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Cameron Champ
Cameron Champ, American PGA Tour golfer from Sacramento, California; three-time Tour winner (2018 Sanderson Farms, 2019 Safeway Open, 2021 3M Open) who led the Tour in driving distance in 2019, 2022, and 2024, and founder of the Cameron Champ Foundation for minority youth.
Cameron Smith (golfer)
Cameron Smith, Australian golfer, 2022 Open champion at St Andrews (20-under 268) and 2022 Players winner; joined LIV Golf in 2022, captains Ripper GC, three LIV wins, 2024 team champion.
Canadian Open (golf)
The Canadian Open, currently played as the RBC Canadian Open, is Canada's national open golf championship, contested annually on the PGA Tour since 1904 and third oldest after the Opens.
Carnoustie Golf Links
Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus, Scotland: public three-course links complex (Championship, Burnside, Buddon). Open Championship venue since 1931, eight Opens including 1999 and 2018; nicknamed Carnastie, toughest Open rota course.
Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour (HotelPlanner Tour since 2025), Europe's second-tier professional golf tour, founded 1989 as the Satellite Tour. Its Road to Mallorca rankings send the leading players to the DP World Tour; graduates include Kaymer, Koepka, and Fleetwood.
Chandler Egan
Chandler Egan (Henry Chandler Egan, 1884-1936), American amateur golfer: 1904 Olympic individual silver and team gold, U.S. Amateur 1904-05, Western Amateur four times, later a Pacific Northwest golf course architect.
Charley Hull
Charley Hull (born 1996), English professional golfer on the LPGA and Ladies European Tours; nine wins, youngest-ever Solheim Cup player (2013), three major runner-up finishes, and No. 3 Rolex Ranking in 2026.
Charlie Woods
Charlie Woods, son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods, is an American junior amateur golfer who debuted at the 2020 PNC Championship at age 11, won his first AJGA event at 16, committed to Florida State for 2027, and signed a TaylorMade NIL deal in 2026.
Cheyenne Woods
Cheyenne Woods, American professional golfer and Golf Channel broadcaster, niece of Tiger Woods; 2014 Volvik RACV Ladies Masters winner, 2011 ACC individual champion at Wake Forest, and LPGA Tour player 2016-2021.
Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Juan Antonio "Chi Chi" Rodríguez (1935–2024), Puerto Rican golfer; 8 PGA Tour wins, 22 senior titles, 1992 World Golf Hall of Fame, Bob Jones Award 1989, famous sword dance, Youth Foundation founder.
Chris Gotterup
Chris Gotterup (born 1999), American PGA Tour golfer, 2022 Haskins Award winner at Oklahoma. Five tour wins including 2025 Scottish Open and 2026 Sony/Phoenix; third at 2025 Open; top-five world ranking.
Clement Smoot
Clement Eyer Smoot (1884-1963), American golfer from Exmoor Country Club, Highland Park, Illinois; won 1904 Olympic team golf gold with the Western Golf Association, tied 17th individually, later founded Smoot-Holman Electrical Company.
Colin Montgomerie
Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer born 1963 in Glasgow; 31 European Tour wins, record eight Order of Merit titles, eight Ryder Cups unbeaten in singles, 2010 winning captain, World Golf Hall of Famer, but never won a major.
Collin Morikawa
Collin Morikawa, American pro golfer, two-time major champion (2020 PGA Championship, 2021 Open Championship), Cal Berkeley graduate, six-time PGA Tour winner who ended a 45-start drought by winning the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Corey Conners
Corey Conners (born 1992, Listowel, Ontario) is a Canadian PGA Tour golfer, two-time Valero Texas Open winner (2019, 2023), 2014 U.S. Amateur runner-up, Kent State actuarial mathematics graduate, and 2025 Masters T8 and Open T10 finisher.
Craig Stadler
Craig Stadler, "the Walrus," American golfer from San Diego; 1982 Masters champion, 13 PGA Tour wins, 9 Champions Tour wins, 1983 and 1985 Ryder Cup teams; father of Kevin Stadler.
Creator Classic
The Creator Classic is a PGA Tour golf competition in which popular YouTube and social media creators play a Tour venue under tournament conditions, first held in 2024.
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northup Strange (born 1955, Norfolk, Virginia), American golfer, World Golf Hall of Fame 2007; won back-to-back U.S. Opens 1988 (Brookline playoff over Faldo) and 1989 (Oak Hill, 278), first since Hogan 1950-51; ESPN analyst.
Daniel Berger (golfer)
Daniel Berger (born 1993), American PGA Tour golfer, four-time winner (St. Jude 2016-17, Charles Schwab 2020, Pebble Beach 2021), 2015 Rookie of the Year, 2021 Ryder Cup pick; back injury layoff 2022-24, ranking fell to 664th, then comeback.
Danielle Kang
Danielle Kang (born 1992) is an American LPGA golfer, back-to-back U.S. Women's Amateur champion 2010-2011, winner of the 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship and six LPGA titles, world No. 2 in 2020.
Danny Willett
Danny Willett (Daniel John Willett, born 1987, Sheffield) is an English golfer, 2016 Masters champion and eight-time DP World Tour winner, world amateur No. 1 in 2008, career-high world No. 9.
Darren Clarke
Darren Clarke (born 1968, Dungannon, Northern Ireland) is a golfer who won the 2011 Open at Royal St George's, two WGC titles, played five Ryder Cups, captained Europe in 2016, and has six PGA Tour Champions wins including the 2022 Senior Open.
David Duval
David Duval, American golfer, world No. 1 in 1999 and 2001 Open champion at Royal Lytham & St Annes; won 13 PGA Tour titles 1997-2001, shot a 59 at the 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, then declined sharply from injuries.
David Feherty
David Feherty (born 1958, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland), former professional golfer with 10 worldwide wins and 1991 Ryder Cup player; later CBS, NBC, Golf Channel commentator and LIV Golf analyst.
Davis Love III
Davis Love III, American golfer (born 1964, Charlotte, NC): 21 PGA Tour wins including 1997 PGA Championship and 1992/2003 Players; two-time Ryder Cup captain (2012, 2016); World Golf Hall of Fame 2017; RSM Classic host.
Donald Trump and golf
Donald Trump and golf covers the Trump Organization's golf business of 21 properties worldwide and Trump's golfing during his presidencies, including his East Potomac Golf Links redesign.
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson (born 1984) is an American golfer with 24 PGA Tour wins, two majors (2016 U.S. Open, 2020 Masters), 135 weeks as world No. 1, and LIV Golf's 2022 individual title; he captains 4Aces GC.
Earl Woods
Earl Dennison Woods (1932-2006), retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and Green Beret, father and first coach of golfer Tiger Woods, whom he nicknamed after a Vietnamese officer friend; author of Training a Tiger.
Eddie Lowery
Eddie Lowery (1902-1984), the 10-year-old caddie for Francis Ouimet's 1913 U.S. Open upset of Vardon and Ray at Brookline; later a California Lincoln-Mercury dealer, Massachusetts Amateur champion, and USGA committee member.
Ernie Els
Ernie Els (Theodore Ernest Els, born 1969), South African golfer nicknamed The Big Easy; four-time major champion (two US Opens, two Opens), 80 professional wins, record seven World Matchplay titles, World Golf Hall of Famer.