Dave Stockton after winning the 1970 PGA Championship (AP)

9. Dave Stockton

PGA Tour victories in 1970s: seven (of 10 total)

Major titles in 1970s: two (of two total)

Stockton was one of the best putters ever on the PGA Tour, and he has parlayed that into guru status today, often helping current Tour stars with their approach to putting as well as their strokes.

His first major title came at the 1970 PGA Championship, where he held off Arnold Palmer and Bob Murphy by two strokes. He added another victory in that event – his last Tour title – in 1976 when he sank a 15-foot par putt on the final hole to beat Raymond Floyd and Don January by a shot.