- Tiger Woods
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements.
- Phil Mickelson
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- Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature (he stands 1.90 metres) along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing.
- Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh (born 22 February, 1963) is a professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. A Indo - Fijian of Hindu ancestry, he was born in Lautoka, Fiji and grew up in Nadi. His name means "Victorious Lion". He has won three major championships (The Masters in 2000 and the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004) and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003 and 2004.
- John Daly
John Patrick Daly (born April 28, 1966) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Daly is known primarily for his "zero to hero" victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, his driving distance off the tee (earning him the nickname "Long John"), his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life.
- Kenny Perry
James Kenneth Perry (born August 10, 1960) is an American professional golfer. Perry was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, but lived most of his formative years in Franklin, Kentucky, in Simpson County. He started high school at Franklin-Simpson High School, but transferred to Lone Oak High School in McCracken County, Kentucky, when his father's job took him to work in Paducah, Kentucky. Kenny graduated from Lone Oak High School and attended Western Kentucky University.
- Jack Nicklaus
As the administrative assistant for professional golfer and golf course designer Jack Nicklaus , Stevens had a perfect way to help. She collected and donated autographed memorabilia to the Hero Flight project from Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player .
- Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AM (born February 10, 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's number one ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He is nicknamed "The Great White Shark", or simply, "The Shark", a reference to a shark inhabiting Australian waters as well as Norman's size and blond locks.
- Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim (born June 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer. Kim was born in Los Angeles. He was part of the winning USA team in the 2005 Walker Cup.
- Mike Souchak
Michael Souchak (born May 10, 1927) is an American professional golfer who won 15 times on the PGA Tour in the 1950's and 1960's. He played on the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams. In his first win at the 1955 Texas Open, he set or tied several records. His first round 60 tied the record 18-hole record. This record was finally broken in 1977 by Al Geiberger's 59. That first round also included a record breaking 27 on the back nine holes.
- Adam Scott
Adam Derek Scott is a professional golfer and one of a crop of young Australians plying their trade on the major golf tours. To date he is one of only two golfers born in the 1980s who have made the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings, the other being Sergio García, and thus has one of the most promising careers in men's golf. On January 7 2007 he reached a career high ranking of third. Scott was born in Adelaide, Australia.
- Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir O.Ont. (born May 12, 1970) is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Weir was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University (majoring in Recreation Management), and he turned pro in 1992. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1999 Air Canada Championship in Surrey, British Columbia. The victory made him the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in Canada in 45 years.
- Stewart Cink
Stewart Ernest Cink (born May 21, 1973) is an American golfer who has featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings. Cink was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He attended Georgia Tech, where he played golf for the Yellow Jackets, and turned professional in 1995. After winning the Mexican Open and three events on the Nike Tour in 1996, Cink joined the PGA Tour in 1997 and won the Canon Greater Hartford Open in his rookie season.
- Justin Leonard
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.
- Rocco Mediate
Rocco Mediate (born December 17 1962) is an American golfer. Mediate was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Florida Southern College and turned professional in 1985. Mediate's career has been dogged by back trouble and he started using a long putter early on because of this. In 1991 he became the first player to win on the PGA Tour using a long putter when he won the Doral-Ryder Open.
- Jim Furyk
James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer, known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing. In September 2006 he reached a career high of second in the Official World Golf Rankings.
- Davis Love III
Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer. Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He quickly established himself on the PGA Tour, winning his first tour event in 1987. He was later to be in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for several years and reaching a high of third.
- Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson (born February 24, 1976) is an American golfer and winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament. Johnson was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and developed his golf skills at Elmcrest Country Club, and also as a member of the now defunct Catholic Regis High School golf team, both in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He played #2 on his high school team and led them to an Iowa 3A State Golf Championship in 1992.
- Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946. He and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within 6 months of each other in 1912. Although he won many tournaments in the course of his relatively brief career, he is mostly remembered today for having won 11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total tournaments in 1945. He retired officially at the age of 34 to be a rancher, …
- Luke Donald
Luke Donald (born December 7, 1977) is an English golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007 he reached a career high ranking of 7 and was briefly the highest ranked European golfer.
- Tom Watson
Thomas Sturges "Tom" Watson (born September 4, 1949) is an American golfer on the Champions Tour, who still occasionally competes in PGA Tour events. In the 1970s and 1980s he was one of the leading players in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times. He was the number one player in the world, according to McCormack's World Golf Rankings, from 1978 through 1982, …
- Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved to the United Kingdom at the age of five. Rose burst to prominence at The Open Championship in 1998. As a seventeen year old amateur he holed a dramatic shot from the fairway for birdie on the 18th to finish tied for fourth. He turned professional the following week, but initially struggled badly, missing 21 cuts in a row.
- Lee Westwood
Lee Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer.
- Fred Couples
Frederick Stephen Couples (born October 3, 1959) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour. He has won numerous events, and is most famous for winning the 1992 Masters Tournament. Because of his long drives, he has been given the nickname "Boom Boom."
- Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 - July 25, 1997) was an American golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game. Born within six months of two of the other acknowledged golf greats of the twentieth century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is notable for his profound influence on golf swing theory and his legendary ball-striking ability, for which he remains renowned among players and aficionados.
- Angel Cabrera
Ángel Cabrera (born September 12, 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays mainly on the European Tour. Known affectionately as "El Pato" Cabrera ("The duck"), he is the 2007 U.S. Open champion.
- David Duval
David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.
- Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Ogilvy (born June 11 1977) is an Australian golfer who now resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the United States. Ogilvy was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He turned professional in May of 1998 and he won a European Tour card at that year's Qualifying school. He played on the European Tour in 1999 and 2000, finishing 65th in his first season and improving to 48th in his second. He joined the U.S. based PGA Tour in 2001, …
- Trevor Immelman
Trevor John Immelman (born 16 December 1979) is a South African golfer. Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of five. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in 1998. Immelman turned professional in 1999. In 2000 he played mainly on the second tier professional tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour, and finished tenth on the Order of Merit.
- Nick Faldo
Nick Faldo , winner of six Majors including three Masters Tournaments and three British Open titles, and more than 40 tournaments worldwide, is named CBS Sports' lead analyst for golf. The announcement was made today by Tony Petitti , Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.
- Will MacKenzie
William Ruggles MacKenzie (born September 28, 1974) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. MacKenzie was born and raised in Greenville, North Carolina. He was a golfing prodigy growing up but burned out on golf at age 14 and completely quit the game after high school. After attending East Carolina University for a period, Will then spent five years snowboarding, …
- Fred Funk
Frederick "Fred" Funk (born June 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer. Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981 but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988, not becoming a member of the PGA Tour until 1989. He picked up a number of wins from 1992 onwards, and without quite becoming one of the top stars on the tour, …
- Robert Allenby
Robert Allenby (born 12 July 1971) is one of the leading Australian professional golfers of his generation. Allenby was born in Melbourne. He turned professional in 1992 and was soon successful, topping the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in his first season and again in 1994. He continues to play some events on his home tour and as of June 2005 he has nine wins on it, including one as an amateur.
- Aaron Baddeley
Aaron John Baddeley (born 17 March 1981) is an American-Australian professional golfer. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and now plays on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship and was raised in Australia from the age of two. He represents Australia in professional golf. When he was in his late teens Baddeley was seen as one of the most promising talents in world golf.
- Butch Harmon
Claude "Butch" Harmon, Jr. (born August 28, 1943) is one of the world's best known golf instructors. He is the son of 1948 Masters champion Claude Harmon, Sr. and has been in the golf industry since 1965. Harmon was a PGA Tour player from 1969 to 1971, with one win to his name on the Tour, the 1971 Broome County Open. Harmon is best known for having been Tiger Woods' golf coach early in the great champion's career, though they have since gone their separate ways.
- Mark Calcavecchia
Mark John Calcavecchia (born June 12, 1960) is an American golfer. Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska. He attended the University of Florida, turned professional in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1982. He earned All-SEC honors in 1979. Calcavecchia was at his best in the late 1980s, notching up his most notable achievement in 1989, when he won The Open Championship (aka the British Open), which is one of golf's four major championships, …
- Steve Stricker
Steven Charles Stricker (born February 13 1967) is an American professional golfer. Stricker was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin. A 1990 graduate of the University of Illinois, Stricker turned professional in 1990 and has won three times on the PGA Tour. His most successful season on tour came in 1996, when Stricker notched two victories (Kemper Open, Motorola Western Open) and seven top ten finishes on his way to finishing fourth on the 1996 PGA Tour money list.
- David Feherty
David Feherty (born August 13, 1958) is a former European Tour and PGA Tour golfer, who now works as a writer and broadcaster. He is know by many for his good sense of humor. He was born in Bangor, Northern Ireland and spent most of his playing career in Europe, where he won five times and finished in the top ten of the European Tour's Order of Merit twice, coming tenth in 1989 and eighth in 1990. He spent 1994 and 1995 playing mainly on the PGA Tour, …
- Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up the game as a child. He excelled as a junior and played golf at the University of Florida. He was a three-time All American there, and Southeastern Conference Player of the Year in 2002 and 2004. He began playing on the PGA Tour in 2006 and made a promising start at that level, with two second place finishes in his first seven events.
- Charles Howell III
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.