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FedEx Cup
FedEx Cup (FedExCup): PGA Tour season-long points competition since 2007, decided by three playoffs events ending at the TOUR Championship, East Lake; Tiger Woods first champion, Tommy Fleetwood the 2025 winner.
Francesco Molinari
Francesco Molinari (born 1982, Turin) is an Italian golfer, 2018 Open champion at Carnoustie and first European to go 5–0 in a Ryder Cup; 2018 Race to Dubai winner, world No. 5 peak, later European vice captain.
Francis Ouimet
Francis Ouimet (1893–1967), American amateur golfer, won the 1913 U.S. Open at Brookline as a 20-year-old former caddie, beating Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in a playoff, the first amateur to win it.
Fred Couples
Fred Couples (b. 1959, Seattle), 'Boom Boom', American golfer; 15 PGA Tour wins, 1992 Masters champion as World No. 1 for 16 weeks, 13 senior wins, three Presidents Cup captaincies, World Golf Hall of Fame 2013.
Fred Ridley
Fred Ridley, American lawyer and 1975 U.S. Amateur champion (beat Keith Fergus 2 up), former USGA president (2004-05), and seventh chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters since October 2017.
Fuzzy Zoeller
Fuzzy Zoeller (Frank Urban Zoeller Jr., 1951-2025), American golfer, ten-time PGA Tour winner; won 1979 Masters on debut and 1984 U.S. Open at Winged Foot over Greg Norman; two Champions Tour wins.
Gabby Golf Girl
Gabby Golf Girl (Gabriella DeGasperis), American golfer and golf content creator, UCF collegiate player; nearly 2 million followers, Creator Classic competitor, Callaway and Electrolit partnerships, Stephen Curry match win.
Gary Player
Gary Player (born 11 January 1935, Johannesburg), the "Black Knight," South African golfer; nine majors, career Grand Slam, 165 wins on six continents, World Golf Hall of Fame 1974, Big Three with Palmer and Nicklaus.
Gary Woodland
Gary Woodland (born 1984, Topeka, Kansas) is an American PGA Tour golfer, 2019 U.S. Open champion at Pebble Beach, and 2026 Houston Open winner after 2023 brain surgery and a PTSD diagnosis.
Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (Eugenio Saraceni, 1902–1999), American golfer nicknamed The Squire; won seven majors and was first to complete the career Grand Slam (1935 Masters, shot heard round the world); invented the modern sand wedge.
George Bryan (golfer)
George Bryan IV (born 1988) is an American professional golfer and co-founder of the Bryan Bros Golf YouTube channel with brother Wesley; a three-time South Carolina All-American, he debuted on the PGA Tour at the 2023 Bermuda Championship and reached 2026 Open Final Qualifying.
George Lyon
George Seymour Lyon (1858–1938), Canadian golfer, won the 1904 St. Louis Olympic golf gold at 46, beating Chandler Egan 3&2; eight-time Canadian Amateur champion; declined a second gold at London 1908.
Glossary of golf
Glossary of golf: the specialized vocabulary of golf, including scoring terms (par, bogey, birdie, albatross), Rules of Golf terminology (penalty area, club-length), handicap terms, and match play terms like dormie and foursomes.
Golf
Golf, a club-and-ball sport originating in Scotland, is governed by the R&A and USGA, played over 18 holes in match or stroke play, with 14-club limits, a 317-yard ball standard, and 28.1 million U.S. golfers in 2024.
Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Golf at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics: return after 112 years since 1904, 72-hole stroke play for men and women at Reserva de Marapendi; Justin Rose and Inbee Park won gold.
Golf ball
Golf ball: the struck ball of golf; featherie, gutty, and Haskell ancestors; dimpled surface cuts drag; R&A/USGA rules cap weight 1.62 oz, diameter 1.62 in, ODS 317 yards.
Golf Channel
Golf Channel, launched January 17, 1995 by Arnold Palmer and Joe Gibbs, is the first single-sport cable network and the U.S. TV home of golf, now part of Versant's USA Sports with rights through 2032-2033.
Golf club
Golf club: the grip, shaft, and clubhead implement used to strike a golf ball; made as woods, irons, and putters under USGA/R&A Equipment Rules, with a 14-club limit, 460 cc driver cap, and hickory-to-titanium material history.
Golf clubs and courses in Canada
Golf clubs and courses in Canada number over 2,000, from the Royal Montreal Golf Club of 1873, the oldest in North America, to the ranked Cabot resort courses.
Golf clubs and courses in Mexico and Latin America
A survey of significant golf clubs and courses across Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, covering resort destinations like Los Cabos, tour venues, green fees, and rankings.
Golf course
Golf course: the defined land area on which golf is played, usually 18 holes with teeing areas, fairways, bunkers, penalty areas, and putting greens; shaped by strategic, penal, and heroic design schools and governed by USGA/R&A rules.
Good Good (YouTube channel)
Good Good (Good Good Golf) is a golf YouTube channel and media-apparel company founded in 2020 by Garrett Clark, Stephen Castaneda, Matt Scharff, and Micah Morris, with CEO Matt Kendrick; about 2.1M subscribers, $45M raised in 2025, Frisco, Texas.
Graeme McDowell
Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer (born 1979, Portrush), 2010 U.S. Open champion at Pebble Beach, first European winner since 1970, holed the winning 2010 Ryder Cup putt, 11 European Tour wins, now on LIV Golf.
Grand Slam (golf)
Grand Slam (golf): winning all major championships in one year or a career. Bobby Jones's 1930 original four events; modern Masters, PGA, U.S. Open, Open Championship; six men's career winners including McIlroy 2025; Tiger Slam; LPGA seven.
Grant Horvat
Grant Horvat, American golf YouTuber (Grant Horvat Golf, 1.5M+ subs), ex-Good Good member who left in 2022; former Palm Beach Atlantic college golfer, Takomo Golf part-owner, Primo apparel owner, TaylorMade ambassador.
Grayson Murray
Grayson Murray (1993-2024), American PGA Tour golfer from Raleigh, North Carolina; won the 2017 Barbasol Championship and 2024 Sony Open; died by suicide at 30 after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Greg Norman
Greg Norman (Gregory John Norman AO) is an Australian golfer who was world number one for 331 weeks and won the Open Championship in 1986 and 1993.
Hal Sutton
Hal Sutton, American PGA Tour golfer from Shreveport, Louisiana; 1983 PGA Championship and Players winner, 1983 money leader, 14 Tour wins, 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, Hall of Fame 2007.
Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin is an American golfer from Joplin, Missouri, who won three U.S. Opens and 45 PGA Tour Champions events, the record until Bernhard Langer passed it.
Handicap (golf)
Golf handicap, a stroke measure of playing ability now issued worldwide under the World Handicap System (WHS) of the USGA and R&A since 2020; Handicap Index averages best 8 of last 20 differentials, with caps, Course Handicap formula, and 2024 revisions.