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Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino (born December 1, 1939), nicknamed Merry Mex and Super Mex, is a Mexican-American golfer who won six majors, 29 PGA Tour and 29 Champions Tour titles, and the 1971 U.S.-Canadian-British Open triple.
Lexi Thompson
Lexi Thompson (Alexis Thompson), American professional golfer, youngest LPGA winner at 2011 Navistar Classic, 2014 Chevron/Kraft Nabisco major champion, 11 LPGA wins, seven Solheim Cups, retired from full-time play in 2024.
List of career achievements by Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods career achievements: 82 PGA Tour wins (tied with Sam Snead), 15 majors, 683 weeks world No. 1, 142 consecutive cuts, Tiger Slam, 1997 Masters youngest winner, 2019 comeback, Hall of Fame 2022.
List of male golfers
List of male golfers: notable men in golf, judged by major championships, tour wins, and the Official World Golf Ranking. Covers Old and Young Tom Morris, Mickelson, Scheffler, McIlroy, LIV players, and amateur golf.
Louis Oosthuizen
Louis Oosthuizen (Lodewicus Theodorus Oosthuizen, born 1982), South African golfer, 2010 Open champion at St Andrews by seven strokes; runner-up in all four majors; LIV Golf Southern Guards GC captain.
Lucas Glover
Lucas Glover, American PGA Tour golfer from Greenville, South Carolina, 2009 U.S. Open champion at Bethpage Black (276, two clear of Mickelson, Duval, Barnes). Six tour wins, including the 2023 Wyndham and FedEx St. Jude back-to-back after beating the putting yips with a broom-handle putter.
Ludvig Åberg
Ludvig Åberg, Swedish PGA Tour golfer born 1999 in Eslov; two Tour wins (2023 RSM Classic, 2025 Genesis Invitational), first PGA TOUR U direct-access graduate, Europe Ryder Cup winner 2023 and 2025, career-high world No. 4.
Luke Donald
Luke Donald, English professional golfer (full name Luke Campbell Donald, turned pro 2001). World No. 1 from May 29, 2011 without a major; won the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play; Ryder Cup winner four times as player and twice as captain (2023, 2025), retained for 2027.
Luke Kwon
Luke Kwon (born 1992, Seoul) is a South Korean-born American professional golfer and YouTube golf creator; 2019 Qinhuangdao Championship winner on PGA Tour China, 2024 Creator Classic champion, Asian Tour player.
Lydia Ko
Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer from Auckland, youngest LPGA Tour winner at 15y4m2d (2012 CPKC Women's Open), three majors, Olympic silver, bronze, and gold, and 2024 LPGA Hall of Fame inductee.
Marc Leishman
Marc Leishman, Australian pro golfer from Warrnambool, Victoria; six-time PGA Tour winner, 2009 Rookie of the Year, 2015 Open runner-up; joined LIV Golf's Ripper GC in 2022, winning LIV Miami 2025 and the 2024 Team Championship.
Margaret Abbott
Margaret Ives Abbott, American golfer, won the 1900 Paris Olympic women's golf event with 47 strokes, first American woman Olympic champion; she never knew it, receiving a porcelain bowl, rediscovered by historian Paula Welch.
Mark O'Meara
Mark Francis O'Meara, American golfer, 16 PGA Tour wins; won the 1998 Masters and 1998 Open at Royal Birkdale at 41, the oldest to take two majors in one year; World Golf Hall of Fame 2015.
Martin Kaymer
Martin Kaymer, German golfer, two-time major champion (2010 PGA Championship, 2014 U.S. Open), former world No. 1, holed the 2012 Ryder Cup-winning putt at Medinah; now captains LIV Golf's Cleeks GC.
Mason Phelps
Mason Elliott Phelps (1885-1945), American amateur golfer from Chicago, 1904 Olympic gold medalist with the Western Golf Association team, =5 individually, Western Amateur champion 1908 and 1910, later president of Pheoll Manufacturing Co.; distinct from equestrian Mason Phelps, Jr.
Matt Fitzpatrick
Matt Fitzpatrick, born Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick in 1994, is an English golfer who won the 2013 U.S. Amateur and 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club.
Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar, American PGA Tour golfer born 1978 in Winter Park, Florida; Georgia Tech graduate, 1997 U.S. Amateur champion, nine PGA Tour wins including the 2012 Players Championship, no major title, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist.
Matthew Wolff
Matthew Wolff (born 1999) is an American golfer; 2019 NCAA champion, 3M Open winner in his third pro start, 2020 U.S. Open runner-up, and a LIV Golf player for RangeGoats GC.
Maurice Flitcroft
Maurice Gerald Flitcroft (1929–2007) was a British crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness who, having never played a full round, shot 121 in qualifying for the 1976 Open, then re-entered for years under pseudonyms.
Maverick McNealy
Maverick McNealy, also known as Maverick Scott McNealy, is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour who won his first title at the 2024 RSM Classic.
Michelle Wie West
Michelle Wie West (born 1989, Honolulu) is an American golfer, teenage prodigy, and 2014 U.S. Women's Open champion with five LPGA wins; retired 2023, returned for the 2026 U.S. Women's Open and WTGL.
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Miguel Ángel Jiménez, El Pisha, Spanish golfer born 1964 in Málaga; 21 European Tour titles, four Ryder Cups, oldest European Tour winner (2014, age 50), and 17 PGA Tour Champions wins including three senior majors.
Mike Weir
Mike Weir, Canadian left-handed golfer from Sarnia, Ontario; 2003 Masters champion, first Canadian man to win a major, eight PGA Tour wins, 2024 Presidents Cup International captain.
Min Woo Lee
Min Woo Lee, Australian PGA Tour golfer from Perth, brother of Minjee Lee; 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, three DP World Tour wins including the 2021 Scottish Open, 2024 and 2026 International Presidents Cup member, nicknamed The Chef.
Minjee Lee
Minjee Lee (born 1996, Perth) is an Australian LPGA golfer, sister of Min Woo Lee, with 11 LPGA wins and three majors: 2021 Evian, 2022 U.S. Women's Open, 2025 Women's PGA.
Muni He (何沐妮)
Muni He (何沐妮), nicknamed Lily, Chinese LPGA golfer born 1999 in Chengdu, raised in Vancouver and San Diego; turned pro 2017, 2018 Prasco Charity Championship winner, Q-Series medalist, engaged to F1 driver Alex Albon.
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez (born 1957) is an American LPGA golfer whose 1978 rookie season brought nine wins, five straight, and Rookie and Player of the Year honors; 48 career wins, three majors, World Golf Hall of Fame.
Nat Moore
Nat Moore (Nathaniel Ford Moore, III, 1884-1910), American golfer; won 1904 St. Louis Olympic team golf gold with the Western Golf Association; individual =9; distinct from later athletes named Moore.
Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Gulbis is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour from 2002, winner of the 2007 Evian Masters and a three-time US Solheim Cup player.
Nathaniel Crosby
Nathaniel Crosby (Nathaniel Patrick Crosby, b. October 1961), son of Bing Crosby, American amateur golfer who won the 1981 U.S. Amateur at Olympic Club and captained winning U.S. Walker Cup teams in 2019 and 2021.