All-Time Great Golfers H HISTORY MAKER By Gideon Eames (& symbol indicates that the golfer is a member of the .)

TOMMY AARON (USA) 1937 - Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 . He is also known for an error in the 1968 Masters, when he entered a 4 instead of a 3 on ’s scorecard, which kept De Vicenzo out of a for the championship.

GEORGE ARCHER (USA) 1939 – 2005 Archer won 13 events on the PGA Tour, including the 1969 Masters, and at 6 ft. 5½ in. he is the tallest ever golfer to win a major. After his death, it was revealed that Archer was barely able to read or write, and a Foundation set up in his name has since raised more than $1m to help those afflicted with learning disabilities.

PAUL AZINGER (USA) 1960 - Azinger won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1993 PGA Championship. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994. In the mid-90s, Azinger successfully battled non-Hodgkin lymphoma in his right shoulder, and he is now a respected TV analyst.

SEVERIANO (“SEVE”) BALLESTEROS & () 1957 – 2011 Widely regarded as one of the most gifted and entertaining players ever to play the game, Ballesteros won a record 50 European Tour titles and 90 professional tournaments around the world in total, including five majors, and spent 61 weeks at the top of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1986 and 1989.

MILLER BARBER (USA) 1931 – 2013 Remembered for his unusual swing with a flying right elbow, Barber holds the record for combined PGA Tour and Champions Tour starts at 1,297. He won 11 times on the PGA Tour, and his 24 victories on the Champions Tour place him sixth on the all-time list.

ANDY BEAN (USA) 1953 - Bean won 11 times on the PGA Tour between 1977 and 1986, and he recorded eight top 10 placings at major championships, including three second-place finishes.

FRANK BEARD (USA) 1939 - The businesslike and bespectacled Beard had 11 wins on the PGA Tour and topped the official money listings in 1969. He is probably best known as the author of Pro, the revealing story of his year on the tour in 1969.

TOMMY BOLT & (USA) 1916 – 2008 Bolt did not turn professional until he was 30 but still managed 15 victories on the PGA Tour, including the 1958 U.S. Open. Nicknamed “Thun- der” and “Terrible Tommy” due to his fiery disposition and penchant for throwing – and even breaking! – clubs during rounds.

JULIUS BOROS & (USA) 1920 – 1994 Noted for his effortless-looking swing and quick pace of play, Boros twice won the U.S. Open, in 1952 and 1963, and he remains the oldest player ever to win a major following his victory at the 1968 PGA Championship at the age of 48.

GAY BREWER (USA) 1932 – 2007 Known for his jovial personality and his unusual ‘loopy’ golf swing, Brewer won the 1967 Masters – the first golf tournament to be broadcast live on television from the to – and also recorded eleven further top 10 finishes in majors during his career.

JACK BURKE, JR. & (USA) 1923 - Burke won 16 PGA Tour events, including both the Masters and PGA Championship in 1956. At the Masters, he rallied from a remarkable eight strokes behind to overtake the then-amateur in the final round.

MARK CALCAVECCHIA (USA) 1960 - Calcavecchia won 13 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1989 Open Championship, and in 2009 he set a PGA Tour record by getting nine consecutive birdies during his second round at the RBC .

BILLY CASPER & (USA) 1931 – 2015 was one of the most prolific tournament winners in PGA Tour history, his 51 victories, including three majors, placing him seventh on the all-time list. He won at least one PGA Tour event for 16 straight seasons, from 1956 to 1971, the third-longest streak behind and .

STEWART CINK (USA) 1973 - Cink won the 2009 Open Championship, famously defeating 59-year-old in a four-hole aggregate playoff. He spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009, reaching a career best ranking of 5th in 2008. page two (USA) 1937 - Coody won only three times on the PGA Tour, but one of those victories came at the 1971 Masters. He had seven other top 10 finishes at major championships, but there were to be no further wins on Tour after his triumph at Augusta.

JOHN COOK (USA) 1957 - Cook had 11 victories on the PGA Tour and recorded seven top 10 finishes in major championships, but he is perhaps best remembered for losing out to by one stroke at the 1992 Open Championship, having missed a two-foot putt for birdie on the 17th in the final round that would have given him a three-stroke lead.

FRED COUPLES & (USA) 1959 - Nicknamed “Boom Boom” for his long, accurate driving ability off the tee, Couples is one of the game’s most recognizable players. He won 15 times on the PGA Tour and recorded 25 top 10 finishes at major championships, but his only major victory came at the .

BRUCE CRAMPTON () 1935 - had 14 career wins on the PGA Tour between 1961 and 1975 and was runner up in four major championships – one Masters, one U.S. Open, and two PGA Championships – all to Jack Nicklaus.

BEN CRENSHAW & (USA) 1952 - One of the game’s great putters, “Gentle Ben” won 19 events on the PGA Tour, including the Masters in 1984 and 1995, and later went on to captain the U.S. team to their famous come-from-behind victory at Brookline in the 1999 .

JOHN DALY (USA) 1966 - One of the game’s most colourful and controversial characters, whose personal life has often made more headlines than his golf. On the course, he won two majors, the 1991 PGA Championship and the 1995 Open, and in 1997 he became the first PGA Tour player to average more than 300 yards per drive over a full season.

JIMMY DEMARET & (USA) 1910 – 1983 was the first three-time winner of the Masters, with victories in 1940, 1947 and 1950, but his professional record was some- times overshadowed by his popular personality and incredible sense of style. He had a penchant for brightly coloured clothing and often enter- tained the patrons at nightclubs at Tour stops.

BRUCE DEVLIN (Australia) 1937 - During his PGA Tour career, Devlin had eight victories, all of which occurred between 1964 and 1972, and he also recorded 16 top ten finishes in major championships between 1964 and 1982.

GARDNER DICKINSON (USA) 1927 – 1998 Nicknamed the “Slim Man” because of his 5-foot-10-inch, 130-pound frame, Dickinson won seven times on the PGA Tour and was one of the founders of the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour). He played on the 1967 and 1971 Ryder Cup teams and holds the record for best winning percentage (minimum of seven matches).

DALE DOUGLASS (USA) 1901 – 1991 One of the taller players on the professional circuit at 6 ft. 2 in., Douglass won just three times in almost 25 years on the PGA Tour, but his fortunes improved dramatically after the age of 50, with 11 wins in just over 10 years on the Senior PGA Tour.

LEE ELDER (USA) 1934 - didn’t play on the PGA Tour until the age of 33, but he won four times between 1974 and 1978, and in 1975 he became the first Afri- can-American to play in the Masters.

ERNIE ELS & (South ) 1969 - A former World No. 1, Els is known as “The Big Easy” due to his imposing physical stature (he stands 6 ft. 3 in.) along with his fluid golf swing. He has won more than 70 titles during his globetrotting career, including four major championships, and is one of six golfers to twice win both the U.S. Open and .

NICK FALDO & () 1957 - Renowned for his dedication to the game, Faldo was ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for a total of 97 weeks in the early 1990s and is regarded as the most successful European golfer of the modern era, winning six major championships (three Open Championships and three Masters) between 1987 and 1996.

JIM FERRIER (Australia) 1915 – 1986 After moving to the United States in 1940, the 6 ft. 4 in. won 18 times on the PGA Tour, and his victory at the PGA Championship in 1947 made him the first Australian and first golfer from the southern hemisphere to win a professional golf major title. page three (USA) 1929 - Best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship, Finsterwald won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and served as non-playing captain for the 1977 U.S. Ryder Cup team.

RAYMOND FLOYD & (USA) 1942 - Ray Floyd notched 22 victories, including four majors, in a long career on the PGA Tour, and played on eight Ryder Cup teams between 1969 and 1993, serving as non-playing captain in 1989. Floyd’s short game was considered exemplary, and he is often acknowledged as one of the greatest chippers the game has ever seen.

DOUG FORD & (USA) 1922 – 2018 Despite not turning pro until he was 27 years of age, Ford ended his career with 19 wins on the PGA Tour, including two major championships, the 1955 PGA Championship and the 1957 Masters. In his youth, he showed enough promise as a baseball player that he received a contract offer from the New York Yankees.

ED FURGOL (USA) 1917 – 1997 Furgol won six times on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1954 U.S. Open. At age twelve, he injured his left elbow when he fell off a set of parallel bars at a playground. Despite several surgeries, the elbow never healed correctly and he was left with a crooked arm ten inches shorter as a result.

JIM FURYK (USA) 1970 - Instantly recognisable by his unorthodox golf swing, Furyk has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open, and was also the FedEx Cup champion in 2010. He holds the record for the lowest score in PGA Tour history, a round of 58 which he shot during the final round of the 2016 .

SERGIO GARCIA (Spain) 1980 - Garcia has spent over 450 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings over the course of his career, and he is the all-time Ryder Cup points leader, with 25½ points in 9 appearances. He won the 2017 Masters, but in 2018 he tied the record for most strokes on a hole in Masters history, shooting a 13 on the 15th hole.

AL GEIBERGER (USA) 1937 - won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including the 1966 PGA Championship, but he is perhaps best known for becoming the first player to post a score of 59 on Tour, at the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in 1977.

BOB GOALBY (USA) 1929 - Won the 1968 Masters when Roberto De Vicenzo, with whom he was tied after 72 holes, signed for an incorrect scorecard to give Goalby a one-stroke victory. Goalby’s nephew is 9-time PGA Tour winner, .

RETIEF GOOSEN & () 1969 - “The Goose” won two U.S. Opens, in 2001 and 2004, and was in the top ten of the world rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. At the age of 15, he was struck by lightning whilst playing golf with his cousin and was lucky to survive, the strike having melded his irons together and burned the clothes from his body.

DAVID GRAHAM & (Australia) 1946 - Graham won professional golf events on six different continents, including eight PGA Tour wins and two majors, the 1979 PGA Championship and the 1981 U.S. Open, and he recorded a further 14 top 10 finishes at majors.

LOU GRAHAM (USA) 1938 - Won just six times on the PGA Tour, but included amongst those victories was the 1975 U.S. Open at Medinah, which he won after an 18-hole Monday playoff against .

HUBERT GREEN & (USA) 1946 – 2018 Putting with a split-handed grip and an old hickory-shafted blade, Green finished in the top-25 in a third of the PGA Tour events he entered and won 19 times, including two majors. His victory at the 1977 U.S. Open came despite being notified by police of a caller anonymously phoning in a death threat on his life.

JAY HAAS (USA) 1953 - Haas played in 798 career PGA Tour events, second in the all-time list behind , and also has the distinction of playing in the most majors (87) without a win. He is a nephew of 1968 Masters winner , is brother-in-law to former PGA Tour pro Dillard Pruitt, and son Bill won the 2011 FedEx Cup. page four (USA) 1910 – 1982 Had a career spanning over four decades and won 18 times on the PGA Tour, placing him fifth on the list of players with the most PGA Tour victories without a major championship on his resume.

FRED HAWKINS (USA) 1923 – 2014 Had 19 runner-up finishes in PGA Tour events, including nine at major championships, but won just once, at the 1956 Open.

JAY HEBERT (USA) 1923 – 1997 Won seven times on the PGA Tour including the 1960 PGA Championship, a tournament that had been won by his younger brother, Lionel, in 1957. Hebert was wounded in the left thigh at the Battle of Iwo Jima and awarded a .

DAVE HILL (USA) 1937 – 2011 , whose younger brother, Mike, also played on the PGA Tour, won 13 times but was perhaps better known for his quick wit and biting sarcasm. He frequently led the tour in fines and was once suspended for two months after he deliberately broke his putter on national TV.

SCOTT HOCH (USA) 1955 - Won 11 times on the PGA Tour but is more widely known for missing a two-foot-long putt that would have won the Tournament on the first playoff hole, Nick Faldo eventually winning on the next hole.

BEN HOGAN & (USA) 1912 – 1997 Generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. Hogan’s nine career major championships – six of which came after a near-fatal car accident in 1949 – tie him with for fourth all-time, and he is one of only five players to have won the ‘’ of all four majors.

HALE IRWIN & (USA) 1945 - He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever U.S. Open champion in 1990 at the age of 45. As a senior golfer, Irwin ranks first all-time in PGA Tour Champions victories, and he is one of just five golfers to win official tournaments on all six continents on which golf is played.

DON JANUARY (USA) 1929 - January won 10 PGA Tour titles, most notably the 1967 PGA Championship. During the 1963 , he had a putt stop on the lip of the hole; he waited for seven minutes for the ball to drop (it never did), and the were changed as a consequence so that now play- ers must tap the ball in within ten seconds.

TOM KITE & (USA) 1949 - Kite had 19 PGA Tour victories, including the 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, and in his prime he had few peers with the short irons. He spent 175 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994, and was the first in Tour history to reach $6m, $7m, $8m, and $9m in career earnings.

TED KROLL (USA) 1919 – 2002 Kroll never won a major but had eight victories on the PGA Tour and played on three Ryder Cup teams. Served in the during World War II and earned three Purple Hearts after being wounded four times.

BERNHARD LANGER & () 1957 - Germany’s first true golf hero, Langer conquered the putting “yips” to become a two-time Masters champion and ranks second in career wins on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. Langer is one of five golfers who have won professional golf events on all six conti- nents where golf is played.

TOM LEHMAN (USA) 1959 - A globetrotting golfer, just five of Lehman’s 35 career victories have come on the PGA Tour, with his biggest victory being the 1996 Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes.

TONY LEMA (USA) 1934 – 1966 A tall, handsome man, “Champagne Tony” was hugely popular and had 12 victories on Tour, including the 1964 Open Championship, before tragedy struck in 1966 when his private jet ran out of fuel and crashed landed on a in Lansing, near . All on board died, including Lema and his wife Betty. He was only 32.

JUSTIN LEONARD (USA) 1972 - He has twelve career wins on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 1997 Open Championship. In the 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline, Leonard famously made a 45-foot birdie putt at the 17th, setting off huge celebrations on the green even though his opponent, José María Olazábal, still had an opportunity to match him on the hole. page five (USA) 1951 – 2018 Won 13 tournaments on the PGA Tour between 1977 and 1994 and was regarded as the best “cross-handed” putter on Tour. Was well known for not practicing a great deal, and not playing in a large number of tournaments compared to his fellow competitors, electing to spend more time with his family.

GENE LITTLER & (USA) 1930 – 2019 In a career of sustained excellence, Littler won 29 PGA Tour tournaments, including the 1961 U.S. Open, and represented the U.S. in seven Ryder Cups. Only once from 1954 to 1979 did he finish out of the top 60 on the money list, and that was in 1972, when he was sidelined by surgery to remove a cancerous lymph node.

DAVIS LOVE III & (USA) 1964 - Davis Love has won 21 events on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 1997 PGA Championship. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for over 450 weeks, reaching a high ranking of 2nd, and he captained the U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 2012 and 2016.

JOHN MAHAFFEY (USA) 1948 - Mahaffey won 10 PGA Tour events, including the 1978 PGA Championship at Oakmont, where he became the best comeback winner in PGA history after trailing Tom Watson by seven strokes with 14 holes to play.

LLOYD MANGRUM & (USA) 1914 – 1973 , movie star handsome with a pencil-thin moustache, returned home from the war in 1945 with four battle stars and two Purple Hearts and resumed a golf career that saw him win 36 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1946 U.S. Open. Nicknamed “Mr Icicle” due to his smooth swing and his relaxed demeanour.

BILLY MAXWELL (USA) 1929 - After serving in the U.S. Army, Maxwell began a professional golf career in 1954 that saw him win seven times on the PGA Tour and finish eight times in the top 10 at the Masters, U.S. Open and PGA Championship.

JUG McSPADEN (USA) 1908 – 1996 While Harold ‘Jug’ McSpaden had 17 PGA Tour wins in all, he holds a PGA record for coming in second: 13 times in one year, 1945. That same year, he set a PGA record of 31 top 10 finishes in one season. and McSpaden finished 1-2 so often that they became known as the “Gold Dust Twins.”

PHIL MICKELSON & (USA) 1970 - The most successful left-hander in history, “Lefty” ranks second on the PGA Tour’s all-time money list, winning five majors and 44 titles on Tour in total. Like Arnold Palmer before him, Mickelson has an intensely personal connection with fans and is well known for his high-risk, gambling style and daring recovery shots.

CARY MIDDLECOFF & (USA) 1921 – 1998 His 40 Tour wins place him tenth all-time, and he won three major championships. Often remembered for his glacial pace of play, his occasion- ally volcanic temper and his nickname, “Doc”, which he earned for being a qualified dentist.

JOHNNY MILLER & (USA) 1947 - One of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s, Miller was the first to shoot 63 at a major to win the 1973 U.S. Open, and he eventu- ally won 25 PGA Tour events, including two majors. Later became the lead golf analyst for NBC Sports, a position he held from January 1990 to February 2019.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE & () 1963 - He has won 31 European Tour events, the most of any British player and fourth on the all-time list. Heralded as one of the greatest Ryder Cup players, with eight appearances for the European team, and generally considered to be one of the best golfers never to have won a major, after finishing in second place on five occasions.

ORVILLE MOODY (USA) 1933 – 2008 Moody gave up his military career in favour of a run at professional golf – his nickname on the Tour was “Sarge” – and his sole victory on the PGA Tour came at the 1969 U.S. Open, which he won having come through local and sectional qualifying.

GIL MORGAN (USA) 1946 - Known for playing tournaments with little or no practice, Morgan – a qualified Doctor of Optometry – won seven events on the PGA Tour be- tween 1977 and 1990, as well as posting 21 2nd place and 21 3rd place finishes. page six BYRON NELSON & (USA) 1912 – 2006 Widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. In a relatively brief career, Nelson counted five majors out of 52 career PGA Tour wins, and in 1945 he won 18 PGA tournaments, including 11 in a row that he played in, both records. From 1968, Nelson lent both his name and support to the Byron Nelson Golf Classic in .

LARRY NELSON & (USA) 1947 - didn’t begin playing golf until he was 21 years old after he returned from military service in Vietnam., but within three years he had turned professional and eventually won 10 times on the PGA Tour, including three major championships.

BOBBY NICHOLS (USA) 1936 - Won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1964 PGA Championship. In his youth, Nichols recovered from serious injuries sustained in an automobile accident resulting from a 100-mph joy ride, and in 1975 he, , and all survived unscathed after being struck by lightning at the .

JACK NICKLAUS & (USA) 1940 - Nicknamed “The Golden Bear”, Nicklaus is widely considered to be the greatest golfer of all time. His 73 PGA Tour victories, including a record 18 major championships, place him third on the all-time list, and he became the oldest winner in Masters history when he won a record sixth green jacket in 1986 at the age of 46.

GREG NORMAN & (Australia) 1955 - “The Great White Shark” spent 331 weeks as the world’s Number 1 in the 1980s and 90s. He won 89 professional tournaments, including two Open Championships, but despite his numerous wins, he is frequently remembered for his historic losses; he is one of only two golfers in histo- ry to lose a playoff at all four majors.

JOSÉ MARÍA OLAZÁBAL & (Spain) 1966 - Was in the world top 10 for over 300 weeks between 1989 and 1995, and won 23 titles on the European Tour, the ninth best all-time. He won twice at the Masters, in 1994 and 1999, and had an exceptional record for the European team in seven Ryder Cups as a player and as the victorious captain in 2012’s “Miracle at Medinah”.

ED OLIVER (USA) 1915 – 1961 At 5 ft. 9 in. and weighing about 240 pounds, Ed “Porky” Oliver was a popular golfer who won eight times on the PGA Tour and finished runner-up at each of the Masters, U.S. Open and PGA Championship. He forced a playoff at the 1940 U.S. Open, but was disqualified as his group teed off early in the final round without permission.

MARK O’MEARA & (USA) 1957 - An early mentor to , O’Meara won 16 times on the PGA Tour and spent nearly 200 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Rank- ings from 1986 to 2000. A late career resurgence saw him win both the Masters and the Open Championship in 1998 to become, at 41, the oldest winner of multiple majors in the same year.

ARNOLD PALMER & (USA) 1929 – 2016 Generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the history of golf. “The King” won 62 PGA Tour titles, including seven majors, from 1955 to 1973 and is widely credited, along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, with popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world during the 1960s.

JOHNNY PALMER (USA) 1918 – 2006 No relation to Arnold, won seven times on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s. Alongside his victories, he also finished seven times in the top 10 at majors between 1947 and 1955.

COREY PAVIN (USA) 1959 - He spent over 150 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1986 and 1997 and won 15 events on the PGA Tour, includ- ing the 1995 U.S. Open. Holds the record for the lowest 9-hole score in PGA Tour history, having shot 26 (-8) on the front nine at Brown Deer Park in the 2006 U.S. Bank Championship.

CALVIN PEETE (USA) 1943 – 2015 Peete, who didn’t take up golf until he was 23, won 12 times on the PGA Tour, making him the most successful African-American before the emergence of Tiger Woods, and he led the Tour in driving accuracy from 1981-90. He was unable to straighten his left arm having fallen out of a tree and broken his left elbow at the age of 12.

KENNY PERRY (USA) 1960 - won 14 times on the PGA Tour between 1991 and 2009, and twice missed out in playoffs at major championships, first at the 1996 PGA Championship and then again at the . page seven GARY PLAYER & (South Africa) 1935 - Widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers ever, Player won nine major championships and is the only non-American to win the career Grand Slam of all four majors. Dubbed the “Black Knight”, “Mr. Fitness” and “The World’s Most Travelled Athlete”, he has won over 150 profes- sional tournaments on six continents.

NICK PRICE & () 1957 - In the mid-90s, Price was regarded as the best player in the world, topping the PGA Tour money list in 1993 and 1994, setting a new earnings record each time, and spending 43 weeks at number one in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won three major championships and had 48 career victories, including 18 on the PGA Tour.

BOB ROSBURG (USA) 1926 - 2009 Rosburg won six times on the PGA Tour, his biggest win being the 1959 PGA Championship, where he came from six strokes behind entering the final round. Rosburg went on to become a commentator for ABC Sports Television, pioneering the now-common practice of roving on the golf course and reporting from the fairways.

MASON RUDOLPH (USA) 1934 – 2011 Rudolph turned professional in 1958 and won five PGA Tour events during his career. Known for his consistency, he made the cut in 409 of 430 career starts, was in the money in 52 straight events, and once went 105 consecutive tournaments without hitting a ball out of bounds.

DOUG SANDERS (USA) 1933 – 2020 Known as the “Peacock of the Fairways” for his flamboyant dress sense, Sanders won 20 events on the PGA Tour and had 13 top ten finishes in majors, including four second-place finishes. He lost the 1970 Open Championship in a playoff to Jack Nicklaus after missing a30-inch putt on the final hole for the title.

GENE SARAZEN & (USA) 1902 - 1999 Standing at just 5 ft. 5½ in., Sarazen won 39 PGA Tour titles, including 7 majors, and was the first to complete the career Grand Slam. He in- vented the modern sand , and in the final round of his Masters win in 1935, he played the “shot heard round the world”, holing out from 235 yards for a double-eagle at the 15th.

CHARLIE SIFFORD & (USA) 1922 – 2015 In 1961, became the first African-American to play on the PGA Tour, going on to win the 1967 Greater Hartford Open and the 1969 , and in 2004 he became the first African-American to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

SCOTT SIMPSON (USA) 1955 - Simpson won seven events on the PGA Tour between 1980 and 1998. The highlight of his career was the U.S. Open in 1987 at the in , his only major title.

VIJAY SINGH & (Fiji) 1963 - Singh has won 64 professional tournaments around the world, including 34 events on the PGA Tour, where he captured the FedEx Cup in 2008. He won the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004, and the Masters in 2000, and has 23 top ten finishes at majors in all. eH was ranked Number 1 in the world for 32 weeks in 2004-05.

JEFF SLUMAN (USA) 1957 - Sluman won six times on the PGA Tour, his first victory coming at the 1988 PGA Championship. His most productive years came after he turned 40 though, with his five further wins coming between 1997 and 2002.

SAM SNEAD & (USA) 1912 – 2002 “Slammin’ Sammy” was said to have had the “perfect swing” and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He won seven majors and a record 82 PGA Tour titles in all (a number since equalled by Tiger Woods), and in 1965 he became, at 52 years and 10 months, the oldest winner of a PGA TOUR event.

MIKE SOUCHAK (USA) 1927 – 2008 Souchak won 15 times on the PGA Tour between 1955 and 1964, and whilst he never won a major, he had eleven top 10 finishes, including third place at the U.S. Open in 1959 and 1960.

CRAIG STADLER (USA) 1953 - Affectionately called “The Walrus” for his portly build and ample moustache, Stadler won 13 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1982 Mas- ters. Stadler’s son, Kevin, has also won on the PGA Tour.

PAYNE STEWART & (USA) 1957 – 1999 Stewart was a popular golfer, known for his flamboyant attire of ivy caps and patterned plus fours. He won eleven PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which occurred a few months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42. page eight (USA) 1941 - Renowned as a great putter, Stockton won ten times on the PGA Tour, including two PGA Championships in 1970 and 1976. Stockton’s son, Dave Jr., also played professionally on the PGA Tour.

CURTIS STRANGE & (USA) 1955 - won consecutive U.S. Open titles in 1988 and 1989 and spent over 200 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990. He won 17 titles in total on the PGA Tour, and in 1988 he became the first TOUR player to win more than $1m in official money in a season.

STEVE STRICKER (USA) 1967 - Stricker has twelve victories on the PGA Tour and has spent over 250 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings, reaching a -ca reer-high world ranking of No. 2 in September 2009.

HAL SUTTON (USA) 1958 - Sutton won 14 titles on the PGA Tour, his first seven wins coming between 1982-86, including the 1983 PGA Championship, and his second seven coming between 1995 and 2001. He is tied with for most holes-in-one all-time in official PGA Tour events (10).

DAVID TOMS (USA) 1967 - Toms won 13 events on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 2001 PGA Championship. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rank- ings for 175 weeks between 2001 and 2006, with a highest ranking of fifth.

LEE TREVINO & (USA) 1939 - Regarded as one of the greatest shot-makers in golf history, Trevino won 92 career titles, including six majors and 29 events on the PGA Tour. Known for his unorthodox, compact swing and for his sense of humour, Trevino is an icon for Mexican Americans, earning the affectionate nicknames “Merry Mex” and “Supermex”.

KEN VENTURI & (USA) 1931 – 2013 Venturi first gained national attention in 1956 when, at age 24, he finished second in the Masters while still an amateur. He eventually won 14 events on the PGA Tour, including the 1964 U.S. Open, and after injuries forced his retirement from playing in 1967, he spent the next 35 years working as a commentator and analyst for CBS.

LANNY WADKINS & (USA) 1949 - Won 21 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1977 PGA Championship, and finished in the top 10 a further 17 times at majors. He played in eight Ryder Cups and is the joint-third all-time points scorer for the U.S. team. Wadkins’ younger brother, Bobby, played in 715 PGA Tour events without a win between 1974 and 2007.

ART WALL, JR. (USA) 1923 – 2001 Wall won 14 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1959 Masters, with his last win coming in 1975 at the age of 51 years and seven months, making him the second-oldest ever winner on Tour behind . Wall is also notable for sinking 45 holes-in-one in his career (including casual rounds), a world record for many years.

TOM WATSON & (USA) 1949 - In the 1970s and 80s, Watson was one of the leading players in the world, enjoying an intense, yet friendly rivalry with Jack Nicklaus. He won 39 times on the PGA Tour, including eight major championships, and in 2009, aged nearly 60, he finished second at the Open Championship after a playoff with .

TOM WEISKOPF (USA) 1942 - He won 16 PGA Tour titles between 1968 and 1982, including the 1973 Open Championship at Royal Troon, and was also a four-time run- ner-up at The Masters and had a T2 finish at the 1976 U.S. Open. Weiskopf stood at 6 ft.3 in., and his displays of temper on the golf course earned him the nickname of “The Towering Inferno”.

TIGER WOODS & (USA) 1975 - One of the greatest golfers of all time and the highest money winner in history. Woods has a record-tying 82 wins on the PGA TOUR, and is second only to Jack Nicklaus with 15 majors. In 2000-01, he completed the “Tiger Slam” when he became the only player to have won all four major championships in a row.

FUZZY ZOELLER (USA) 1951 - Famous for his rapport with the gallery, Zoeller won ten PGA Tour events including two major championships, the 1979 Masters and 1984 U.S. Open, and he is one of just three golfers to have won the Masters in his first appearance in the event.