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Rory McIlroy
Rory Daniel McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking and has spent over 100 weeks in that position during his career. A six-time major champion, he is the sixth man to complete the modern career grand slam—after Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods—and the first European to do so.
Seve Ballesteros
Spanish professional golfer (1957–2011)
Sergio García Fernández
Spanish professional golfer
Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose is an English professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He has won one major championship, the 2013 U.S. Open.
Henrik Stenson
Swedish professional golfer
Martin Kaymer
German professional golfer
Bernhard Langer
German professional golfer
Jon Rahm
Spanish professional golfer
Nick Faldo
English professional golfer
Pádraig Harrington
Irish professional golfer
Darren Clarke
professional golfer
José María Olazábal
Spanish professional golfer
Lee Westwood
English golfer
Ian Woosnam
Welsh professional golfer
Luke Donald
English professional golfer
Tommy Fleetwood
English professional golfer
Francesco Molinari
Italian professional golfer
Colin Montgomerie
Scottish professional golfer
Graeme McDowell
Northern Irish professional golfer
Ian Poulter
English professional golfer
Danny Willett
English professional golfer
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Spanish professional golfer
Sandy Lyle
Scottish golfer
Thomas Bjørn
professional golfer
Paul Casey
English professional golfer
Matt Fitzpatrick
Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick is an English professional golfer. After winning the 2013 U.S. Amateur, he later won his first professional tournament at the 2015 British Masters. He has five wins on the PGA Tour as of 2026, including a major championship at the 2022 US Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts–the site of his U.S. Amateur win.
Paul Lawrie
professional golfer
Peter Hanson
professional golfer
Sam Torrance
Scottish golfer
Jesper Parnevik
professional golfer
Edoardo Molinari
Italian professional golfer
Ross Fisher
professional golfer
Rafael Cabrera-Bello
professional golfer
Thorbjørn Olesen
Danish professional golfer
Paul McGinley
Irish professional golfer
David Howell
professional golfer
Robert Karlsson
Swedish professional golfer
Ted Ray
professional golfer (1877–1943)
Jean van de Velde
professional golfer
Tyrrell Hatton
British professional golfer
Thomas Pieters
Belgian golfer
Tony Jacklin
professional golfer
Victor Dubuisson
professional golfer
Søren Hansen
professional golfer
Niclas Fasth
professional golfer
Nicolas Colsaerts
professional golfer
Oliver Wilson
professional golfer
Miguel Ángel Martín
professional golfer
Henry Cotton
English professional golfer (1907–1987)
Costantino Rocca
professional golfer
Paul Broadhurst
English professional golfer
Jarmo Sandelin
Swedish professional golfer (born 1967)
Mark James
English golfer
Peter Oosterhuis
English golfer and golf broadcaster
Alexander Norén
Swedish professional golfer
Stephen Gallacher
professional golfer
Bernard Gallacher
professional golfer
Ignacio Garrido
professional golfer
Per-Ulrik Johansson
Swedish professional golfer
Thomas Levet
professional golfer