How The Leading Professionals See Themselves

At the Los Angeles Open last week SPORTS ILLUSTRATED polled the country's best golfers for answers to some of the questions that are most frequently debated by their galleries. Below are the pros' ratings of their fellow pros.

?The most effective golf swing
1) Sanders 2) Snead 3) Bolt

?The prettiest golf swing
1) Snead 2) Jay Hebert 3) Bolt

?The best driver
1) Palmer 2) Jay Hebert 3) Bolt

?The longest driver
1) Bayer 2) Harney 3) Souchak

?The best long-iron player
1) Palmer 2) Jay Hebert 3) Snead

?The best middle-iron player
1) Tie: Littler and Bolt 3) Maxwell

?The best short-iron player
1) Maxwell 2) Littler 3) Barber

?The best bunker player
1) Boros 2) Tie: Player and Venturi

?The best putter
1) Casper 2) Sanders 3) Barber