well the special panel adds some insight to the rankings.
I wasn't aware the Homer Kelley was a swing coach or golf instructor per-se.
Yes he wrote The Book, yes he taught Instructors, but did he really have a business as a golf instructor?
Not that it probably matters, nice to see that Homer is given credit for influencing golf....
I would ask the question this way - how many of the Top 10 actually taught instructors? I'd say that makes you especially influential.
All of them did, either when they were instructors or as they developed into instructors. Take Leadbetter, Toski, Jacobs and Hogan, they taught a significant number of instructors, the number of instructors who list those names as references is rather high which surprised me.