Minnesota athletes make list of best golfers from other sports
Golf Digest is back with the latest edition of their definitive ranking of the top 100 non-professional golfers amongst professional athletes, and quite a few local names made the list.
And, in keeping with local tradition, a few big-name hockey players are near the top.
Former Warroad High School star T.J. Oshie, ex-Wild winger Cal Clutterbuck and one-time Gophers scorer Kyle Okposo all cracked the top 50, suggesting that skill with a hockey stick might correlate to skill with a club.
Or, perhaps, that these guys just like to play a sport where people won't try to hit them (often) during the offseason.
Something like that.
Either way, the following athletes with ties to Minnesota made the list:
5. Cal Clutterbuck -- ex-Wild forward
19. Aaron Hicks -- ex-Twins outfielder
25. Kyle Okposo -- Former Gophers forward
35. T.J. Oshie -- Former Warroad High School forward
64. Mike Miller -- ex-Wolves forward
72. Joe Mauer -- Twins first baseman
79. Jared Allen -- ex-Vikings defensive end
85. Larry Fitzgerald -- Minneapolis native
86. Eric Decker -- former Gophers wide receiver
92. Lindsay Whalen -- Lynx guard, former Gophers guard, from Hutchinson, Minn.
For the full list, click here.
