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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 Perry
Fred Perry (1909-1995), English tennis champion; first man to complete a Career Grand Slam (1935), three-time Wimbledon winner 1934-36, 1929 world table tennis champion, and founder of the Fred Perry clothing brand.
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.
French Open
French Open (Roland-Garros, Internationaux de France): Grand Slam clay-court tennis tournament held each May–June at Stade Roland Garros, Paris; founded 1891, opened internationally 1925; Nadal holds 14 men's titles.
Fu Haifeng (傅海峰)
Fu Haifeng (傅海峰, born 1984) is a retired Chinese left-handed badminton men's doubles player: two Olympic golds (2012 with Cai Yun, 2016 with Zhang Nan), 2008 silver, four world titles, and a record 332 km/h smash.
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.
Gabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player (born 1970, Buenos Aires), pro 1985-1996; 27 WTA titles, 1990 US Open champion over Graf, Seoul 1988 silver, world No. 3, Hall of Fame.
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Monfils (La Monf, Sliderman), French tennis player born 1986 in Paris; career-high ATP No. 6 (2016), 13 titles, 586 wins, 2008 Roland Garros and 2016 US Open semifinalist; retired October 2026.
Garbiñe Muguruza
Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco, Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player, two-time Grand Slam champion (Roland Garros 2016, Wimbledon 2017), world No. 1 from 11 September 2017, 10 WTA titles, retired April 2024.
Gary Anderson (darts player)
Gary Anderson, The Flying Scotsman (born 1970, Musselburgh, Scotland), Scottish darts player; two-time PDC world champion 2015 and 2016, five-time world finalist, former BDO major winner who joined the PDC in 2009.
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.
Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Gaudio, "El Gato", Argentine tennis player, 2004 French Open champion who beat Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 saving two match points; career-high No. 5, eight ATP titles.
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 Hillyard
George Whiteside Hillyard (1864-1943), British tennis player, 1908 Olympic men's doubles gold medalist with Reginald Doherty, first-class cricketer, and All England Club secretary 1907-1925 who oversaw Wimbledon's move to Church Road; husband of Blanche Bingley.
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.
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price, "The Iceman" (born 1985), Welsh PDC darts player and former rugby hooker; 2021 PDC World Champion, first Welsh world champion, former world No 1, Grand Slam 2018 and 2019 winner.
Gigi Fernandez
Gigi Fernandez, Beatriz Cristina Fernandez, Puerto Rican-born American tennis player; 17 Grand Slam doubles titles, 14 with Natasha Zvereva, two Olympic doubles golds with Mary Joe Fernandez, doubles world No. 1, Hall of Fame 2010.
Gil Yeong Ah
Gil Yeong Ah (길영아, Gil Young-ah), South Korean badminton doubles player born 1970: three Olympic medals (1992 women's doubles bronze; 1996 inaugural mixed doubles gold with Kim Dong-moon and women's doubles silver), 1995 world champion, later first female head coach of a Korean professional badminton team and mother of medalist Kim Won-ho.
Gilles Müller
Gilles Müller, Luxembourgish tennis player (born 1983), left-handed serve-and-volleyer; career-high No. 21 (2017), two ATP titles (Sydney, 's-Hertogenbosch 2017), 2008 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon quarterfinalist, 2001 US Open junior champion, later Luxembourg Davis Cup captain.
Gilles Simon
Gilles Simon, French tennis player (born 1984, Nice), counter-puncher nicknamed "Le Professeur"; career-high ATP No. 6 (January 2009), 14 titles, 898 matches, retired November 2022; not the FFT administrator of the same name's earlier career.
Gladys Eastlake-Smith
Gladys Eastlake-Smith (Gladys Shirley Eastlake-Smith, later Lamplough, 1883–1941), British tennis player; won gold in women's indoor singles at the 1908 London Olympics, beating Alice Greene, plus All-England covered court titles.
Glen Durrant
Glen Durrant, "Duzza", English darts player born 1970 in Middlesbrough; won three consecutive BDO World Championships 2017-2019 and the 2020 PDC Premier League on debut, beating Nathan Aspinall 11-8; retired November 2022, now coaches and commentates.
Glossary of bowling
Glossary of bowling: the terminology of tenpin bowling, covering scoring marks (strike, spare, turkey, perfect game 300), pin leaves (split, baby split, bucket), and lane terms (pocket, Brooklyn, hook, gutter ball), with rule-based counts from PBA and USBC-style play.
Glossary of curling
Glossary of curling: reference list of curling terms (sheet, house, hammer, hog line, take-out, bonspiel, Brier) from Curling Canada, USA Curling, and World Curling rules, including 2026 sweeping regulations.
Glossary of darts
Glossary of darts: reference vocabulary of the sport, covering oche (2.37 m throwing line), ton, 180 maximum, bogey numbers, nine-darter, Big Fish 170, madhouse, bust, and equipment terms like barrel, shaft, and flight.
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.
Glossary of tennis terms
Glossary of tennis terms: reference list of tennis vocabulary, including love (zero), deuce, advantage, ace, let, break point, court lines, and shot names, per ITF and USTA definitions.