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Obsolete golf clubs
Obsolete golf clubs: named hickory-era club types (brassie, spoon, cleek, mashie, niblick, jigger) replaced by numbered woods and irons; also the SoHG pre-1935 antique and replica hickory play categories.
Official (tennis)
Official (tennis): tennis officials are the Chair Umpire, Line Umpire, Referee, and Chief Umpire, certified under the 1999 ITF/ATP/WTA Joint Certification Programme; electronic line calling now replaces line umpires at most elite events.
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 Course at St Andrews
Old Course at St Andrews, the oldest golf course in the world, a public links in Fife, Scotland. Known for the 1552 charter, 1764 18-hole format, Old Tom Morris, double greens, Swilcan Bridge, and record 31 Open Championships.
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.
Oleksandra Oliynykova (Олександра Денисівна Олійникова)
Oleksandra Oliynykova (Олександра Денисівна Олійникова), born 2001 in Kyiv, is a Ukrainian tennis player, three-time WTA 125 titlist, career-high No. 41, Australian Open 2026 main-draw debutant, and vocal advocate for Ukraine.
Oliver Golding
Oliver Golding, British tennis player (born 1993, Richmond), 2011 US Open boys' singles champion over Jiri Vesely, 2010 Youth Olympic doubles gold, career-high ATP 327 in 2014, retired, 2017 comeback.
Ons Jabeur (أنس جابر)
Ons Jabeur (أنس جابر) is a Tunisian tennis player, first African and Arab woman in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam final (Wimbledon 2022), a former world No. 2 with three major final losses.
Open Era tennis records – Men's singles
Open Era men's singles tennis records, since 1968: Jimmy Connors leads career titles (109–112 by tally), Djokovic holds 24 Grand Slams, Nadal 14 French Opens, Federer 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1.
Oskar Eriksson
Oskar Eriksson (Oskar Ingemar Eriksson, born 1991, Karlstad) is a Swedish curler of Team Edin and Karlstad CK; five Olympics 2010–2026, 2022 men's gold plus mixed doubles bronze, most Olympic curling medals, now skip of Team Eriksson targeting 2030.
P. V. Sindhu
P. V. Sindhu (Pusarla Venkata Sindhu), Indian badminton player, born 1995, Hyderabad. Two-time Olympic medallist (Rio 2016 silver, Tokyo 2020 bronze), 2019 world champion, career-high world No. 2.
Pablo Carreño Busta
Pablo Carreño Busta, Spanish tennis player from Gijón; career-high No. 10, seven ATP titles including 2022 Montreal Masters 1000, US Open semifinals 2017 and 2020, Tokyo 2020 singles bronze, 2019 Davis Cup champion.
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (PACC), also Pacific Curling Championships, annual WCF zonal curling event 1991-2021 for Pacific-Asia teams, qualifying them for the World Championships; replaced in 2022 by the Pan Continental Curling Championships.
Padel
Padel, racket sport invented 1969 by Enrique Corcuera in Acapulco, Mexico, played in doubles on a 10 x 20 m walled court with tennis scoring; governed by FIP, 100 federations, 35-38 million players.
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.
Pakistan Table Tennis Federation
The Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF), founded in Lahore in 1951, is Pakistan's national governing body for table tennis, an ITTF member that runs national championships and team selection.
Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver (born 1962, Baltimore) is an American Hall of Fame tennis player, 1978 US Open singles finalist, winner of 21 Grand Slam doubles titles with Martina Navratilova, 1984 doubles Grand Slam, 1988 Olympic gold, and ESPN broadcaster.
Pan Continental Curling Championships
The Pan Continental Curling Championships was the World Curling Federation championship for teams from the Americas and Pacific-Asia zones, held annually from 2022 to 2025.
Pancho Gonzales
Pancho Gonzales (Richard Alonzo Gonzales, 1928-1995), American tennis champion; won US Nationals 1948-49, world No. 1 pro for eight years 1952-1960, famous 1969 Wimbledon Pasarell match.
Pancho Segura
Pancho Segura (Francisco Olegario Segura Cano), Ecuadorian-American tennis champion (1921-2017), two-handed forehand, three straight U.S. Pro titles 1950-52, coach of Jimmy Connors.
Paola Longoria
Paola Longoria (Paola Michell Longoria López), Mexican racquetball player from San Luis Potosí; record 14 LPRT season-ending No. 1 rankings, 11 Pan American Games golds, three World Games titles, IRF Athlete Representative and federal deputy.
PAPASHON Bowling
PAPASHON Bowling is a Ukrainian family entertainment chain with ten-pin bowling venues in Kyiv's Retroville, Lviv's Victoria Gardens, and Odesa's City Center malls, offering 12-16 lanes, children's bumper lanes, billiards, cafes, and event hosting.
Par (score)
Par (score): the expected stroke count for a scratch golfer on a golf hole or course, allowing two putts per green. Coined by A.H. Doleman at Prestwick in 1870; codified by the USGA in 1911.
Paralympic table tennis
Paralympic table tennis, also known as Para table tennis, is the table tennis discipline at the Summer Paralympic Games, held since 1960 across 11 sport classes for athletes with physical or intellectual impairment.
Paris Masters
Paris Masters (Rolex Paris Masters), the ninth and final ATP Masters 1000 men's tennis event, indoor hard court, held since 1986 at Bercy and since 2025 at Paris La Défense Arena; Djokovic holds 7 titles.
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.
Parupalli Kashyap
Parupalli Kashyap, Indian men's singles badminton player born 1986 in Hyderabad; 2014 Commonwealth Games gold and 2012 Olympic quarterfinalist; former world no. 6; retired 2024, now a coach.
Pat Cash
Pat Cash (Patrick Hart Cash, born 1965), Australian tennis player, 1987 Wimbledon men's singles champion over Ivan Lendl, Davis Cup winner 1983 and 1986, serve-and-volleyer with checkered headband.
Pat Rafter
Pat Rafter (Patrick Michael Rafter, born 1972, Mount Isa, Australia), Australian serve-and-volley tennis player; back-to-back US Open champion 1997-98, world No. 1 for one week in July 1999, Wimbledon finalist 2000-01, Hall of Fame 2006.