 Ferrier's example set the stage for the international success of stars such as South African Bobby Locke (four Open Championship titles between 1949 and 1957), and fellow Australian Peter Thomson (five Open Championship titles between 1954 and 1965).But Ferrier's record in the U.S. was superior to those of both Locke and Thomson.Until the arrival of South African Gary Player on the U.S. Tour in the late 1950s, Ferrier was the most successful non-American in that Tour's history, or at least since Tommy Armour played in the 1920s and 1930s.