Hubert Green after winning the 1977 U.S. Open (AP)

6. Hubert Green

PGA Tour victories in 1970s: 16 (of 19 total)

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

Green was the 1971 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, earning his first title that season at the Houston Champions International. In March 1976, Green won three events in a row: the Doral-Eastern Open, the Greater Jacksonville Open and the Sea Pines Heritage Classic.

Green gutted out his first major title in 1977, winning the U.S. Open at Southern Hills under the surveillance of extra security after he was notified during the final round of a death threat against him that had been called in.

Green continued winning on Tour until 1985, when he earned his second major title at the PGA Championship. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. Green battled oral cancer after a 2003 diagnosis, and he died in 2018 from complications of throat cancer.