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Ned Cummins
Ned Cummins (Edward McClellan Cummins, 1886-1926), American golfer of Chicago's Exmoor Country Club; won 1904 Olympic team gold with the Western Golf Association and placed =17 in the individual event.
Ned Sawyer
Ned Sawyer (Daniel Edward Sawyer, 1882-1937), American amateur golfer of the Chicago Golf Club; 1904 Olympic team gold medalist and =5 individually, 1906 Western Amateur and 1920 Metropolitan Amateur champion.
Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda, American LPGA Tour golfer, sister of Jessica Korda; 19 wins, 4 majors, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold, 2024 Rolex Player of the Year with seven wins, 2026 U.S. Women's Open champion.
Nick Price
Nick Price (born 1957, Durban) is a Zimbabwean golfer, World No. 1 in 1994, winner of 18 PGA Tour titles and three majors (1992 and 1994 PGA, 1994 Open), World Golf Hall of Fame 2003, later a course designer and Presidents Cup captain.
Official World Golf Ranking
Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), weekly men's professional golf ranking launched April 6, 1986 as the Sony Ranking with Bernhard Langer first No.1; ranks players by average points over 104 weeks, with majors worth 100 points and LIV Golf restricted to top-10 points from 2026.
Old Tom Morris
Old Tom Morris (Thomas Mitchell Morris, 1821-1908), Scottish golfer, greenkeeper, and course designer; won four of the first eight Open Championships, laid out Prestwick, and shaped the Old Course at St Andrews.
Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Harrington (Pádraig Harrington), Irish golfer born 1971 in Dublin; three major champion (Open 2007, 2008; PGA 2008), 2021 Ryder Cup captain, 2024 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, three-time U.S. Senior Open winner.
Paige Spiranac
Paige Spiranac (born 1993) is an American golf media personality, instructor, model, and former professional golfer; with 11.6 million followers she leads golf social media and co-founded Paige Co. with Pro Shop in 2026.
Park In Bi
Park In Bi (박인비, Inbee Park), South Korean golfer born 1988 in Seoul; 2016 Olympic women's golf gold medalist, seven major champion, only golfer with Olympic gold and career grand slam.
Patrick Cantlay
Patrick Cantlay, American PGA Tour golfer born 1992 in Long Beach, California; UCLA star and 54-week world No. 1 amateur; eight tour wins including 2021 FedExCup, Tour Championship, and two Memorial titles; no major win.
Patrick Reed
Patrick Reed, American golfer, 2018 Masters champion with nine PGA Tour wins; joined LIV Golf in 2022, filed defamation suits against Golf Channel and Brandel Chamblee, and left LIV in January 2026 to return to the PGA Tour.
Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger (born 1960) is an American golfer and TV analyst, winner of the 1993 PGA Championship, 12-time PGA Tour winner, 1987 Player of the Year, and victorious 2008 Ryder Cup captain.
Paul Casey
Paul Casey (born 1977, Cheltenham) is an English golfer, former world No. 3, with 15 DP World Tour wins, three PGA Tour titles, five Ryder Cups, and a LIV Golf Crushers GC player since 2022.
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer, the "Pink Panther," American LPGA golfer born 1986; 10 LPGA wins, 2010 U.S. Women's Open champion, seven Solheim Cup teams with five wins, now a U.S. assistant captain.
Payne Stewart
Payne Stewart (1957–1999), American professional golfer with 11 PGA Tour wins and three majors: the 1989 PGA Championship and 1991 and 1999 U.S. Opens; died in a Learjet cabin-pressure failure near Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson, American golfer ('Lefty'), six-time major champion (three Masters, two PGA Championships, 2013 Open) with 45 PGA Tour wins; oldest major champion at 50 in 2021; joined LIV Golf in 2022.
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd is an American professional golfer, born in 1942, who won 22 PGA TOUR titles and four major championships and joined the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989.
Rickie Fowler
Rickie Fowler (Rick Yutaka Fowler, born 1988), American PGA Tour golfer from Murrieta, California: six tour wins, world No. 4 peak, three major runner-ups, 2023 Rocket Mortgage comeback, five Ryder Cups.
Robert MacIntyre
Robert MacIntyre, Scottish left-handed professional golfer from Oban; six wins including 2024 Scottish Open and Canadian Open, 2025 U.S. Open runner-up, undefeated 2023 Ryder Cup rookie, career-high world No. 5.
Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer (born 1989, Holywood), six-time major champion; completed the career Grand Slam at the 2025 Masters, first European to do so, with 30 PGA Tour wins and 122 weeks at world number one.
Rory Sabbatini
Rory Sabbatini (born 1976, Durban) is a South African-Slovak golfer, six-time PGA Tour winner (last: 2011 Honda Classic) and Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist for Slovakia, with a record final-round 61.
Russell Henley
Russell Henley (born 1989, Macon, Georgia) is an American PGA Tour golfer, six-time tour winner including the 2013 Sony Open debut and 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational, 2025 Ryder Cup member, ranked sixth in the OWGR.
Ryan Palmer
Ryan Hunter Palmer, born 1976, is an American PGA Tour golfer from Amarillo, Texas, with four wins including the 2019 Zurich Classic with Jon Rahm.
Sahith Theegala
Sahith Theegala (born 1997, Orange, California) is an American PGA Tour golfer, Pepperdine's first national player of the year, winner of the 2023 Fortinet Championship, and the second Indian-heritage PGA Tour winner.
Sam Burns
Sam Burns (Sam Hollan Burns), American PGA Tour golfer from Shreveport, Louisiana; five-time tour winner including 2021 Valspar and 2023 WGC Match Play; 2017 NCAA Player of the Year from LSU; elite putter, Ryder Cup US team member.
Sam Snead
Sam Snead (1912-2002), American golfer nicknamed Slammin' Sam; 82 PGA Tour wins (tied with Tiger Woods), seven majors, oldest PGA Tour winner at 52, never won the U.S. Open.
Sandy Lyle
Sandy Lyle (Alexander Walter Barr Lyle, born 1958) is a Scottish golfer, 1985 Open champion and 1988 Masters champion, the first UK winner of the green jacket, with 18 European Tour wins and 2012 World Golf Hall of Fame induction.
Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler (born 1996) is an American golfer, world No. 1 since March 2022, with four majors (2022 and 2024 Masters, 2025 PGA and Open), 2024 Olympic gold, and 20 PGA Tour titles before 30.
Sepp Straka
Sepp Straka (Josef Straka), Austrian PGA Tour golfer born in Vienna, raised in Valdosta, Georgia; University of Georgia graduate, four PGA Tour wins including 2022 Honda Classic and 2025 American Express, 2023 Ryder Cup and two Olympics.
Shane Lowry
Shane Lowry (born 1987, Clara, County Offaly) is an Irish golfer, 2019 Open champion at Royal Portrush, 2009 Irish Open winner as an amateur, 2022 BMW PGA champion, and 2026 Irish Open winner by a record 11 shots.