This is my answer to Hound Dog's greatest 50 LPGA players of all time.  My rating system is loosely based on Hound Dog's. The biggest difference between the systems is the inclusion of the number of active players per year (10 tournaments or more played) as a factor in the calculations in my system. Also, the rating for my system is based on average yearly ratings. My system is modified to calculate a rating for every player for every year that data is available. Currently there are over 900 players in the database. The rating system will change as more data is added and analyzed, which will result in changes to the list. The first column is Hound Dog's list, the second column is my list, the third column is the rating, and the fourth column is the decade the player turned professional. The number of players on the list for each decade is listed.

     1940's   5 players      1950's   6 players     1960's   9 players

      1970's  9 players      1980's 10 players     1990's   8 players

      2000's  3 players

Fourty eight players are on both lists. Just over half the players are ranked within 3 positions on both lists. Lorena Ochoa is 15 positions higher on my list, which is the greatest difference between the two lists.

1.    Kathy Whitworth                   Annika Sorenstam        98.28      1990's

2.    Annika Sorenstam              Mickey Wright   b            90.68      1950's

3.    Nancy Lopez                         Kathy Whitworth   c        89.40      1950's

4.    Patti Sheehan                       Nancy Lopez                  74.18      1970's

5.    Sandra Haynie                      Pat Bradley                    69.83       1970's

6.    Pat Bradley                            Karrie Webb   a             69.22        1990's

7.    Mickey Wright                        JoAnne Carner              68.03       1970's

8.    Betsy King                              Sandra Haynie    c        66.33        1960's

9.    JoAnne Carner                      Patti Sheehan               65.63         1980's

10.  Juli Inkster                             Louise Suggs   b          63.74         1940's

11.  Beth Daniel                           Betsy King                      63.20         1970's

12.  Karrie Webb                          Beth Daniel                    61.69        1970's

13.  Betsy Rawls                          Lorena Ochoa    a         61.38         2000's

14.  Louise Suggs                       Betsy Rawls   b              61.01        1950's

15.  Amy Alcott                              Carol Mann                      59.93        1960's

16.  Dottie Pepper                       Amy Alcott                         57.59        1970's

17.  Jane Blalock                        Juli Inkster   a                   57.48       1980's

18.  Judy Rankin                         Patty Berg    b                   56.80       1940's

19.  Meg Mallon                          Judy Rankin   c                 54.84       1960's

20.  Rosie Jones                        Donna Caponi                 53.68        1960's

21. Donna Caponi                     Jane Blalock                     53.27       1960's

22.  Carol Mann                          Se Ri Pak    a                    51.04       1990's

23. Patty Berg                              Meg Mallon                       50.25        1980's

24. Se Ri Pak                              Dottie Pepper    e             49.22        1980's

25. Laura Davies                        Sandra Palmer                 48.13       1960's

26. Sandra Palmer                     Ayako Okamoto    d         47.79        1980's

27. Ayako Okamoto                    Marilynn Smith    b            47.16       1940's

28. Lorena Ochoa                      Jan Stephenson               45.88        1970's

29. Jan Stephenson                  Laura Davies                     44.34        1980's

30. Marlene Hagge                    Marlene Hagge   b            44.32        1940's

31. Mi Hyun Kim                         Rosie Jones                      43.34        1980's

32. Marilynn Smith                     Hollis Stacy                        42.41        1970's

33. Cristie Kerr                           Babe Zaharias  b d          40.94         1940's

34. Hollis Stacy                          Mi Hyun Kim   a                  40.38        1990's

35. Babe Zaharias                    Beverly Hanson   b  d        39.56       1950's

36. Jane Geddes                      Shirley Englehorn   b d e   38.94       1950's

37. Shirley Englehorn               Sally Little                             38.01        1970's

38. Liselotte Neuman               Jane Geddes                      37.88         1980's

39. Kelly Robbins                      Cristie Kerr   a                     37.19         1990's

40. Lorie Kane                            Clifford Ann Creed   c        36.36         1960's

41. Beverly Hanson                   Liselotte Neumann   a       35.40        1980's

42. Paula Creamer                    Kelly Robbins   e                 35.02        1990's

43. Brandie Burton                    Hee-Won Han   a                 34.82        2000's

44. Sally Little                             JoAnne Prentice*    c           34.09        1950's

45. Tammy Green                      Mary Mills*      c                      33.96        1960's

46. Donna Andrews*                 Sandra Post                          33.89        1960's

47. Sandra Post                         Lorie Kane                             33.58        1990's

48. Hee-Won Han                     Tammy Green                        32.97        1980's

49. Clifford Ann Creed              Brandie Burton   a  e             32.88       1990's

50. Colleen Walker*                  Paula Creamer   a                 32.75       2000's

*  on one list but not both

a  active player, position on list will change based on play

b  missing data,  additional data could change postion on list

c  missing data but unlikely to change postion significantly

d  played less than 15 full seasons

e  injuries probably prevented higher position on list