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What’s in the Tour Players’ Bags?

Which clubs do the world’s best golfers use to help them earn all that filthy lucre?

Golfbidder’s intrepid photographers follow the professional tours around the world to bring you the latest close-up shots of all the top players’ bags. New players and shots are being added weekly and our aim is to grow the section into a global resource for those wanting to know ‘what’s in the bag?’ – both past and present.

To learn more, simply click a player’s name...

Tiger Woods Is there really anything we can tell you about Tiger Woods that you don’t already know? He’s simply the most famous sportsman in the world and the greatest golfer who has ever lived. He grew up in C...
Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson, shown booming his 8.5 degree Callaway Big Bertha FT-5 down the fairway at the World Golf Championships at Doral Resort, was for a long time saddled with the dreaded title of ‘Best play...
Paul Casey Paul Casey is one of Europe’s finest golfers. As a boy, he lived in Weybridge and attended Hampton School - just down the road from us here at Golfbidder - from where he went on to golf scholarship at...
Sergio Garcia Probably know for his heroics in past Ryder Cup matches over his individual achievements, the passionate young Spaniard (known as ‘El Nino’) is a major challenger on both the European and PGA Tours. H...
Geoff Ogilvy Geoff was introduced to golf by his dad at age 7 when he was handed a cut-down club and advanced to a scratch handicap by age 16. However, golf was not the only sport at which he excelled. Geoff was a...
Henrik Stenson Having finished top of the Ryder Cup world points list in 2006, Henrik Stenson is perhaps most famous for holing the winning put in his Ryder Cup singles match against Vaughan Taylor - and thereby cli...
Kenny Perry Kenny Perry was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, but lived most of his formative years in Franklin, Kentucky, in Simpson County.Took up golf at age 7 with encouragement from his father, who spent hour...
Steve Stricker A 1990 graduate of the University of Illinois and Wisconsin State Golf Association Hall of Famer Steve Stricker comes from a family of golfers. His wife Nicki was his caddie throughout his professiona...
Vijay Singh Vijay Singh is without doubt one of the best golfers ever to play the game, leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003 and 2004 and boldly knocking Tiger Woods from world #1 for 32 weeks in 2004/05. Our ph...
Jim Furyk The man with a swing all his own! In fact, ABC commentator David Feherty likened it to that of an ‘octopus falling out of a tree.’ Still, who cares what the swing looks like if you can win a US Open? ...
Padraig Harrington When you win 3 Major’s in the space of 14 months something must be going right. After a slow start to his professional career, Padraig Harrington is now mentioned in the same breath as Phil Mickelson,...
Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas, known as much for wearing tight trousers and the screaming women who follow him as for his golf, was selected as one of People Magazine's ‘Hottest Bachelors’ in 2006. But actually, he...
Sean O'Hair Unlike the vast majority of contemporary American professional golfers Sean O'Hair did not go to college, university or even graduate from high school. He turned professional in 1999 aged just 17 afte...
Robert Karlsson Robert Karlsson is probably the best golfer to come out of Sweden. He was born in Katrineholm, Sweden and was introduced to the game by his father who was a green keeper. After a successful amateur ca...
Anthony Kim Anthony Kim is a former Junior World Champion and four-time American Junior Golf Association All-American. Know as ‘AK’ to his fellow Tour players he earned both freshman of the Year (2004) and was a ...
Ernie Els With the swing that we all try to emulate, Ernie ‘The Big Easy’ Els is one of the most successful golfers in the history of the game. He has won almost 60 professional tournaments, including 2 US Open...
Rory McIlory Where do we start? This young man has achieved enough in his short career to fill reams and reams of pages. But I’ll try my hardest to keep it short. McIlroy was born in Holywood, Northern Ireland and...
Ian Poulter Ian Poulter is one of Europe’s best golfers with over €20million in career prize money and 7 European Tour wins to his name. Poulter took up golf at the age of four when his father, a single-digit ha...
Lee Westwood Lee Westwood has for many years been one of Europe’s finest golfers and is probably, like Sergio Garcia, most famous for his Ryder Cup heroics rather than his individual success. Lee began to play gol...
Zach Johnson Zach took up golf aged 10 and honed his skills at the Elmcrest Country Club, Iowa. He played as #2 on the Regis High School golf team and led them to the Iowa 3A State Championship in 1992 during his ...
Luke Donald Luke Donald is one of Europe’s finest golfers and is well known for his text book swing path, rhythm and excellent temperament. Before going to University in America he did not know much about the re...
Mike Weir Canadian left-hander Mike Weir is best known for his victory at the 2003 Masters at Augusta National making history as the first Canadian to win a Major. He was also, incidentally, only the second lef...
Martin Kaymer Currently the only player under 25 to be in the top-50 in the World Rankings Kaymer become the first German to be awarded the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year after a superb debut season in 2007 d...
Alvaro Quiros Alvario was born in Cadiz, Spain and is noted for his length off the tee. He was the longest driver on the European Tour in 2006, 2007 and 2008, averaging nearly 310 yards. He turned professional in...
Retief Goosen Retief Goosen has for a long time been one of the best golfers in the world. Apart from having 30 professional wins to his name, he secured his place among golf’s greats with two US Open victories - i...
Stewart Cink Currently sitting inside the top-10 of career prize money winners on the PGA tour with over $25million dollars, Stuart Cink is one of the most successful golfers in history without causing a major sti...
Angel Cabrera Angel’s recipe for success couldn’t be more different from the aspiring youngsters on tour who have the inclination to surround themselves with a team of coaches, psychologists and trainers. The 37-ye...
Tim Clark Tim took up golf at the age of 3 and was taught to play by his father and recorded his first hole-in-one when he was just 8 years old. He has a clear affinity with Durban Country Club; he was born and...
Ross Fisher Ross learnt his trade at the European Tour Headquarters at The Wentworth Club after being introduced to the game by his step-father at the age of three. Fisher joined the European Tour in 2006 and fle...
Rory Sabbatini Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban and started playing golf at age 4 along with a number of other sports but decided to concentrate solely on golf at aged 12. Like many of his fellow international golf...
Justin Leonard Justin grew up playing golf at Royal Oaks CC in Dallas with Harrison Frazar, with who he roomed with during his time at the University of Texas. He was born in Dallas, Texas and attended Lake Highland...
Ben Curtis Ben Curtis is best known for winning The Open Championship in 2003 at Royal St George’s Golf Club where he beat Thomas Bjorn and Vijay Singh to win by a single shot. It was only his 13th place at the ...
Nick Watney Watney was born in Sacramento and attended California State University where was a three-time All-American golfer. We don't know what that is but it certainly sounds impressive! He turned professional...
Jeev Milkha Singh Jeev became the first Indian golfer to qualify for the European Tour. He earned his card at Qualifying School in 1997. Jeev is considered one of the hardest working professionals on the tour. He playe...
Robert Allenby In 1989 he won the Australian Juniors Amateur Championship and turned professional in 1992 when he was playing of a staggering +4 handicap. He was introduced to the game by his father, Don, was a prof...
Soren Kjeldsen As a 9-year-old Soren’s family moved to Baguio, where Soren played his junior golf. It was here that the dream of being a professional golfer began. Like so many other junior golfers Soren had a job a...
Shingo Katayama Shingo Katayama is one of a growing band of fine young Japanese golfers who made their name playing on the PGA Tour. He became a fan favourite when he finished 4th in the 2001 PGA Championship. His bu...
Miguel Angel Jimenez One of Golfbidder’s favourite golfers! Sarcastically nicknamed ‘The Mechanic’ (because he hates tinkering with his high performance cars – preferring only to drive them), the cigar-smoking, Ferrari-dr...
Kyung-Ju Choi K.J. Choi was born in Wando, South Korea and is the first golfer from South Korea to earn a PGA Tour card. His interest in golf grew after one of his high school teachers recommended he try the game a...
Adam Scott Firmly established as one of the best golfers in the World, Adam enjoyed a superb amateur career - managing to secure consecutive top-10 finishes on the 2000 European Tour even before turning professi...
Dustin Johnson Dustin played collegiate golf at Coastal Carolina University and is still coached by his collage coach Allen Terrell. As an amateur, he won the Monroe Invitational and the Northeast Amateur in 2007 He...
Justin Rose Rose was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, but moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 5. He had a strong amateur career after being inspired to take up the game by his father who died after a two...
Trevor Immelman Born in Cape Town into a golfing family (his father was commissioner of the South African Sunshine Tour), Immelman took up golf at the age of 5 and turned professional in 1999. He played on the Challe...
Davis Love-III Davis Love III was born shortly after his father contended at the 1964 Masters.Golf has always been key to Davis Love III’s life having been introduced to the game by his father, Davis Love, Jr. who w...
Oliver Wilson After working his way up through the County Teams and into the England Boys Team, Oliver was offered a golf scholarship in America. He became a member of the Augusta State University Jaguars from 2000...
Hunter Mahan Hunter had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship and the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while at McKinney High School. After graduating...
Graeme McDowell Graeme, like an increasing number of promising Irish and UK golfers took up a golf scholarship in America. He was awarded the Haskins Award as the #1 ranked collegiate golfer while at the University o...
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Gonzalo is without question one of the rising golf superstars in Europe. An accomplished tennis player, he started playing golf under the tutelage of his father at the age of five. He is now coached b...
David Toms David Toms has been one of the most consistent golfers on the US Tour over the past decade assembling nearly $30million in career prize money; which places him in 7th on the career prize money list. H...
Brandt Snedeker Brandt was born in Nashville, Tennessee and attended Montgomery Bell Academy and then Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. As an armat...
Ryuji Imada Ryuji made his debut on the PGA Tour in 2004 after finishing third on the Nationwide Tour money list being one of five players to win more than $300,000. Before turning professional Ryuji had a sparki...
Peter Hanson Peter is still coached by Jan Larsson, the professional at Bokskogen, where he was first introduced to the game by neighbours. He continues to hold links with the club into his professional career. Th...
Rocco Mediate Rocco was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Florida Southern College and turned professional in 1985. His professional career has been plagued by back trouble. Early on, he compensated f...
J.B. Holmes John (J.B.) Holmes attended the University of Kentucky and represented the US in the 2005 Walker Cup before turning professional the same year having won the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. J.B. for 1...
Richard Green Richard learned the game at Huntingdale Golf Course in Melbourne. He attended the Victoria Institute of Sport and works with Darren Webster-Clarke. Richard became the first left-hander since 1975 to ...
Darren Clarke Darren Clarke has been one of Europe’s best golfers for many years know for his passion and commitment to the European Team in recent Ryder Cup Matches. As an amateur, he won the 1990 Spanish Amateur...
D.J. Trahan Donald Jr. Trahan was introduced to golf by his father, Don, who has recorded 13 career hole-in-ones. He attended Paul M. Dorman High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He then moved to Hilton Hea...
Rod Pampling Rod Pampling was born in Queensland and turned professional in 1994. He began his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge and also spent time on the NGA Hooters To...
Pat Perez Pat was born in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1993 Pat won the Junior World title at Torrey Pines, where Tiger Woods finished fourth, eight strokes back. He attended Arizona State University and was a member o...
James Kingston James is probably known for a single shot more than any other golfer. This claim to fame came prior to his maiden European Tour victory. In 2002, he won an Audi TT Coupe for an amazing hole in one at ...
Nick Dougherty Nick is a protégé of Nick Faldo. The 6-time Major Champion recognised his name-sake as a special talent during the Faldo Series and took him under his wing. Nick (Dougherty) had an exceptional amateur...
Bart Bryant Bart Bryant – here at Golfbidder, we love yer! Why? Because he gives us old guys hope – in fact he gives anyone hope who has struggled to make a breakthrough in any career – and is a lesson in why nev...
Charl Schwartzel Charl had a dominant junior amateur career in South Africa. Having won some amateur events overseas Charl played for his country in the 2002 Eisenhower Trophy. He then turned professional at the age o...
Jeff Quinney Jeff Quinney is definitely a man to watch. He won the US Amateur Championship in 2000 and played for the US in the 2001 Walker Cup. Having turned professional in 2001, he spent a couple of years on th...
Jerry Kelly Jerry graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional that year. He however did not make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995 season on the second...
Anders Hansen Anders went to the University of Houston where he enjoyed 2 victories on the collegiate circuit. Anders is no relation to his namesake Søren – but they often seem inseparable. They both holed in one i...
Nick O'Hern Nick O'Hern was born in Perth, Western Australia. He is left-handed and took up golf at the age of nine. His father was a three-handicap golfer who also played baseball for Australia, and Nick followe...
Niclas Fasth Niclas’ first amateur victory was in 1992 when he won the Swedish Amateur championship. He didn’t stay an amateur long after this, turning professional the next year. He began making a name for himsel...
Toru Taniguchi Toru Taniguchi turned professional in 1992 and has won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour - ranking 17th overall in the Japanese career victories list. He topped the Japanese money list in 2002 and...
Mathew Goggin His mother, Lindy, is a three-time Australian Amateur champion and introduced her son to the game. Before joining the PGA Tour in 2000 Matthew played on the European Tour in 1998 and tied for 2nd at t...
Peter Hedblom Peter was introduced to golf at the age of six by his father, Olle, who remains his coach. He was Swedish Boys champion at 16, and the following year he won the 1987 Doral Junior Classic to promise a ...
Peter Lonard Peter Lonard is not exactly a household name – he’s one of those golfers who you are probably only vaguely aware of as he quietly criss-crosses the globe banking large sums of money. He turned pro i...
Arron Oberholser Oberholser attended San Jose State University (where he studied journalism) and turned professional in 1998. He started off on the Canadian Tour and in 2001 joined the US Nationwide Tour – the trainin...
Gregory Havret Gregory took up golf at the age of 10 after being encouraged by his father, who was a Parisian vet. Gregory won the French Amateur Championship 3 years in a row from 1997 to 1999, and in 1999 won the ...
Briny Baird Michael Jancey Baird or "Briny" to his friends and fellow tour professionals was born in Miami Beach, Florida. Briny took up the game at a young age and by 7th grade was playing varsity golf at the ...
Charles Howell III Our biography photo of ‘CH3’ was taken in March 2007 and shows him using a 9.5 degree Callaway Big Bertha Fusion FT-5 at the World Golf Championships at Doral in Florida where he finished 16th. Bille...
Bubba Watson Gerry “Bubba” Watson was born in Bagdad, Florida. After taking up the game as a youngster he played golf for Faulkner State Community College in Alabama, where he was a junior college All-American. Af...
Jose Manuel Lara Jose Manuel Lara is a man to watch having made consistent improvements over the past four years. He began his golfing career caddying for his father – and had a strong amateur career, representing Spa...
Mark Wilson The message from Mark Wilson is – never give up! Having spent years struggling to keep his Tour card, at the age of 32 and after 111 starts, he finally won his first PGA tournament at The Honda Classi...
Richard Sterne Richard Sterne took up golf at the age of four after his grandmother took him to play one day. He went on to have a superb amateur career - becoming the first South African to win both the junior and ...
Paul Broadhurst Paul sums his career up as a “rollercoaster” when he looked back on six victories and a Ryder Cup appearance. His amateur career was financed by him working as a van driver and in fibre glass factory ...
Charley Hoffman Charley was born and raised in Poway, California and began playing golf at the age of 7. Charley grew up playing at Stone Ridge County Club in his home town of Poway where his Brother and parents are ...
Daniel Chopra Daniel was born in Stockholm but moved to India at age 7 where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age 14. Daniel went on to win 2 further Indian Junior...
Alexander Noren Alexander grew up playing all sports before his attention focussed on golf at the age of 8. He was so dedicated that he was often late home for dinner as he spent so much time on the range determined ...
Colin Montgomerie Oh, Monty, Monty – what are we going to do with you?! One of the greatest golfers we’ve ever produced – 29 European Tour wins, an astonishing 8 Order of Merit titles - and still no Major! Life, indeed...
Charlie Wi Charlie was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 10. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, and had a successful amateur career before turning professional in...
Louis Oosthuizen One of a group of up and coming young talents to emerge from South Africa recently, and a member of the Ernie Els Foundation, receiving support and inspiration from the great man himself, Lodewicus Th...
Corey Pavin Corey Pavin was born in Oxnard, California and attended UCLA. He turned professional in 1982 and quickly established himself in the sport, with three international victories in 1983, and his first PGA...
Francesco Molinari One of two famous Italian golfing brothers, Francesco Molinari turned professional in 2004 and earned full status on the PGA European Tour the following year. He is the younger brother of Eduardo who ...
Stephen Leaney Stephen Leaney was born in Busselton, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1992 and won several tournaments in his home country in the 1990s, despite having a rib cut out of his right side in ...
Kevin Stadler Kevin was born in Reno, Nevada, and is the son of former Masters Champion and 13-time winner on the PGA Tour, Craig Stadler. He moved with his family to Denver, Colorado, where he attended Kent Denver...
Stephen Dodd There are strong parallels between the careers of Stephen Dodd and US Tour player Bart Bryant, in that both of them toiled away for years without troubling the scorers much – before suddenly coming ve...
Alejandro Canizares Alejandro comes from one of the foremost golfing families in Spain – his father is José Maria Canizares who played in four Ryder Cup Teams and his brother Gabriel plays on the Challenge Tour. Alejandr...
Jean Van de Velde Jean will forever be remembered as the man who nearly won The Open Championship. Led in 1999 at Carnoustie by three shots playing the 72nd hole only to take a triple bogey seven and then lose a play-o...
Richard S. Johnson Richard S. Johnson was born in Stockholm and joined the US PGA Tour in 2003. His grandfather is an American who married a Swede and settled in Sweden which may explain why Johnson bases himself in the...
Mikko Ilonen Finland’s Mikko Ilonen first hit the headlines in 2000 when he won the Amateur Championship – turning professional the following year when he finished a superb 9th at the Open Championship at Royal Ly...
Kevin Na When he was aged 8, Kevin and his family moved from South Korea to the United States and Kevin took up the game a year later. By the time he had become too old to play junior golf he had become the to...
Rich Beem Rich Beem’s is an amazing story. He attended the New Mexico State University and turned professional in 1994. His first five years on tour were pretty barren – so dispirited was he that in 1995 he lef...
Graeme Storm Graeme learnt his trade at Hartlepool Golf Club, and still holds the course record of 62. From playing for the English Boys team, to securing an invitation to play in the European Team for the prestig...
Scott Strange Scott dominated The Celtic Manor Wales Open to secure his first European Tour Victory. The tournament was played over The Twenty Ten Course for the first time. This is the course that golf course spec...
Joe Ogilvie Joe was an honourable mention All-American selection and two-time all-ACC at Duke. After turning professional in 1996 he earned fully exempt status on the Nationwide Tour for the following season in h...
Johnson Wagner Johnson captained his high school hockey team as both a junior and senior. His father teaches computer sciences at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY and his Grandfather M.T. Johnson was a fo...
Jason Gore Jason had a relatively quite amateur career compared to some of his other PGA Tour professionals. He attended Pepperdine University. He was part of their NCAA Division I Championship team in 1997. He ...
Paul Lawrie Until July 2007 when Padraig Harrington won at Carnoustie, Paul Lawrie was the last European to win a major championship - his final round 67 famously put him into the four-hole play-off where he bird...
Marcel Siem Marcel owned his first club as a 2 year old. He would play with a little putter but really started playing at the age of six. His parents ran a golf club restaurant at Burge Overbach in Cologne. Prior...
John Daly Blimey, where do you start when writing about ‘Long John’ Daly? You could write a book about him – but no need because he’s written one himself - My Life In and Out of the Rough – a cracking read whic...
Emanuele Canonica As an amateur Emanuele won the Italian National Juniors Championship in 1990 and was part of the gold medal winning Italian team at the European Youths' Championship that year. After these successes h...
Brad Faxon Brad Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey, attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour and played on two Ryder Cup teams. So how does a pl...
Maarten Lafeber Maarten is a former Dutch, Swiss and Spanish Amateur champion. He earned his European Tour card at the Qualifying School in 1997. However he couldn’t hold onto it and lost it at the end of the 1998 se...
Stephen Gallacher Stephen is the nephew of former European Ryder Cup Captain Bernard Gallacher. Stephen Gallacher had a strong amateur career and played in GB & I’s winning Walker Cup team at Royal Porthcawl in 1995 be...
Christian Cevaer Frenchman Christian Cevaer was actually born in New Caledonia. He became World Junior Champion at 17 before taking up a golf scholarship at Stanford University where he twice won the Pac-10 Championsh...
Simon Wakefield Hailing from strong sporting stock - his uncle is Bob Taylor, the former England wicketkeeper – Simon enjoys flying and hopes soon to pass his pilot’s licence. He took up golf at the age of 15 and cut...
Phillip Price Phillip Price is one of the best golfers to come out of Wales and has represented his country nine times in the World Cup. Began playing at Pontypridd Golf Club as a boy and was inspired when he saw h...
Ryan Armour Information on Ryan Armour is a bit scarce – mainly because he’s only just joined the main US Tour. His junior career resulted in him making it to the finals of the 1993 US Junior Finals. Between 2004...
Peter Lawrie Peter was educated at University College Dublin where he took up a golf scholarship. Peter is capped at boys, youths and national level for Ireland. He won the 1996 Irish Amateur Closed Championship a...
Brian Davis Brian is among a growing number of Englishmen now plying their trade on the PGA Tour. He was a rookie on Tour in 2005 after being a medallist in his first trip to Q-School since 1995. When he turned...
Bob Tway Robert Raymond Tway IV to give him his full name has won a total of eight time on the PGA Tour victories - spanning 3 decades. Bob was born in Oklahoma City and was introduced to golf at the age o...
David Duval David Duval was born in Florida and is part of a strong golfing family. He joined the tour in 1995 and got off to a flying start with several top 5 finishes in his first two seasons. His first victory...
Lee Slattery The Englishman turned pro in 1998 with a handicap of 3 and aged 20, after playing golf as a boy in his hometown of Southport. In 2004 he won the Telia Grand Prix as part of the Challenge Tour, and the...
Martin Erlandsson During his amateur career Martin played for Sweden in the 1996 Eisenhower Trophy, finishing 2nd in a team containing fellow Tour players, Christopher Hanell and Lief Westerberg. Martin first secured h...
Patrick Sheehan Patrick turned professional in 1992 and earned his first PGA TOUR card by finishing 12th ($201,231) on the 2002 Nationwide Tour money list. On his way to this finish he recorded a wire-to-wire to win ...
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet Jean comes from a serious sporting family. His father was a professional basketball player and his mother played professional tennis and as a result of this Jean almost chose tennis over golf. Thankfu...
Richard Finch Richard started playing golf at the age of 10 at his local municipal course after an uncle lent him some cut down clubs. He was inspired to take up the game seriously by the epic Masters victory of Sa...
Francois Delamontagne Francois started playing golf in his native Brittany at the age of 12, after watching The Open Championship on television. His father and mother both play and his father, Patrick, once played for the ...
Scott McCarron Scott was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from UCLA, graduating with a major in History. Upon graduating though Scott gave the game up for four years to help his father with his clothing ...
Todd Hamilton William ‘Todd’ Hamilton has had an extraordinary career. He turned professional in 1987 – but, unable to secure his PGA Tour card allowing him to play on the US professional circuit, he spent many yea...
Shaun Micheel Shaun Micheel turned professional in 1992 after attending Christian Brothers High School in Memphis and Indiana University. He taught himself how to play golf after his parents bought a home on a golf...
Boo Weekley Thomas ‘Boo’ Weekley - apparently nicknamed after Yogi Bear’s friend ‘Boo Boo’ - is one of the most colourful characters on tour, riding his driver like a bull when he teed off at the 2008 Ryder Cup b...
Anton Haig Anton is the youngest in a family of four boys. His earliest golfing recollection is watching his hero, Ernie Els, in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City. Anton won the South African Amateur Champi...
Ariel Canete Launched 2007 in some style by becoming the first Argentine to win in South Africa by claiming the Joburg Open and earning himself an exemption until the end of the 2009 season. It was the first of fo...
Chris Hanell Sweden’s Chris Hanell attended Arizona State University and turned professional in 1997. He still bases himself in Scottsdale and is a bit of a daredevil who lists sky diving and fast cars among his h...
Joakim Haeggman Joakim Haeggman was the first Swede to play in the Ryder Cup – way back in 1993. Since then, he seems to have spent an inordinate amount of time laid up because of injuries sustained playing ice hocke...
Oliver Fisher Oliver Fisher is a young but hugely talented player who many believe is destined for greatness. Certainly Nike think so – he has already signed a major contract with them and Nike tend not to pick los...
David Frost David Frost has been one of golf’s most prolific winners – with over 20 tournament victories to his name. Took up the game aged 14 as a caddie for his father, and played in the South African Amateur a...
James Heath James Heath turned professional in 2004 following a very successful amateur career which saw him win both the English Amateur Championship and the Lytham Trophy in 2004. A protégé of Nick Faldo, Heath...
Filipe Aguilar Felipe’s grandfather, Alfredo Schuler, built a number of golf courses in Chile after emigrating from Germany and encouraged his grandson to take up the game at the age of 9. Golf has been his life eve...
Greg Norman Greg Norman, known as ‘The Great White Shark’ is the only golfer in history to be #1 on both sides of the Atlantic. His nickname is with reference Norman's blond hair, size and aggressive golf style. ...
Hennie Otto Hendrik Johannes (or ‘Hennie’) Otto is one of the latest crop of promising young golfers to emerge from South Africa. Hennie learnt his trade playing alongside the likes of Ernie Els, Retief Goosen an...
Magnus Carlsson Magnus turned professional in 2001. The Swede has struggled to get his 2009 season started. He made the cut in his first 5 events of the year but only recorded a best finish of 37th at the South Afric...
Pelle Edberg Pelle was born quite literally on a golf course. The Edberg family hotel at Jönköping boasts two courses. Pelle dabbled with golf as a 3 year old toddler with his father, Stefan, and brother, Hans, wh...
Rafa Echenique Rafa is one of the exciting new talents to emerge from Argentina along with close friend Andres Romero, whose brother caddied for him on the 2006 Challenge Tour. Rafa is also a huge fan of motorsport ...
Andrew McLardy Andrew was born in Zimbabwe but, as the name suggests, comes from strong Scottish stock. His parents, Ron and Mary, are from Helensburgh in the West of Scotland. He was twice an Eisenhower Trophy play...
Chris Wood Chris turned professional after The Open and played in seven European Tour events, with his best performance coming at the Portugal Masters where he finished tenth. Was a keen footballer with aspirati...
Mark Foster Mark was a member of the victorious 1995 Walker Cup team at Royal Porthcawl alongside Stephen Gallacher, Padraig Harrington and David Howell. After a highly successful amateur career, which included b...
Robert-Jan Derksen Robert took up golf at age 14 after a new course was constructed close to his home in Nijmegen. An impressive amateur career saw him win both the Dutch Match Play and Stroke Play titles before he turn...
Simon Dyson Simon comes from a family with a rich sporting pedigree. His grandfather was a jockey; dad, John, is a bookmaker and his uncle, Terry, played in Tottenham’s double-winning team in 1960-61. He was enco...
Steve Webster Steve rose to prominence in The 1995 Open Championship at St. Andrews, beating Gordon Sherry and Tiger Woods to the Silver Medal given to the leading amateur after finishing tied 24th. Steve joined t...
Yong-Eun Yang After turning professional in 1996 it was not until a decade later that Yang finally made his breakthrough. In 2006 he won the Korea Open. This victory gained him entry into the HSBC Champions Tournam...
Arnold Palmer Arnold Palmer is regarded as one of the greatest player to ever have played the game. He turned professional in 1954 and has 62 wins on the PGA Tour - putting him 5th of all time. He is still an acti...
Chris Stroud Chris was born on February 3 1982 and attended Lamar University. During his time here he was a two-time all American. His only main stream win came at the 2003 North and South Amateur championship. C...
Jeff Klauk Jeff is just a small part of a great sporting family. His wife won nine collegiate titles and was NCAA Division II Championship winner in 1996 and 1998 at Florida Southern. His brothers too are great ...
Ryo Ishikawa On 20 May 2007, Ryo became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the tender age 15 years and 8 months. He competed as an...
Jon Bevan There is currently no biog for this player....
Michael Lorenzo-Vera After turning professional in 2005, Lorenzo-Vera played on the Alps Tour, one of Europe's third tier development tours. In 2006, he won the Open International de la Mirabelle D’or, a tournament he had...
Daniel Vancsik Daniel was born in Posadas, Argentina and started playing the game when he was 12 at the Tacuru Club in Posadas-Misiones-Argentina. Daniel turned professional in 1997 and has played in Europe since ...
Matthew Millar Matthew took up the game with some friends aged 11, when he would go down to the local club to hone his skills. Had to decide whether to play rugby union or golf as a junior but soon opted for golf. M...
Alessandro Tadini Alessandro comes from a golfing family and enjoyed an impressive amateur career in Italy. He started playing golf as a six year old under the supervision of his father who was an Italian International...
Chez Reavie Chez was the winner of the 2001 U.S. Public Links Championship, which earned an invitation to the 2002 Masters where he missed the cut - but this was his first big break. Before this the highlight of ...
Will Mackenzie Will was born and raised in Greenville, North Carolina. He was a golfing prodigy growing up but burned out on golf at age 14 and completely quit the game after high school. While in high school, Macke...
Jeff Overton After turning professional in 2005 Jeff earned his first PGA Tour card at Q-School for the 2006 season which was to be his rookie year on Tour. The highlight of this year was the double eagle he recor...
Martin Laird Martin is one of a large number of young British golfers that chose to take up a spot at an American University - Martin attended Colorado State. He initially learned the game as a left-hander but swi...
Scott Sterling It was 13 years from when Scott turned pro to when he was a rookie on the PGA Tour. Years of golf on the Nationwide Tour had honed Scott’s skills to the point where he was chomping at the bit to get a...
Jyoti Randhawa Jyoti is yet to make the breakthrough into the winner’s circle on The European Tour despite no fewer than six top three finishes over the past five years. He is the son of a retired army general; he...
Michael Jonzon Michael Jonzon has spent most of his career playing in the Challenge Tour and the European Tour after turning pro in 1991. In 1993, he won the Sundvall Open, and in 1994 the Kinnaborg Open, both part ...
Zane Scotland Zane Scotland first picked up a golf club at the age of 10, and soon was playing off single figures. He was brought up in Wallington, England, and was the second youngest golfer ever to qualify for th...
Kevin Sutherland Kevin Sutherland was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Christian Brothers High School. He then went on to attend Fresno State University with his brother David and made the golf team a...
Dudley Hart Although Hart hasn't won many tournaments, he continues to be one of the most consistent players on the Tour. He has more than 4 dozen top-10 finishes including many 2nd and 3rd place finishes. He att...
Soren Hansen Not to be confused with his good friend and fellow Dane, Anders Hansen (although the parallels that can be drawn are remarkable), Soren Hansen won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and ...
Raphaël Jacquelin Raphael once dreamed of being a professional footballer until a knee injury at age 13 forced him to turn his attention to other sports. He firstly took up tennis before switching to golf. He enjoyed a...
Fredrik Jacobson Fredrik was a promising ice hockey player at age 10 and was also ranked in the top-30 in Swedish table tennis at age 14-15 but turned to golf when the local professional, Per Nellbeck, taught the enti...
Thomas Bjorn With nine European Tour titles to his name, Thomas Bjorn is one of the best golfers in Europe. In his first season on tour – 1996 – he finished 10th in the Order of Merit – and has finished in the top...
Chris DiMarco OOur photo of Chris was taken at the World Golf Championships at Doral in 2007. Chris DiMarco was born in Huntington, New York and turned professional in 1990. He won the Canadian Tour's order of meri...
David Howell David Howell had a great amateur career; he won the British Boys Championship in 1993 and represented GB & Ireland the victorious side in the 1995 Walker Cup before turning professional the same year....
Jose Maria Olazabal A shy, reclusive man – but one of Europe’s greatest Ryder Cup heroes, Jose Maria Olazabal had a distinguished amateur career winning the British Boys and British Amateur – where he famously beat Colin...
Carl Pettersson Carl took up golf at aged 10 on a course close to where he lived in Gothenburg, Sweden. His father Lars, who was a low-handicap golfer, was an executive for Volvo Trucks Division, resulting in Carl li...
Stuart Appleby Stuart was brought up on a dairy farm in rural northern Australia and began playing golf by hitting golf balls from paddock to paddock once his chores were completed. By aged 18 he was playing junior ...
Michael Campbell Michael ‘Cambo’ Campbell is of Maori descent and grew up in the small New Zealand town of Hawera. He caddied for his father before taking up the great game himself at the age of 10. He turned Pro in 1...
Vaughn Taylor Vaughn Taylor was born in Roanoke, Virginia but was raised in Augusta, Georgia after he moved there as a child. After attending Hephzibah High School, he played golf for Augusta State University where...
Johan Edfors Johan learned his golf at the University of Texas and turned professional in 1997. Our biography photo of Johan was taken in March 2007 and shows him crunching his 8.5 degree Callaway Big Bertha Fusio...
Stephen Ames Stephen grew up in Pointe-à-Pierre on the island of Trinidad and learned to play at the Petrotrin Pointe-à-Pierre Golf Club. Ames's golfing talent developed early in life, assisted by support and disc...
Tom Lehman Our younger readers will probably know Tom Lehman best as the US Ryder Cup Team Captain at the K Club in 2006 when the US team got thumped 18.5-9.5 by our own Woosie. But Tom will pick himself – he’s ...
Woody Austin Woody was born in Tampa, Florida and when to the University of Miami, where he was coached by Norman C. Parsons Jr. He graduated in 1986 with a degree in Business Administration and was inducted into ...
Thongchai Jaidee Amazingly, he didn’t play golf until he was 16 – and it wasn’t until after a stint in the Thai Army as a paratrooper that, at the age of 30 – he finally turned professional. He spent his childhood liv...
John Rollins John is a two-time Virginia state amateur champion. Before earning qualification onto the PGA Tour, John played on the Nationwide Tour in 1999. He made just four cuts in first 12 Nationwide Tour st...
Aaron Baddeley Aaron Baddeley was regarded as one of the most promising golfing talents in the world when he was in his late teens and has gone on to prove this prediction right by ranking within the top-20 in the w...
Bradley Dredge Bradley Dredge had a strong amateur career – was runner-up to Stephen Dundas in The Amateur Championship at Carnoustie in 1992 but gained some consolation with a place in the Walker Cup team of 1993. ...
Tom Pernice Tom Pernice Jr attended UCLA where he played college golf with several other tour players including Corey Pavin and Duffy Waldorf. He turned professional in 1983 and has won two US Tour events – the B...
Brett Wetterich The big-hitting but surprisingly accurate Brett Wetterich was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and started playing golf when he was two. He attended Oak Hills High School. He turned professional in 1994. A 12...
Tim Herron Tim was nicknamed ‘Lumpy’ on the first day of his job at a golf course in Wayzata. The nickname stood at golf course, but not at school ("There already was a 'Lumpy' at school"). We’ll leave it to you...
Dean Wilson As an amateur Dean was a medallist at the 1991 Western Athletic Conference Championship while attending Brigham Young University. During his time here he was a teammate with PGA Tour professional memb...
J.J. Henry Our biog photo of Ronald "J.J." Henry III was snapped at the 2007 World Golf Championships at Doral. A talented junior athlete in many sports JJ was exposed to high-level golf at a young age from his ...
Jason Bohn Jason graduated from the University of Alabama in 1995 with a degree in Finance. However in 1992, while a sophomore at Alabama, he was playing in a charity fund-raiser in Tuscaloosa when he made a hol...
Brett Quigley As an Armature Brett was the winner of the 1987 U. S. Junior Amateur and also named Academic All-American in 1990 and 1991 at University of South Carolina. Brett has an up and down start to his prof...
Andres Romero Andres took up golf at age 8 after being bedridden and on a strict diet with a kidney disease. He began by caddying at The Jockey Club just outside Buenos Aires, Argentina before playing in the cooler...