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Titanic Thompson
Alvin Clarence Thomas (1892–1974) was a gambler, golfer and hustler who created the character of Titanic Thompson and lived that fictional character's secret life.
Alvin Clarence Thomas, born in Rogers, Arkansas, began conducting his nomadic,...
Date of birth:
- 1892
Date of death:
- 1974 (age 82 years)
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont Woods (born December 30, 1975), better known as Tiger Woods, is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid...
Date of birth:
- Dec 30, 1975 (age 34 years)
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. He and two of the other greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, were born...
Date of birth:
- May 27, 1912
Date of death:
- May 23, 2002 (age 90 years)
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer (born September 10, 1929) is an American golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back...
Date of birth:
- Sep 10, 1929 (age 80 years)
Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam ( listen (help·info)) (born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before "stepping away" from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season,...
Date of birth:
- Oct 9, 1970 (age 39 years)
Mi Hyun Kim
Mi Hyun Kim (born in Inchon on 13 January 1977) is a professional golfer from South Korea. She turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA) between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, she joined the LPGA Tour and was named was...
Date of birth:
- Jan 13, 1977 (age 32 years)
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's number one ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He is nicknamed, The Great White Shark or sometimes simply The...
Date of birth:
- Feb 10, 1955 (age 54 years)
Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG (born Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an English-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US...
Date of birth:
- May 29, 1903
Date of death:
- Jul 27, 2003 (age 100 years)
John Henry Taylor
John Henry "J.H." Taylor (19 March 1871 – 10 February 1963) was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. He was also a significant golf course architect.
Taylor was born in Devon. He was a member of the...
Date of birth:
- Mar 19, 1871
Date of death:
- Feb 10, 1963 (age 91 years)
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont (born May 12, 1970) is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 100 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005.
Weir was born in Sarnia, Ontario. He grew up in...
Date of birth:
- May 12, 1970 (age 39 years)
Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer. He is one of five golfers (along with Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and Tiger Woods) to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career...
Date of birth:
- Feb 27, 1902
Date of death:
- May 13, 1999 (age 97 years)
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing...
Date of birth:
- Oct 17, 1969 (age 40 years)
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), also known as "The Golden Bear", is regarded by many as the greatest professional golfer of all time. With the most victories in major championships (18), he was continuously ranked as the world's...
Date of birth:
- Jan 21, 1940 (age 69 years)
Jim Furyk
James Michael Furyk (born May 12, 1970) is an American professional golfer, known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing. Due to his ability to perform at such a high level despite that swing,...
Date of birth:
- May 12, 1970 (age 39 years)
Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American golfer, and is generally considered one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game. Born within six months of two other acknowledged golf greats of the twentieth century,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 13, 1912
Date of death:
- Jul 25, 1997 (age 85 years)
Ben Curtis
Ben Clifford Curtis (born May 26, 1977) is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 British Open.
Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the Mill Creek Golf Club, also in Ostrander....
Date of birth:
- May 26, 1977 (age 32 years)
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex".
Trevino was born in Dallas, Texas into a family of Mexican ancestry. He was...
Date of birth:
- Dec 1, 1939 (age 70 years)
Babe Zaharias
Mildred Ella ("Babe") Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete named by the Guinness Book of Records, along with Lottie Dod, as the most versatile female competitor. She achieved outstanding success in golf,...
Date of birth:
- Jun 26, 1911
Date of death:
- Sep 27, 1956 (age 45 years)
Willie Anderson
William Law "Willie" Anderson (21 October 1879 – 25 October 1910) was a Scottish immigrant to the United States who became the first golfer to win four U.S. Opens, with victories in 1901, 1903, 1904, and 1905. He is still the only man to win three...
Date of birth:
- Oct 21, 1879
Date of death:
- Oct 25, 1910 (age 31 years)
Tommy Armour
Thomas Dickson Armour (September 24, 1894 – September 11, 1968) was a Scottish-American professional golfer. He was nicknamed The Silver Scot.
Armour was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at Fettes College and Edinburgh University.
During...
Date of birth:
- Sep 24, 1894
Date of death:
- Sep 11, 1968 (age 74 years)
Jim Barnes
James Martin Barnes (April 8, 1886 – May 24, 1966) was a leading figure in the early years of professional golf in the United States.
Barnes was born in Lelant, Cornwall, England. Like many golfers of his era, Barnes worked as a caddie and a club...
Date of birth:
- Apr 8, 1886
Date of death:
- May 24, 1966 (age 80 years)
Patty Berg
Patricia Jane Berg (February 13, 1918 – September 10, 2006) was a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Her fifteen major title wins remains the all-time...
Date of birth:
- Feb 13, 1918
Date of death:
- Sep 10, 2006 (age 88 years)
Julius Boros
Julius Nicholas Boros (March 3, 1920 – May 28, 1994) was a Hungarian-American professional golfer.
Boros was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He won 18 PGA Tour events, including three major championships: the 1952 and 1963 U.S. Opens and the 1968...
Date of birth:
- Mar 3, 1920
Date of death:
- May 28, 1994 (age 74 years)
Jack Burke, Jr
John Joseph "Jack" Burke, Jr. (born January 29, 1923) is an American professional golfer who was most prominent in the 1950s. He first rose to fame with two lopsided victories in the 1951 Ryder Cup matches. He was subsequently selected for the 1953,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 29, 1923 (age 86 years)
Harry Cooper
Harry E. Cooper (August 6, 1904 – October 17, 2000) was a prominent PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s.
Cooper was born in the town of Leatherhead, England. His father was a professional golfer who had served as an apprentice to Old Tom Morris...
Date of birth:
- Aug 6, 1904
Date of death:
- Oct 17, 2000 (age 96 years)
Henry Cotton
Sir Henry Thomas Cotton, KCMG (26 January 1907 – 22 December 1987) was an English professional golfer known for winning three Open Championships.
Henry Cotton was born in Cheshire. A prestigious cricketer, while attending Alleyn's School in Dulwich,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 26, 1907
Date of death:
- Dec 22, 1987 (age 80 years)
Bobby Cruickshank
Robert Allan Cruickshank (16 November 1894 – 27 August 1975) was a prominent Scottish professional golfer on the PGA of America circuit from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s.
Cruickshank was born in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland and first rose to...
Date of birth:
- Nov 16, 1894
Date of death:
- Aug 27, 1975 (age 80 years)
Jimmy Demaret
James Newton Demaret (May 24, 1910 – December 28, 1983) was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957 and was the first three-time winner of the Masters.
Demaret was born in Houston, Texas. He...
Date of birth:
- May 24, 1910
Date of death:
- Dec 28, 1983 (age 73 years)
Roberto DeVicenzo
Roberto De Vicenzo (born 14 April 1923) is a former professional golfer.
De Vicenzo was born in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He won more than 230 tournaments worldwide in his career, including six on the PGA Tour and the 1967 British...
Date of birth:
- Apr 14, 1923 (age 86 years)
Leo Diegel
Leo Harvey Diegel (April 27, 1899 – May 5, 1951) was a prominent American professional golfer of the 1920s and early 1930s.
Diegel was born in Detroit, Michigan. He won 30 PGA circuit events, and was a four-time winner of the Canadian Open (1924-25,...
Date of birth:
- Apr 27, 1899
Date of death:
- May 5, 1951 (age 52 years)
Ed Dudley
Edward Bishop Dudley (February 19, 1901 – October 25, 1963) was a leading tour golfer of the late 1920s and 1930s.
Dudley was born in Brunswick, Georgia. He was a 15-time winner on the PGA Tour. After winning both the Los Angeles and Western Opens...
Date of birth:
- Feb 19, 1901
Date of death:
- Oct 25, 1963 (age 62 years)
Olin Dutra
Olin Dutra (January 17, 1901 – May 5, 1983) was a professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1920s and 1930s.
Dutra was born in Monterey, California. In 1924, he resigned from a job at a hardware store and joined the PGA Tour, where he...
Date of birth:
- Jan 17, 1901
Date of death:
- May 5, 1983 (age 82 years)
Chick Evans
Charles E. "Chick" Evans, Jr. (July 18, 1890 – November 6, 1979) was a leading amateur golfer of the 1910s and 1920s. Evans was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in one year, a feat he achieved in 1916. Evans went on to win the...
Date of birth:
- Jul 18, 1890
Date of death:
- Nov 6, 1979 (age 89 years)
Payne Stewart
William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42.
Stewart was born in...
Date of birth:
- Jan 30, 1957
Date of death:
- Oct 25, 1999 (age 42 years)
Mark McCormack
Mark Hume McCormack (November 6, 1930 – May 16, 2003) was an American lawyer, agent for professional athletes (particularly in golf and tennis) and a prolific author. He was the founder and chairman of International Management Group, now IMG, an...
Date of birth:
- Nov 6, 1930
Date of death:
- May 16, 2003 (age 72 years)
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.
She won the New Mexico Women's Amateur at...
Date of birth:
- Jan 6, 1957 (age 53 years)
Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer often referred to by one of his nicknames 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles...
Date of birth:
- Jun 23, 1963 (age 46 years)
Don Cherry
Donald Ross Cherry (born January 11, 1924) is an American singer of traditional pop music, best known for his 1955 hit, "Band of Gold"; and a former amateur and professional golfer.
Cherry was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. He started as a big band...
Date of birth:
- Jan 11, 1924 (age 86 years)
Gary Player
Gary Player OIG (born 1 November 1935) is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf.
Player was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He...
Date of birth:
- Nov 1, 1935 (age 74 years)
Shigeki Maruyama
Shigeki Maruyama (丸山茂樹, Maruyama Shigeki; born September 12, 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Maruyama was born in Chiba. He attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992. He is known for his ever-present smile on the golf course...
Date of birth:
- Sep 12, 1969 (age 40 years)
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF (Fijian Hindustani: विजय सिंह born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major...
Date of birth:
- Feb 22, 1963 (age 46 years)
Michelle Wie
Michelle Sung Wie (pronounced /ˈwiː/) (Korean: Wie Seong-mi Hangul: 위성미 Hanja: 魏聖美, born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. In 2006, she was named in a Time magazine article: "one of 100 people who shape...
Date of birth:
- Oct 11, 1989 (age 20 years)
Bobby Jones
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was one of the greatest golfers to compete on a national and international level. He participated only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from...
Date of birth:
- Mar 17, 1902
Date of death:
- Dec 18, 1971 (age 69 years)
Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality. She was most popular during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s.
After failing singing auditions for the...
Date of birth:
- Feb 29, 1916
Date of death:
- Feb 24, 1994 (age 78 years)
Fred Haas
Frederick T. "Freddie" Haas, Jr. (January 3, 1916 – January 26, 2004) was an American professional golfer.
Hass was born in Portland, Arkansas. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1937, winning the NCAA individual championship his senior...
Date of birth:
- Jan 3, 1916
Date of death:
- Jan 26, 2004 (age 88 years)
Johnny Farrell
John Joseph Farrell (April 1, 1901 – June 14, 1988) was an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1928 U.S. Open
Farrell was born in White Plains, New York. He turned professional in 1922.
In 1928, Farrell won the U.S. Open. He tied...
Date of birth:
- Apr 1, 1901
Date of death:
- Jun 14, 1988 (age 87 years)
Charles B. Cory
Charles Barney Cory (January 31, 1857 – July 31, 1921) was an American ornithologist and golfer.
Cory was born in Boston. His father had made a fortune from a large import business, ensuring that his son never had to work. At the age of sixteen Cory...
Date of birth:
- Jan 31, 1857
Date of death:
- Jul 31, 1921 (age 64 years)
John Daly
John Patrick Daly (born April 28, 1966) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.
Daly is known primarily for his "zero to hero" victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, his driving distance off the tee (earning him the nickname "Long John"),...
Date of birth:
- Apr 28, 1966 (age 43 years)
George Knudson
George Alfred Christian Knudson, CM (June 28, 1937 – January 24, 1989) was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories.
Born and raised in...
Date of birth:
- Jun 28, 1937
Date of death:
- Jan 24, 1989 (age 51 years)
Harry Vardon
Harry Vardon (9 May 1870 – 20 March 1937) was a Jersey professional golfer and member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the sport in his day, along with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. He won The Open Championship a record six times and also won...
Date of birth:
- May 9, 1870
Date of death:
- Mar 20, 1937 (age 66 years)
John Ball
John Ball, Jr. (December 24, 1861 – December 2, 1940) was a prominent English amateur golfer of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Ball was born in Hoylake, Merseyside. After winning the British Amateur in 1888, Ball became the first English-born...
Date of birth:
- Dec 24, 1861
Date of death:
- Dec 2, 1940 (age 78 years)
Dawn Coe-Jones
Dawn Coe-Jones (born October 19, 1960 in Campbell River, British Columbia) is a Canadian player on the LPGA women's golf tour. She has played on the tour for 22 years, winning three tournaments, and over $3 million in career earnings. She was...
Date of birth:
- Oct 19, 1960 (age 49 years)
Lorie Kane
Lorie Kane, CM (born December 19, 1964 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She began her career on the LPGA tour in 1996 and has four career victories on the tour. She became a member of the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 19, 1964 (age 45 years)
Jennifer Wyatt
Jen Wyatt (born December 10, 1965) is a Canadian golfer who formerly toured on the LPGA women's golf tour. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and starting playing golf at an early age in Richmond, British Columbia out of the Quichena Golf &...
Date of birth:
- Dec 10, 1965 (age 44 years)
Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.
He and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within 6 months of each other in 1912. Although...
Date of birth:
- Feb 4, 1912
Date of death:
- Sep 26, 2006 (age 94 years)
E. J. Harrison
Ernest Joseph (E. J.) "Dutch" Harrison (March 29, 1910 – June 19, 1982) was a well-known American professional golfer whose career spanned over four decades—one of the longest in the history of the PGA Tour.
Born in Conway, Arkansas and nicknamed ...
Date of birth:
- Mar 29, 1910
Date of death:
- Jun 19, 1982 (age 72 years)
Ken Venturi
Kenneth Venturi (born May 15, 1931) is an American former professional golfer and golf broadcaster.
Venturi was born in San Francisco, California. Venturi first gained national attention in 1956 when, as an amateur, he finished second in that year's...
Date of birth:
- May 15, 1931 (age 78 years)
Mianne Bagger
Mianne Bagger (born December 25, 1966) is a female touring professional golfer from Denmark. Bagger took up golf at the age of eight. At the age of 14, she was pictured with golf legend Greg Norman during a golf clinic. Bagger moved to Australia in...
Date of birth:
- Dec 25, 1966 (age 43 years)
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer (born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer. He is a two time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986.
Langer was...
Date of birth:
- Aug 27, 1957 (age 52 years)
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994.
Kite was born in McKinney, Texas. He began playing golf at age 6 and won...
Date of birth:
- Dec 9, 1949 (age 60 years)
