Is Adam Scott the best golfer Australia has produced? Peter Thomson's five British Open wins have him firmly at No.1 on most people's lists of great Australian golfers. Picture: Photo File Source: Supplied Australia's greatest women's golfer (and possibly the best ever?) Karrie Webb. THERE'S no doubting Adam Scott is the flavour of the month after his stirring US Masters victory, but how does he stack up in the pantheon of great Australian golfers? Golfing fans were today rating Scott's playoff win over Angel Cabrera as a more profound sporting achievement than Cadel Evans' Tour de France heist and Cathy Freeman's win at the 2000 Olympics. But does Scott's greatest achievements put him close to his forebears, which include golden golfing names Peter Thompson, Greg Norman and fellow major winners Steve Elkington, Geoff Ogilvy and Ian Baker-Finch. Widely considered to be Australia's greatest ever golfer, having saluted five times at the British Open, including a three-peat between 1954 and 1956. With golfing travel less common in that era, the only blight on Thompson's record - if it's a blight at all - is that only his final Open triumph in 1965 was against the best America had to offer: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tony Lema. PGA Tour: 6 European Tour: 1 Japan Golf Tour: 1 PGA Tour of Australasia: 34 Champions Tour: 11 Masters Tournament: 5th - 1957 U.S. Open: T4 - 1956 The Open Championship: Won - 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 PGA Championship: DNP Legendary Aussie golfer and former world No.1 Greg Norman. Picture: Ray Titus Source: The Advertiser The greatest Aussie golfer of our lifetime and one of the most accomplished golfers of all time, Norman spent 331 weeks ranked as the No.1 man in the game. Sadly we remember him as much for his near misses and disastrous chokes as we do for his two British Open successes in 1986 in 1993. If you thought Scott was hot right now, consider this: in 1986 Norman led after three rounds at all four majors. Unfortunately, as was his calling card, he folded in three of them. But weight of numbers are well and truly in his favour. You can't ignore 20 PGA Tour victories and a staggering 91 professional wins overall. PGA Tour: 20 European Tour: 14 Japan Golf Tour: 2 PGA Tour of Australasia: 31 Other: 24 Masters Tournament: 2nd/T2 - 1986, 1987, 1996 U.S. Open: 2nd - 1984, 1995 The Open Championship: Won - 1986, 1993 PGA Championship: 2nd - 1986, 1993 Australian golfer David Graham. Rarely spoken of in the same breath as Norman and Thompson, but David Graham does own distinction of being the only Aussie to win more than one of the four major tournaments. His best finish at Augusta was fifth in 1980, but the previous year he grabbed the PGA Championship and in 1981 he added a US Open trophy to his collection. For those without long memories, Graham's PGA win - similarly to Scott's memorable Masters finish - featured two putts from downtown to keep him in the playoff against Ben Crenshaw before he finally bettered the American at the third hole. PGA Tour: 8 European Tour: 2 Japan Golf Tour: 1 PGA Tour of Australasia: 8 Champions Tour: 5 Other: 20 Masters Tournament: 5th - 1980 U.S. Open: Won - 1981 The Open Championship: T3 - 1985 PGA Championship: Won - 1979 The man who yesterday conquered one of the last unclimbed mountains in Australian sport needs little introduction. While his record overall doesn't yet match those of the Aussie champions who came before him, he's only 32, he now knows what it takes and has already proved he can challenge at all four majors. PGA Tour: 9 European Tour: 9 Asian Tour: 4 Sunshine Tour: 1 PGA Tour of Australasia: 3 Other: 1 Masters Tournament: Won - 2013 U.S. Open: T15 - 2012 The Open Championship: 2nd - 2012 PGA Championship: T3 - 2006 We had to open this can of worms. On sheer numbers alone, Karrie Webb is our greatest golfer, having won seven major titles in her 19-year professional career. No, the Kraft Nabisco Championship might not be uttered with the same reverance afforded to the Masters, but she's won it twice, along with two US Open titles and a British Open victory in 2002. Such is her standing in the game, as a 30-year-old she was youngest living person in history to be inducted into golf's Hall of Fame. LPGA Tour: 38 LPGA of Japan Tour: 3 ALPG Tour: 12 Futures Tour: 1 Other: 3 Kraft Nabisco C'ship: Won - 2000, 2006 LPGA Championship: Won - 2001 U.S. Women's Open: Won - 2000, 2001 du Maurier Classic: Won - 1999 Women's British Open: Won - 2002 Geoff Ogilvy holds the US Open trophy with his wife Julie after his breakthrough victory in 2006. Was supposed to be the next big thing seven years ago when he grabbed the US Open crown while still in his late 20s, but hasn't quite lived up to the hype. Has chalked up top 10 finishes at all four majors and is almost unbeatable in matchplay, but still has work to do if he wants to match it with our country's current and former stars. PGA Tour: 7 European Tour: 4 PGA Tour of Australasia: 2 Other: 2 Masters Tournament: T4 - 2011 U.S. Open: Won - 2006 The Open Championship: T5 - 2005 PGA Championship: T6 - 2005, 2007 Another Aussie to have stolen a major but never managed a repeat, the Elk's professional career highlight came at the PGA Championship in 1995, when he shot a 64 on Sunday to set up a playoff against Scottish gun Colin Montgomerie, winning the subsequent tiebreak at the first hole. He almost added a British Open to his record while in the twilight of his career in 2002, when he lost a four-way playoff with Ernie Els, Thomas Levet and countryman Stuart Appleby. PGA Tour: 10 Asian Tour: 1 PGA Tour of Australasia: 1 Other: 5 Masters Tournament: T3 - 1993 U.S. Open: T21 - 1989, 1990 The Open Championship: T2 - 2002 PGA Championship: Won - 1995 Ian Baker-Finch withdrew after the first round of the 1997 British Open after shooting a 92. Picture: Jayne Russell Source: No Source Remembered more for the almost complete collapse of his game than the fact that he's in the exclusive British Open winner's club, Baker-Finch's career was one of magical highs and crushing lows. His win at Royal Birkdale in 1991, while considered somewhat of a surprise, was expected to be the first of many impressive results for the Queenslander. But by 1995 his game had almost completely self-destructed, culminating in missed cuts at the 1995 and 1996 Opens and a diabolical score of 92 in the first round of the 1997 event at Royal Troon. Baker-Finch played only two more PGA tournaments after that final disaster. PGA Tour: 2 European Tour: 2 Japan Golf Tour: 3 PGA Tour of Australasia: 11 Masters Tournament: T6 - 1992 U.S. Open: T13 - 1992 The Open Championship: Won - 1991 PGA Championship: T34 - 1989