Strickers career has been a paragon of resiliency, as he has twice been named the PGA Tours comeback player of the year, but despite 12 wins, 16 runner-ups, and 10 third place finishes, the Wisconsin native has rarely been in the leader mix down the stretch at a major. After dropping an 18-foot putt for birdie on the final hole of regulation to tie Jim Furyk, the two returned to Harbour Towns famed 18th hole for the playoff. Call 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ/WV/PA/IL) or 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN only) or 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA only) or 1-800-522-4700 (CO Only) or TN REDLINE: 800-889-9789. Close calls: Made a crazy charge with a Sunday 63 at the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hill but Brooks Koepka beat him by one shot with a closing 68. The 44-year-old, who won twice on the European. Matsuyama has been no slouch in the majors either. He's had 80 starts on the PGA Tour and has 22 top 25s and nine top 10s. Westwood now sits at 78 career major starts without a victory, the second-longest current streak, trailing only 63-year-old Jay Haas, who is at 87. Three single-shot runners-up? On Twitter, at least. MORE: 10 dos and don'ts when your playing partner is having a career round. Fair or not, however, significant percentages of an athletes legacy can also be shaped by the championships they do not win. Shortly after Simpson closed out the victory, Ancer resurfaced on one of golfs most unenviable shortlists: the best player without a PGA Tour win. From a UK perspective, there were top 10s for Matt Wallace and Tommy Fleetwood. Winners Circle: Chris Kirk Claims Overtime Victory at The 2023 Honda Winners Circle: Charles Howell III Claims Maiden LIV Golf Victory at LIV Golf: Gooch, Uilhein Share Lead at Mayakoba, Kokrak, Casey Lead LIV Golf Mayakoba After Round 1, EasyPost Signs On As LIV Golfs First Corporate Sponsor. The same is seen in professional golf. In an incredibly honest interview with Ben Everill, McLaren said he came to the realization that the anxiety of cross-Atlantic travel on a regular basis in this current pandemic-punctured world was not healthy. Jay, 68, last played a Tour event in 2010 and he hasnt made a PGA Tour cut since 2006. Nine-time PGA Tour winner Jay Haas appeared in 87 major championships from 1974 (his first two were as an amateur) to 2008 without a victory, putting him in second place on this list. Article continues below this ad. He also played a lot, averaging a remarkable 31 starts from 2010 through 2016. He came agonizingly close on many occasions, but in crunch time at majors, he always fell just short or was just outplayed. . Tommy Fleetwood ($11.2m) needs little introduction. Westwood did not qualify for the 2022 U.S. Open. That would be Best Player To Have Never Won A PGA Tour Event - the granddaddy of all golf acronyms. Hearns closest calls came in play-off defeats at the 2013 John Deere Classic and 2015 Greenbrier. His best chance was at the 2006 PGA Championship where he and Tiger Woods were 54-hole co-lead, but a Sunday 74 was six strokes worse than Tiger, and he ended up finishing in a share of 3rd place. Tringale was in contention at the first FedEx Cup playoff event, the Barclays, but he couldn't keep up with Hunter Mahan's final-round burst and finished in a T2. For years, the best non-winner debate remained largely subjective (and hell, it still is). Quigley, 49, is ranked number 2,066 in the world, according to Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) and currently plays on the developmental Web.com Tour, formerly the Nationwide Tour. Close calls: Lost a playoff to Robert Streb at the 2015 McGladrey and lost by one to Ryan Moore at the 2012 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open despite shooting 23 under par for the week. And this weekend she won her fourth title in her last seven starts, her 11th LPGA title, and 22nd overall, to regain her spot at the top of the world rankings and arguably the best player in the world. PGA Tour reveals elevated-purse, no-cut events for 2024 now where have we seen that before? While Lee Westwood is the only player on this list who still has a chance to capture that first major championship, he found himself on the wrong side of history as his appearance at the 2021 edition of The Open Championship marked his 88th start in a major. Briny Baird with his signature straw hat. Brooks, who won the 1996 PGA Championship at Valhalla, won seven times in his PGA Tour career. The Englishman holds the dubious distinction of being the highest earner in PGA Tour history without an official PGA Tour win to his name. Steve Stricker made his first major championship appearance at the 1983 U.S. Open at Oakmont, his most recent appearance at the 2021 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, and 74. How he got to $10 million: Although he had a runner-up in 2007, Overtons career was made with his 2010 season in which he had three runner-up finishes and a pair of thirds, leading to nearly $3.5 million in earnings. (In case you need a reminder: Theres a lot of pressure. His first near miss came at the 2011 Open Championship, where he stayed in the picture until late and finished T5. Charlie Wi ($10m) has 58 top 25 finishes in 262 PGA Tour starts, including five runner-ups. One by one players will win, and new players will replace them. While the major biological clocks of Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm are not yet ticking, Kuchars is deafening. Performance & security by Cloudflare. In his role, he is responsible for editing, writing and developing stories across the golf space. The closest he came was an epic six-hole play-off with Bryce Molder at the 2011 Frys Open. Gene Sarazen, Miami Open: 1926 (no event 1927), 1928-1930. After dropping an 18-foot putt for birdie on the final hole of regulation to tie Jim Furyk, the two returned to Harbour Towns famed 18th hole for the playoff. And even better, how many of those resulted in playing over the weekend? Over the past few years, Casey has been a regular on major leaderboards, and in his last 7 major starts, he has finished T11 or better four times. Here's a list of players who make up the current list, in my opinion. Wed, 27 Oct 2021. That puts him 97th on the all-time money list without a single victory. Like Rahm, Thomas is on this list because of the tremendous talent he has flashed early. The winner of nine PGA Tour titles has won a World Golf Championships event, a Players Championship and the Memorial. Webb Simpson shot a final-round 64 in the group ahead of Ancer, eclipsing his record-setting performance by a single stroke and claiming the win. Still, banking $10 million without winning means youve had some longevity and some skill. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. At #6 in the world rankings, Rahm has had one of the quickest ascents in the top 10 ever. The record for most wins in a row in the same PGA Tour event is four, shared by these golfers: Young Tom Morris, British Open: 1868-70 (no event 1871), 1872. On average, PGA Tour caddies make a base salary of $1,500-$3,000 per tournament, plus a percentage of winnings (if the golfer makes the cut)-10% for a win, 7% for a top-ten finish, and 5% for everything else. The Canadian also had back-to-back T-2s in 2014 at the Farmers Insurance Open and Waste Management Phoenix Open, finishing a shot back of Scott Stallings in the former and the same margin to Kevin Stadler in the former. One of my favourite moments of the last year wasinterviewing Ko. And some are in-between, such as Nicolas Colsaerts. Five of his 12 top-10s in majors have come since the start of 2017,. Away from golf, Alex follows Torquay United and spends too much time playing his PlayStation or his guitar and not enough time practising his short game. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Joel Cook is Pro Golf Weekly's Lead Writer. Tringale has made 137 starts on the PGA Tour, and in that time he has posted 34 top-25 finishes and 12 top 10s. He has undoubtedly been the best American player over the past two Ryder Cups. Unless, of course you think $12,634,862 carries some personality with it. The. As first reported by Golfweek, Tringale, behind his Valspar cash, has now won the most money on Tour without winning a tournament, surpassing Brian Davis, who's played just the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship this season. Jeff Overton is one of the most excitable players on the PGA Tour. Arnold Palmer PGA Tour starts: 734 PGA Tour wins: 62 7. After going seven games without a win in a woeful start to 2023, Milan is looking more like its usual self having patched things up at the back, staging three games of its four-win streak in . Only one of those wins, the 2010 Greenbrier Classic, has come within the last 10 seasons, and he makes so few leaderboards these days that it is easy to forget how consistently great he was from 1997-2006. Since 1999, Stricker has just one top-five finish in a major, and that was a fourth place finish at the 2016 Open Championship where he still finished 15 strokes behind the winner. From 2010 through 2015, de Jonge topped $1 million in each season, passing $2 million twice. Had two top-three finishes in 2020-21 and four top-10s. PGA Tour players can compete for decades, playing professional golf tournaments from as early as their late teens all the way into their late 50s or even early 60s. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a2fda860a39b8ae But McClaren has decided to take an indefinite mental health break from the game. How he got to $10 million: In his 137th PGA Tour start, the 2022 CJ Cup, Noren became the most recent member of the $10 million/no-win club, finishing, T-37 finish at Congaree Golf Club. How he got to $10 million: Tringale became the all-time money leader without a PGA Tour win in May 2021. He's established some consistency, having finished in the top 90 on the money list the last four years. Stricker has earned the most of any player. 1 with $120-plus million makes sense, but Jack Nicklaus with $5,734,031which ranks him a mere 326th all timedoes not. 141.138.138.147 He is still competitive in the Tour events he does enter, but with his age and schedule, his future chances may be very limited. A backdoor T6 at The Open Championship in July is Norens best major finish, one he hopes leads to better things. Hes also only missed 18 cuts in those 105 starts. That could change this week at TPC Louisiana. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images), British Open champion Arnold Palmer poses with his trophy at Troon in 1962. At the 2022 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Haas, who will pair with his son Bill in the only team event on the schedule, is making his 799th start on the PGA Tour. Raymond Floyd PGA Tour starts: 726 PGA Tour wins: 22 8. Youre trying to prove to everybody youve got what it takes and you can win all you want on that European Tour, the international game and all that, but you have to win on the PGA Tour.). Xander Schauffele has the best percentage major record without a win - eight top-10s, including seven times in the top six, in just 16 appearances. Alex Perry In 2004, he was tied for the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee but lost by two to Carlos Franco. Here is the list of 3-tournament win streaks: Walter Hagen, 1923. Sergio Garcia had held the dubious top position on this list for a long time, but with his breakthrough victory at the 2017 Masters, his position has been taken by the incredibly popular Rickie Fowler. How he got to $10 million: In a 15-year career Baird teed it up 379 times on the PGA Tour, making 243 cuts with 31 top-10s and six second-place finishes, including one in his last season of 2014 before injury ended his career. Its some list, Im sure youll agree. So without further ado, with a little help from the ever-excellent PGA Tour website, here are the 10 players who have topped $10 million without etching their name into a trophy. On top of his 62 wins and seven major championships, Palmer is eighth all-time in starts made on the PGA Tour. Boston College looks to stay hot on Saturday as it wraps up its regular season against Georgia Tech. Whats in Hideki Matsuyamas winning bag. He suddenly got into the championship mix on Sunday at The Masters when a hole-in-one on the par 3 16th gave him a prayer, but after a par-par finish, he needed the leaders to back up some, which did not happen, and he settled for a T4. He was in the mix through Sunday, but a very ordinary even-par 72 in the final round left him at T5. He has been especially great over the past four seasons, with three victories and 33 top 10s. In his 12 years on the PGA Tour, he averaged 25.9 starts a season, making 338 career starts before deciding to join LIV Golf in August 2022 and give up the chance to finally grab career win No. But, it's one of us humans writing the story, we promise. As puzzling as his lack of major results is, the fact that the 35-year-old is finishing closer to the top of the leaderboard as of late is encouraging for his future chances. 2 in the world rankings, finished in the top 10 of a major on 10 occasions and owns the most runner-up finishes without a victory. Meanwhile, at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, Bernhard Langer became the oldest player in PGA Champions Tour history at the age of 64. The Hall of Famer finished second at the U.S. Open in 1994, 1997, and 2006, the PGA Championship in 1995, and The Open Championship in 2005. Overton is probably kicking himself for a final-round 70 in the 2007 Wyndham Championship as only one other player in the top 20 shot in the 70s. But it was some standout play at the Players Championship (T-6), RBC Heritage (T-3) and Zurich Classic (T-4 with Bubba Watson) that helped him climb the money list that year. One of the names on this list is the King himself. Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In more than 300 career starts the 34-year-old has got himself into contention a handful of times but has not yet . Once ranked fourth-best in the world, he's also proved one of the highest earners in the sport too. In 2011, Donald even somehow finished first on the money list of BOTH tours. It also got me thinking. He made 65 of 72 of greens in regulation (or more than 90 percent, the most-ever at Harbour Town). So excited to welcome these incredible players to the Hero World Challenge. Xander Schauffele is already approaching 1.5 expected wins and Jon Rahm, in only nine starts, is third in expected wins. Lee Trevino (29 wins, six majors) about $6.5 million. Eight of them will not have cuts and will have fields of no more . Fowler came onto Tour with a great deal of hype, and while he has largely played up to it, if he does not find a way to break through in a major soon, there will be whispers that he is more hype than substance. Photo by Jason Parkhurst, Jack Nicklaus presents Masters Champion Raymond Floyd with his green jacket at the presentation ceremony during the 1976 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 11th, 1976 in Augusta, Georgia. 1. What is the PGA Tour record for most shots on a single hole? Neither is under intense pressure to capture major #1 in the immediate future, but both have already shown the game to contend at the highest levels. He now holds the most . Photo by Jason Parkhurst. RELATED: 2022 PGA Tour schedule and results; RELATED: 2022 DP World Tour schedule and results; RELATED: 2022 Ladies European Tour schedule and results; 2022 LPGA schedule and results. Youre not getting to that level by missing cuts and finishing T-48 every week. Start the Golf Season off right with InsideGOLF ($100 value - just $20). This was the toughest player to leave out of the top 10. The 39-year-old has a well-earned reputation as a top 10 machine, recording an astounding 70 over the past eight seasons. A few weeks later, An shared the lead entering the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, but a closing 69 wasn't good enough to hold off Dustin Johnson. Your IP: Tony can find solace in his bank account -- his $5.62 million in official. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, You wont believe how many golfers have earned $10 million on the PGA Tour without winning an event. Quite understandably, Tringale simply said no when asked Sunday if he knew how close he was. Close calls: Wi lost by one to David Toms at the 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial after holding a one-shot lead through 54 holes, but its the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am that hurt. Caseys best chance to win a major was most likely the 2010 Open Championship. PGA Tour wins: Zero. 1. The 30-year-old Californian recovered from an early . Ancers ranking is particularly interesting considering his elusive search for PGA Tour victory No. Now in his eighth PGA Tour season, Fowler has consistently asserted himself as one of the best players on Tour. Have Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay become the U.S.'s new dominant duo? Theres one person who doesnt have a problem getting over the line, Langer defies age again! Turning 40 during the 2017 Open Championship, Casey has shown some of his best form over the past year. Hes won a lot on the PGA Tour. Bobby Wadkins at the 2006 Boeing Championships. Briny Baird is 97 th on the all-time money list with. Steve Stricker also stands out for a number of reasons. That's a long time in anybody's book, but when you're trying to end a hoodoo without a PGA TOUR win, it must feel like a lifetime. How he got to $10 million: Hearn started the 2021-22 season on a minor medical extension, his last start coming in the 3M Open in July. His closest call so far was at the 2015 U.S. Open where he and Spieth were 36-hole co-leaders, but while Spieth went on to win his second career major, Reed shot a third round 76 and finished in a tie for 14th place. The moment Jeff Winther claimed his first Tour victory #MallorcaGolfOpen pic.twitter.com/y0QzXINJVM. Scott Hoch made 70 major starts without a win From 1975 to 2004, 11-time PGA Tour winner Scott Hoch made 70 appearances in a major championship without securing a victory, recording 15 top-10 finishes. When the wins come, they may well come in bunches. For five straight years, 2012-16, the Canadian banked more than $1M. Because the man who tops said list almost made his way off it at the Zozo Championship in Japan, only for homeboy Hideki Matsuyama to spoil the fun. With six career PGA Tour victories, it is surprising that someone who has been consistently good on Tour for the past nine years did not record a top 10 in a major until the 2016 Open Championship, where Haas was T9 and finished 18 strokes behind winner Henrik Stenson. In some cases the players competed in and failed to win non-PGA Tour events in between these events. The incredible stats behind Jon Rahm's record-breaking form, Torn on the PGA Tour schedule debate? Consider The Slam to be the Official Cameron Tringale Tracker from this moment on. The 50-year-old Stricker is the oldest player on this list, and at least for now, is the biggest threat to break Julius Boros record of being the oldest player to win a major. Over the course ofhis career, he's recorded 88 top 25s, 31 top 10s and four second-place finishes:2001 John Deere Classic; 2011 Frys.com Open; 2003 Buick Open; 2004 FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort; 2009 Verizon Heritage and 2014 The McGladrey Classic. He's not done yet! These players truly love the grind of professional golf and everything that comes with life on the road. | October 24, 2021 | Tour. His cumulative score of 21 under par for the week bested the tournament record set by Brian Gay in 2009. But then there are those that go their entire careers without ever winning one, some of whom have even reached the top spot in the world rankings. However, as impressive as some of his regular seasons have been, he has not been able to pull out in front at a major. He has been extremely consistent over the past decade, but still needs to prove that he possesses the mental game to win on the biggest stages. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. His best chance to win a major came at The Masters in 1989, where he was tied with Nick Faldo atop the leaderboard after 72 holes. Yet as he tapped in his par putt to close out a final-round 65, he bore the frustration of someone whod shot in the 80s. Bud Cauley had a very good amateur and collegiate career and hasn't done too badly as a young professional. Thanks to his runner-up spot in Japan his fourth overall he has now banked more than a million in just four starts in 2022 so far and it makes him the first to $15m without a win. Copyright 2023 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tringale turned pro in 2009 and has been an active competitor on the PGA Tour ever since 2010. He had over $3.4 million in earnings in both 2015 and 2016, and is a near lock to do it again in 2017. He has not won a PGA Tour event since 2009, but over the past three seasons, he has four runner-ups and 21 top 10s. Ancer shot four rounds in the 60s and three consecutive rounds of 65 or better to close out the weekend. While he's yet to win a tournament, Cameron Tringale has three runner-up finishes in his career. Sports fans have been subjected to never-ending talk about Michael Jordans six NBA Championships, Tom Bradys six Super Bowl victories, Jack Nicklaus 18 career major triumphs, the 23 grand slam tennis victories of Serena Williams, and 28 Olympic medals of Michael Phelps, among other legendary athletes and their cornucopia of titles. Wi had a three-shot lead after three rounds but finished two behind Phil Mickelson, shooting 72 in the final round to Leftys 64. Stricker has played an abbreviated Tour schedule since 2013, and seems to have accepted that he very well might never win a major. For most on this list, their inclusion is something of a backhand compliment. Westwood, who spent 22 combined weeks at No. Never made $2 million in any single season. Close calls: Rodgers tied for second with Webb Simpson at the 2015 Wells Fargo Championship, losing to Rory McIlroy, and was the solo runner-up at the 2017 John Deere Classic, a stroke back of Bryson DeChambeau. USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OURVISITOR AGREEMENT(UPDATED 1/6/23),PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE(UPDATED 1/4/23) ANDCALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE. Twice he was out front entering the final round, most recently at Harbour Town in April 2022, but he wound up tied for third, one of two career third-place finishes. Ouch. The reason? Watch her highlights! Davis was lauded for his classbut owns the dubious distinction of being the player with the most earnings without a PGA Tour win because of it. Jon Rahm: How a Tiger Woods tip inspired my PGA Tour winning spree, incredibly honest interview with Ben Everill. Back on tour after losing his card in 2021, An posted a T-4 finish at the Fortinet Championship in Napa, Calif., that pushed him past the $10 million mark. Wi lost by one to David Toms at the 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial after holding a one-shot lead through 54 holes, but its the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am that hurt. Ouch. And Tiger Woods is back! Although he had a runner-up in 2007, Overtons career was made with his 2010 season in which he had three runner-up finishes and a pair of thirds, leading to nearly $3.5 million in earnings. Two of his four runner-up finishes have been in majors. Thats when the Aussie made a birdie, and Noren a bogey, on the sixth extra hole to take the title. He's teed it up 92 times and has eight top 10s and 18 top 25s. most pga tour starts without a win Close calls: A final-round 65 wasnt enough to reach Justin Rose at the 2015 Zurich Classic of New Orleans but the killer was the 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open where Smylie Kaufmans final-round 61 nipped Tringale (and five others) by a stroke. Top 100 Courses in the U.S.: GOLFs all-new 2022-23 ranking is here! Among his top 10s are five second-place finishes and a third-place finish. In 10 worldwide starts since, he has five victories and is now No. Ten top-10 finishes in 2006 landed him 20th in earnings that year. Tiger Woods, Bay Hill Invitational: 2000-2003. This 24-year-old has a world of potential and won't be on this list for long. His affinity for the majors had most predicting that the end of his winless major streak was imminent. The American had six runner-ups, two third-place finishes, and 31 top 10s. As first reported by Golfweek, Tringale, behind his Valspar cash, has now won the most money on Tour without winning a tournament, surpassing Brian Davis, whos played just the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship this season. Cameron Tringale ($15.6m) overtook Davis earlier this year thanks to a 2021 season that saw him bank almost two and a half million big ones. While this is typical, caddie's salaries are often negotiated with the golfer. Now struggling to make cuts in standard events, Mahan has a long way to go before he is a major threat again. @BernhardLanger6 with a history making putt @deccgolf. Copyright 2016-2022 Pro Golf Weekly. Nicolas Colsaerts has played on the PGA Tour off and on for five years and brings with him a reputation of being a great power player. Then this is a must-read, 'One of the worst things to happen to golf': Stars divided on PGA Tour changes. There arent many people in caddie circles more popular than John McLaren. 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Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst, Davis Love III hits his tee shot on the 11th hole during a practice round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park. The five-time European Tour winner and Ryder Cup hero has an impressive 20 top-10 finishes in 90 PGA Tour starts including this week at the Zozo. Tom Kite won his first and only major in start number 73, finally breaking through with a two-stroke victory at the 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. It's hard to imagineRyo Ishikawa is entering his seventh year on the PGA Tour. How he got to $10 million: A five-time winner on the European Tour, Fleetwood has had success since also joining the PGA Tour in 2017. Alex Perry wraps it all up in The Slam, by For instance, it took Sergio Garcia a record 74 tries to win his first major championship, finally doing so at The Masters in 2017. The following is a list of the best active golfers who still have not captured Major #1. Choi eagled the 11th hole on Sunday to get within one of the lead, but despite playing the back nine in -5, Choi finished in third place, three strokes behind Mickelson. GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLF, Whos won the most PGA Tour money without a win? In a 15-year career Baird teed it up 379 times on the PGA Tour, making 243 cuts with 31 top-10s and six second-place finishes, including one in his last season of 2014 before injury ended his career. He was unable to finish the job on Sunday, shooting a 75 and placing T9 in the event, but the experience of contending at a major should be valuable going forward. Kuchar has finished in the top 7 of all four-majors and his two closest calls have come in 2017. For some players, a decades-long career also comes with a tremendously packed schedule that includes lots of starts every year. Raymond Floyd . Many believe that the accomplished Englishman has been the best in the world without a major for some time now, so having him listed at No. Historically elite sports stars such as Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Dan Fouts, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing (basically every great basketball player of the Michael Jordan era), Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Michelle Kwan, Alex Ovechkin, and Marcel Dionne, among many others, all have legacies at least partly defined by the absence of a title.