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Harry Vardon
Harry Vardon (1870–1937), Jersey-born golfer, won a record six Open Championships plus the 1900 U.S. Open, led the Great Triumvirate with Taylor and Braid, popularized the Vardon overlapping grip, and lost the famous 1913 U.S. Open playoff to Francis Ouimet.
Henrik Stenson
Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer born 1976, 2016 Open champion at Royal Troon (264, 20 under), first Swedish male major winner, first European FedEx Cup winner (2013), twice Race to Dubai champion, world No. 2 in 2014, later LIV Golf and senior tours.
Hideki Matsuyama (松山英樹)
Hideki Matsuyama (松山英樹), born 1992 in Ehime, Japan, is a professional golfer, 2021 Masters champion and Japan's first male major winner, with 11 PGA Tour wins and 8 Japan Golf Tour titles.
Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter is an English professional golfer, born 1976, with 12 European Tour and 3 PGA Tour wins, known for his Ryder Cup match-play record and LIV Golf.
Ian Woosnam
Ian Woosnam (Woosie), Welsh golfer born 1958 in Oswestry; 1991 Masters champion, world No. 1 for 50 weeks, 29 European Tour wins, and winning 2006 European Ryder Cup captain at the K Club.
J. J. Spaun
J.J. Spaun (John Michael Spaun Jr., born 1990) is an American PGA Tour golfer and 2025 U.S. Open champion at Oakmont; also won the 2022 and 2026 Valero Texas Opens and the 2026 BMW PGA Championship.
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus, nicknamed the Golden Bear, is an American golfer and course designer whose record 18 professional major championships, won between 1962 and 1986, remains the standard in men's golf.
Jason Day
Jason Day, Australian pro golfer from Beaudesert, Queensland; 2015 PGA Championship winner at 20-under, former World No. 1 for over 50 weeks, 13 PGA Tour wins, chronic back injuries.
Jason Dufner
Jason Dufner, American PGA Tour golfer from Cleveland, Ohio, Auburn alum, turned pro 2000. Five tour wins including the 2013 PGA Championship at Oak Hill; lost 2011 PGA playoff to Keegan Bradley; PGA Tour Champions eligible 2027.
Jean van de Velde (golfer)
Jean van de Velde (born 1966, Mont-de-Marsan) is a French golfer, two-time European Tour winner (1993 Roma Masters, 2006 Madeira Island Open), famous for the 1999 Open collapse at Carnoustie: triple bogey on 18, playoff loss to Paul Lawrie.
Jeev Milkha Singh (ਜੀਵ ਮਿਲਖਾ ਸਿੰਘ)
Jeev Milkha Singh (ਜੀਵ ਮਿਲਖਾ ਸਿੰਘ) is an Indian professional golfer born in Chandigarh in 1971, the first Indian on the European Tour and son of sprinter Milkha Singh.
Jesper Parnevik
Jesper Parnevik, Swedish golfer (born 1965, Stockholm), five-time PGA Tour winner and four-time European Tour winner, twice Open Championship runner-up, three Ryder Cups, world No. 7 in 2000, 2016 Insperity Invitational champion on PGA Tour Champions.
Jessica Korda
Jessica Korda, American LPGA Tour golfer (joined 2011), six-time tour winner whose titles include the 2012 Australian Open won in a six-player playoff and the 2018 Honda LPGA Thailand; older sister of Nelly Korda, returning part-time in 2026 after a back injury and maternity leave.
Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk, American golfer (born 1970), 17 PGA Tour wins, 2003 U.S. Open champion, first 58 in PGA Tour history (2016 Travelers), nine Ryder Cups, 2018 and 2027 U.S. captain, 2021 U.S. Senior Open winner.
Jimmy Walker (golfer)
Jimmy Walker (born 1979, Oklahoma City) is an American PGA Tour golfer from Boerne, Texas, a Baylor alumnus with six Tour wins including the 2016 PGA Championship at Baltusrol, and a 2014 and 2016 Ryder Cup player.
Joaquín Niemann
Joaquin Niemann, Chilean golfer, Torque GC captain on LIV Golf with a record nine individual wins; former PGA Tour winner (Greenbrier 2019, Genesis 2022); yet to commit to LIV Golf 2.0 for 2027.
Joel Dahmen
Joel Dahmen (born 1987, Clarkston, Washington) is an American PGA Tour golfer, 2021 Corales Puntacana Championship winner, testicular cancer survivor, and Netflix Full Swing personality.
John Daly (golfer)
John Patrick Daly (born 1966), American golfer, two-time major champion: 1991 PGA Championship won as ninth alternate at Crooked Stick and 1995 Open at St Andrews; famed for leading PGA Tour driving distance 11 of 12 years.
Johnny Miller
Johnny Miller, American golfer (born San Francisco, BYU), 25 PGA Tour wins and two majors; his 1973 U.S. Open final-round 63 at Oakmont was the first 63 in a major, and he later spent 29 years as NBC's lead golf analyst.
Jon Rahm
Jon Rahm Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer and two-time major champion, having won the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and the 2023 Masters while reaching world number one.
Jordan Spieth
Jordan Spieth (Jordan Alexander Spieth), American PGA Tour golfer from Texas, turned pro 2012; won 2015 Masters and U.S. Open and 2017 Open at Royal Birkdale, second-youngest world No. 1 after Tiger Woods, still missing only the PGA Championship for the career Grand Slam.
José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal (Chema), Spanish golfer born 1966 in Hondarribia, two-time Masters champion (1994, 1999), 23 European Tour wins, Ryder Cup stalwart with Seve Ballesteros and captain of Europe's 2012 Miracle at Medinah comeback.
Justin Leonard
Justin Leonard (born 1972, Dallas) is an American golfer, 1997 Open champion at Royal Troon, 1998 Players winner, 12 PGA Tour titles, 1999 Ryder Cup putt hero, now on PGA Tour Champions and Golf Channel.
Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose, born 1980 in Johannesburg, is an English professional golfer who won the 2013 U.S. Open, Olympic gold at Rio 2016, and 13 PGA Tour titles.
Justin Thomas
Justin Thomas (born 1993, Louisville, Kentucky), American PGA Tour golfer nicknamed JT; two-time PGA Championship winner (2017, 2022), 16 PGA Tour titles, Ryder Cup record 9-5-2, Alabama alumnus and Titleist staffer.
Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley, American PGA Tour golfer from Woodstock, Vermont; 2011 PGA Championship winner in his major debut with a belly putter; eight PGA Tour wins; 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain at Bethpage, where Europe won 15-13.
Ken Edwards
Ken Edwards (Kenneth Paine Edwards, 1886-1952), American amateur golfer, Exmoor Country Club; won 1904 Olympic men's team golf gold for the Western Golf Association; Western Amateur medalist 1907-08, runner-up 1917.
Kevin Kisner
Kevin Kisner (born 1984, Aiken, South Carolina), American PGA Tour golfer with four wins including the 2019 WGC Match Play, runner-up at the 2018 Open; now NBC lead analyst and Jupiter Links TGL player.
Kevin Na
Kevin Na, Korean-American professional golfer, turned pro at 17 in 2001, 2002 Asian Tour Rookie of the Year, five-time PGA Tour winner, Iron Heads GC LIV captain 2022-2026, then sought PGA Tour reinstatement.
Laura Davies
Laura Davies, formally Dame Laura Jane Davies, is an English professional golfer, born in Coventry in 1963, who won 87 tournaments, including four major championships.