as one of the players at the top of the leaderboard in a major tournament or event throughout the late 1980s and
Early 1990s Cory paven finished with a total of 15 PGA Tour victories he even won more money in 1991 than any other player on the tour earning him the title of PGA Tour player of of the year paven has also competed abroad and achieved success there being unable to hit the
Ball very far is one of the factors that makes Pen’s career so intriguing paven would be far behind in terms of yardage skills compared to other players on the PGA tour today he does however have some outstanding short game talents which we would all be envious of that greatly
AIDS in scoring and maintaining competitiveness and all the events that he played in he spent 150 weeks in the top 10 of the international golf rankings which says a lot about the kind of player he was and his perseverance on the course the next two golfers on the
List stand at 5T and 7 in first we have Jeff sluman Jeff sluman is only approximately 5′ 7 in tall but he has a long and prominent career in the sport sluman won the PGA Championship when he was 30 years old it was something after this Victory before sluman achieved
Victory on the circuit once more sluman continued to compete throughout his 30s and even into his 40s winning additional PGA Tour matches he has a reputation for consistently placing in the top 10 finishes during his career there were occasions when he lost the competition but was still able to place highly and
Display his talent slan accomplished a very unusual achievement in the 1992 Masters by birding the fourth hole up until this point this has never happened at the Masters sluman is probably spending time with his family or watching basketball when he isn’t out playing golf he was a very popular
Golfer who is perfectly capable of winning PGA Tour tournaments next we have Brian Harmon despite not having the same level of Fame as some of the other golfers on our list Brian Harmon has four victories on the PGA tour it’s likely that you witness some of Brian
Harman’s victories in if you are fan of golf between 2009 and 2015 Harmon is from Sea Island Georgia and is 5′ 7 in tall Brian Harmon’s ID dexterity is one quality that makes him distinctive he can play golf with either hand but he prefers to use his right hand more
Frequently despite being less active than he once was in his prime Harmon continues to participate in a few tournaments one thing to keep in mind about Brian Harmon is that he never allowed his height to affect how far he was able to hit the golf ball since he
Always had plenty of distance between his shots the more you get to know these shorter golf pros the more you realize they don’t mind their small stature or how it affects their game Brian Harmon is one of those golfers who put in the most effort necessary to advance further
On the PGA tour than the majority of us would ever be able to next we have three players that stand at 5’6 and under moving on we have Gary play Gary play a golfer who stands at 5’6 is among the Sport’s most accomplished players with short height Gary play made the decision
That he would represent Health and Fitness on the PGA tour in addition to being short play who is currently 88 years old is still in fantastic shape and has a long ball light a well-known Gary Player entered the professional ranks in 1960 and has since earned 160
Victories in the game of golf today accumulating this many victories is rare in essence tournaments were up for grabs every week back when Jack Arie and Gary were playing and these guys just dominated Gary Player is a strong supporter of both the sport and golf instruction he has committed a
Substantial portion of his professional life to writing books about Golf and health tips without question this man has discovered some intriguing strategies for maintaining physical and mental Fitness while on the course Gary player has won matches all over the world and has a total of nine major championships to his credit player goes
By many labels and one that fits him well is Mr Fitness he still plays a little golf for enjoyment and still hits the first shots at the Masters but these days he spends most of his time working on charitable projects next we have jeene szen Jean szen will probably be
Mentioned when discussing golfers who have had an impact on the game’s history sarzen who stands 5′ 5 and2 in has won seven major titles and achieved the career Grand Slam Ben Hogan Jack Nicholas and Tiger Woods are the only other players to have completed the career Grand Slam which is an extremely
Uncommon feat for athletes sarasen also invented and employed The Sand Wedge among his other Innovations in the game before this players tried a variety of other strategies to free the ball from the sand trap but none where as successful as the Contemporary Sand Wedge in 1935 Saron secured his last
Major title at the Masters the shot that many golfers refer to as the shot heard around the world is played in this well-known competition sarzen was successful in recording an albatross on the 15th hole at Augusta National during the Masters Ian wam comes next on the
List the 1970s 1980s and 1990s saw some great golf from European player Ian wam he is Welsh and stands 5’4 in 1976 wam became a professional and he has since won 52 different competitions musam was beginning to significantly Aid European players in establishing a presence on
The PGA tour at the time he started winning Tournaments wsom has collected 52 victories which are spread out across the PGA Tour and the European tour he was was able to get plenty of distance despite being shorter than most golfers on the tour at the time this was due to
His extremely strong swing the last two golfers on this list stand at 5′ 1 in the shortest golf pro on our list is Tad fujikawa despite being only 5’1 fujikawa is still able to play and succeed on the PGA tour the Intriguing thing about fujikawa is that his small stature and
Unusual height have a backstory at Birth fujikawa weighed just under 2 lb he was very premature and in poor health doctors predicted that he had a very slim chance of living past infancy let alone becoming a professional golfer because of a pregnancy issue fujikawa’s mother gave birth early and there were
Many questions about what fujikawa would be able to do as an adult at wayf fooot fujikawa a 15-year-old amateur was able to earn a spot in the US Open he ultimately became the youngest golfer to ever qualify for the US Open the following year at the Sony Open in his
Home state of Hawaii hakawa was able to make the cut despite not making it into the US Open even though he no longer competes nearly as frequently as he once did fujikawa remain an active player this is more of a general path that his life has followed it doesn’t have to do
With his height golfers have mastered the art of hitting the ball significantly farther throughout time leaving us to question how many more 5’1 professional golfers there will be the LPGA professional Maria jonar who stands at 5’1 in tall is the last on our list try being a 5’1 in tall golfer if you
Believe it’s challenging to gain distance and speed as a 5′ 7in tall golfer players of this height will need to put in a lot of effort to make sure their swing is effective and able to produce a lot of Club head speed for almost 10 years Maria jonar has competed
On the LPGA Tour she was recognized as the LPGA Rookie of the Year for her 2013 campaign she had achieved great success especially considering how young she was when she first joined the LPGA Tour it’s interesting to note that Maria jonar like the mulinari brothers has a sister
Who competes on the LPGA Tour that brings us to the end of this video now you know that you shouldn’t let your height discourage you from being serious about golf which of the golfers on this list is your favorite let us know in the comments section please like And
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