Lee Trevino

Lee Trevino's Peak: 1971 form rates 96 overall among the all-time greats, a Complete Player profile built around accuracy graded S, which tops every other attribute on the card.

• Power sits at B+ for Trevino, a genuine liability across the legends pool: nearly the whole pool rates higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy sits at S for Trevino, top-tier across the legends pool: only one other player in the pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• At S, Trevino's iron play rating is well above the pool average (88th percentile of the legends pool) — only 3 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• At A, Trevino's short game rating is on the stronger side of average (64th percentile of the legends pool) — 9 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting A — modestly above average in the legends pool; 8 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• At S, Trevino's course iq rating is among the very best in the pool (96th percentile of the legends pool) — only one other player in the pool rates higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve sits at A+ for Trevino, modestly above average across the legends pool: 11 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency sits at A+ for Trevino, a clear strength across the legends pool: 6 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine sits at A for Trevino, a shade above the pool average across the legends pool: 10 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Complete Player. Elite from tee to green with nothing left exposed. When every attribute clusters this tightly near the top, a season comes down to variance, not weaknesses.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the legends pool matches this card more closely than Nick Faldo, Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan, in that order of similarity.

• Nick Faldo,
• Byron Nelson,
• Ben Hogan

Of the 24 events on the schedule, U.S. Open, The Open Championship and THE PLAYERS Championship suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• U.S. Open — Major
• The Open Championship — Major
• THE PLAYERS Championship — Flagship

Legends aren't priced for Salary Cap — Lee Trevino unlocks wholesale, gold-accented, alongside the rest of the Peak: 1971 pool inside Legends mode, where every build gets the same nine zones and no budget to manage.

1971: U.S. Open (beat Nicklaus in playoff), Canadian Open and Open in 20 days; 6 majors. Self-taught fade machine, best shot-maker/tactician of the era; struggled only at Augusta. Back injury (lightning 1975) later. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–11 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.