Scott Rachal Verplank (born July 9 1964) is an American professional golfer. Verplank was born in Dallas, Texas. He was a leading member of the W.T. White High School Golf Team and a regular at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas. While attending Oklahoma State University he won at the Western Open, becoming the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Doug Sanders won the 1956 Canadian Open.

Jay Dean Haas (born December 2, 1953) is an American golfer. Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that "Golf World" has called "the greatest college team of all time". He won the individual championship in 1975. He turned professional in 1976. Haas has had a solid career on the PGA Tour, winning nine times between 1978 and 1993.

Justin Leonard (born June 15, 1972) is an American professional golfer. Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He won the Haskins Award in 1994 as the most outstanding collegiate golfer. As a professional he made his name by winning the 1997 British Open, one of golf's four majors. He has ten career wins on the PGA Tour.

Charles Gordon Howell III (born June 20, 1979) is an American golfer. Howell was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, the home town of the Masters Tournament. He was a member of Augusta Country Club, which is adjacent to Amen Corner at Augusta National Golf Club. Howell graduated from Westminster Schools of Augusta, and soon after attended Oklahoma State University.

Ryan David Moore (born December 5, 1982) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the PGA Tour.

Hale S. Irwin (born June 3, 1945) is an American golfer. He is the uncle of Heath Irwin. Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Colorado in 1967, where he was a two-time All-Big Eight defensive back, as well as an academic All-American in football. He won the individual NCAA Division I Championship in golf in 1967 and turned professional the following year.

Jay Don Blake (born October 28, 1958) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Blake was born in St. George, Utah. He attended Utah State University in Logan and was a member of the golf team. He won the 1980 NCAA Championship and was named NCAA "Player of the Year" in 1981. He turned pro in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1987. Although Blake has but one win on the PGA Tour, …

Billy Ray Brown (born April 5, 1963) is a former American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1980s and 1990s, and a current sportscaster for ESPN on ABC. Brown was born, raised and makes his home in Missouri City, Texas. He attended the University of Houston, and was a member of the golf team. He won the 1982 NCAA Division I Championship as a freshman. He was also a member of the 1984 and 1985 national championship teams, …

Curtis Strange won a total of 17 times on the PGA TOUR. He hasn't yet gotten a victory on the Champions Tour, but he still finished 44th on the 2006 Charles Schwab Cup points list after placing in the top 25 in over a third of his appearances.

Troy Matteson (born November 8, 1979) is an American golfer. Matteson was born in Rockledge, Florida. He has won once on the PGA Tour and twice on the Nationwide Tour. He won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships as an individual in 2002.

Ronald "J.J." Henry III (born 2 April, 1975) is an American PGA Tour golfer. Henry was born in Fairfield, Connecticut. While attending Texas Christian University he was the individual runner up at the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships and turned pro later that year. He joined the Buy.com Tour in 1999 and after winning the 2000 BUY.COM Knoxville Open open he moved up to the PGA Tour in 2001.

Tom Nieporte (born October 2, 1928) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Nieporte grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of North College Hill, Ohio. He attended the Ohio State University and was a distinguished member of the golf team, winning the NCAA Championship in 1951. He was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1983. Nieporte turned pro in 1953. He played full-time on the PGA Tour for five years, …

Scott William Simpson (born September 17, 1955) is an American golfer. Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship (1976, 1977). He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978. He played on the PGA Tour from 1979, and won seven PGA Tour events between 1980 and 1998. The highlight of Simpson's career was his victory at the 1987 U.S. Open Championship, …

Kermit Zarley (born September 29, 1941) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He is also an author of several books. Zarley was born in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Houston and was a distinguished member of the golf team. He was both the medalist and individual champion at the 1962 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships as he led his team to victory.

David Wayne Edwards (born April 18, 1956) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from 1979-2005. He is the younger brother of former PGA Tour professional, Danny Edwards. Edwards was born in Neosho, Missouri. He attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and was a distinguished member of the golf team. Edwards was the individual medalist his senior year at the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, …

John Cook (born October 2, 1957) is an American professional golfer from Windermere, Florida. Cook was born in Toledo, Ohio and attended the Ohio State University, where he was a member of the 1979 NCAA Golf Championship team. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1978, and nearly won it again in 1979, losing to Mark O'Meara in the finals. He was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1986. Cook turned professional in 1979.

Bob Byman (born April 25, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Byman was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was a member of the golf team. He played with Jay Haas and Curtis Strange on the 1974 and 1975 teams, which won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.

Johan Edfors (born 10 October 1975) is a Swedish golfer who plays primarily on the European Tour. Edfors attended the University of Texas at San Antonio on a Division I athletic scholarship for men's golf. He played for the team under the coaching of Barry Denton for two years. He turned professional in 1997. He spent several years playing the second tier Challenge Tour, but failed to make the top hundred on the Order of Merit until 2003, …

Brandt William Jobe (born August 1, 1965) is an American golfer. Jobe was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He attended UCLA where he was a member of the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships winning team. He turned professional in 1988. In 1990, Jobe led the order of merit on the Canadian Tour. He won membership of the PGA Tour for 1991 via Qualifying School, but only made five cuts that year.

Benjamin Gordon "Bubba" Dickerson (born May 6, 1981) is an American professional golfer. He is best known for winning the 2001 U.S. Amateur Championship. Dickerson was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He played for University of Florida, and was runner-up in the 2000 U.S. Amateur Public Links championship. In 2001, he was a member of the Florida team which won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, and followed that with a win at the Western Amateur.

Gary George Hallberg (born May 31, 1958) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Hallberg was born in Berwyn, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was a member of the golf team. He was a member of the 1977 Walker Cup team, and was the individual medalist at the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.

Brian Peter Watts (born March 18 1966) is an American professional golfer. Watts was born in Montreal, Canada to European parents, but is now a U.S. citizen who lives in Oklahoma.. He played collegiately at Oklahoma State and won the NCAA Division I Championship in 1987. Watts turned professional in 1988. He played mainly on the Japan Golf Tour in the 1990s, where he had 12 victories. However he is best known for his performance at The Open at Royal Birkdale in 1998, …

Richard Francis "Dick" Zokol (born August 21, 1958) is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour, winning at least one event in each venue. Zokol was born in Kitimat, British Columbia. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and was the captain of the 1981 NCAA championship golf team. He was a teammate of future fellow PGA Tour players Rick Fehr, …

Grier Jones (born May 6, 1946) is a current college head golf coach and former PGA Tour professional golfer. Jones was born, raised and has been a life-long resident of Wichita, Kansas. Jones attended Wichita's Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School where he played both football and golf. He won the 1963 and 1964 Kansas State High School golf championships.

Robert Joseph Murphy, Jr. (born February 14, 1943) is an American golfer. Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York. He won the 1965 U.S. Amateur Championship and the 1966 NCAA championship while at the University of Florida, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He graduated in 1966 and turned pro in 1967. He won five times on the PGA Tour. He was a member of the 1975 Ryder Cup team. He has won 11 times on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour).

Frederick Wampler (October 17, 1923 - April 27, 1985) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. Wampler played on the Purdue University golf team from 1948 to 1950. In 1950, he won the NCAA individual championship, was selected as Purdue's first All-American and won the Big Ten individual title for the third consecutive year.

Len Mattiace (born October 15, 1967) is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Mattiace was born in Mineola, New York. He attended Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1990 with a degree in Sociology. While at Wake Forest, he played on the team that won the NCAA Division I Golf Championship in 1986. He turned pro later in 1990.

John Samuel Inman (born November 26, 1962) is an American professional golfer and college men's golf head coach. Inman is the younger brother of professional golfer Joe Inman. Inman was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill from 1980-1984, and was a distinguished member of the golf team - a three-time All-American. In his senior year, Inman received the Haskins Award given annually to the college player of the year.

Woody T. Blackburn (born July 26, 1951) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s. Blackburn was born in Pikeville, Kentucky. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and was a member of the 1973 NCAA Championship golf team along with future fellow PGA Tour golfers, Gary Koch and Andy Bean. He turned pro later that same year.

Earl Richard Stewart Jr. (October 15, 1921 - July 11, 1990) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s; and was a college head golf coach in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Louisiana State University and was a member of the golf team. In 1941, he won the NCAA Championship, and led the Bayou Bengals to a share of the NCAA team title in 1942.

Jesse W. "Jess" Sweetser (April 18 1902 - May 27 1989) was an amateur golfer, best known as the first American-born player to win the British Amateur Championship (the first U.S. citizen to win it was the Australian-born naturalized-American Walter Travis). Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Sweetser later attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. In 1920, Sweetser won the individual title at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.

Per-Ulrik Johansson (born 6 December 1966) is a Swedish golfer. Like many European golfers he took a golf scholarship in the United States as sports scholarships do not exist in Europe. He attended the Arizona State University and was a member of the same NCAA Championship winning team as Phil Mickelson. Johansson turned professional later in 1990 and won a European Tour card on his first visit to Qualifying School. He was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 1991.

Phil Rodgers (born April 3, 1938) is an American golfer. He won the 1958 NCAA Division I Golf Championship. He won five times on the PGA Tour in the 1960s. He is perhaps best known for losing to Bob Charles in a 36-hole playoff in the 1963 British Open.

Alejandro Cañizares is a Spanish golfer. Cañizares won the 2003 NCAA men's golf championship while playing at Arizona State University. In August 2006, he won his third event as a European Tour golfer, the Imperial Collection Russian Open. He is the son of five time European Tour winner and four time Ryder Cup player José Maria Cañizares.

Jim Laver Carter (born June 24, 1961) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Carter was born in Spring Lake, North Carolina. He attended Arizona State University in Tempe and was a distinguished member of the golf team - a two-time first-team All-American and the 1983 NCAA Champion. He won the 1981 and 1984 Arizona State Amateur Championship, and the 1983 and 1984 Southwest Amateur Championship.

Thomas Wayne Jenkins (born December 14, 1947) is an American golfer. Jenkins was born in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Houston, where he was a member of the winning 1970 NCAA Division I golf team. He graduated in 1971 and turned professional. His only PGA Tour victory was the 1975 IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic, but he has been relatively more successful as a senior, with seven wins on the Champions Tour.

James A. Jamieson (born April 21, 1943) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s. Jamieson was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in Moline, Illinois. He started playing golf at age 7 at Oakwood Country Club in Moline. He attended Oklahoma State University and was a member of the 1963 NCAA Championship golf team. Jamieson served in Vietnam before joining the PGA Tour in 1970. Jamieson played in about 180 PGA Tour events from 1970-1978.

Billy Joe Maxwell (born July 23, 1929) is an American golfer. He was born in Abilene, Texas. He won seven times on the PGA Tour after an impressive amateur career. He played college golf at North Texas State College and helped them win four consecutive NCAA Division I team championships (1949-1952). He also won the U.S. Amateur title in 1951. After college he served in the Army and turned pro in 1954.

Jobe, a former Kent Denver star, is hoping his accident was the final piece of a 2006 season that was frustrating on many levels, especially after a stellar 2005 season. That year, Jobe finished 27th on the money list with more than $2 million in earnings and six top-10 finishes. At the beginning of 2006, he had a top-20 finish at the Bob Hope and tied for 10th at the Buick Invitational. He had only one other top-10 finish during the rest of the season.