Tiger Woods' niece, Cheyenne Woods, is a professional golfer who competes on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. Her first coach was her great-grandfather Earl Woods (Tiger's father). The LPGA Tour has had six African-American players, and she is the sixth. She was a member of the Xavier College Preparatory golf team and twice took first place in the... read full bio
Thomas Pieters is a well-known name on the European Tour, where he competes as a professional golfer from Belgium. He won the Jack Nicklaus Invitational and the individual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship while he was a sophomore at the University of Illinois. The following year, he led his team to a second-place finish at the NCAA Division I... read full bio
American professional golfer Daniel Berger competes on the PGA Tour. In the Honda Classic's final round in March 2015, Berger recorded a 6-under-par 64 to enter a sudden-death playoff, which he lost to Pádraig Harrington. Berger started the final round nine strokes behind 54-hole leader Ian Poulter; had he won, it would have been the second-largest final round comeback in... read full bio
Gary Woodland, born in Topeka, Kansas, is a professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He attended the University of Kansas on a golf scholarship. While studying sociology, he maintained a prestigious collegiate golf career, winning four tournaments before transitioning into professional golf. Going into the pro golf world, Woodland participated in several tournaments in the Nationwide Tour... read full bio
Ollie Schniederjans, a three-time NCAA All-American at Georgia Tech, was once ranked as the top amateur golfer in the entire world. He won five of the six competitions leading up to the NCAA Division I Championship during his junior year of college. After a three-hole playoff, he came in second place. The Mark H. McCormack Medal was presented to him... read full bio
Before going pro, PGA player Chris Williams held the top spot in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for three straight years. He won six individual championships and received the Ben Hogan Award as the nation's top college athlete while playing in college. Williams won prestigious amateur competitions such the Western Amateur, Sahalee Amateur and Pacific Coast Amateur. He was a part... read full bio
The "Belgian Bomber," Nicolas Colsaerts, competes on the European Tour after spending time on the PGA Tour. Colsaerts came close to winning the Dutch Futures and the SK Golf Challenge on the Challenge Tour. He also came close to winning the Challenge of Ireland. At the Volvo China Open, he won his first European championship after placing third at the... read full bio
John Cook, an Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame inductee, participated in the U.S. Ryder Cup and won eleven times on the PGA Tour during his career. For 45 weeks, he was ranked among the top 10 players in the Official World Gold Ranking. Cook participated in the NCAA Championship squad and won the U.S. Amateur Championship while a... read full bio
Bob Cullen is a professional golfer and accomplished author, known for his unique perspective on the game of golf and his ability to inspire readers both on and off the course. Born and raised in the United States, Bob began his career as a golf professional in the early 1990s, and quickly established himself as one of the most talented... read full bio
American professional golfer Colt Knost played on the PGA Tour before retiring. He started appearing regularly as an analyst and on-course commentator for PGA Tour matches that CBS Sports aired. His senior year, he won the Class 3A State Championship. He was recognized as an all-conference and all-region player while attending Southern Methodist University. The Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the... read full bio
Growing up in a family of golfers, it is no surprise that Jim Gallagher, Jr. found a successful career on the PGA Tour. He began golfing at the age of six, under the instruction of his father, Jim Sr., a professional of 38 years. Since the family lived on the property of a country club, it was easy for Jim... read full bio
"Ben Crane is a professional golfer from Portland, Oregon. Originally introduced to golf by his grandfather, Crane grew up playing the sport at the Portland Gold Club. While attending the University of Oregon in Eugene, Crane joined the Ducks’ golf team. Crane has since played in the BellSouth Classic, the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, Farmers Insurance Open, McGladrey Classic,... read full bio
Pro golfer Blair O'Neal is a member of the LPGA Symetra Tour and former member of the Ladies European Tour. She has been a quarter finalist of the World Long Drive Championship, two-time qualifier for the final stage of LPGA qualifying school, and Top-10 finish at the Diamond Resorts Invitational. Blair won Golf Channel's Big Break: Dominican Republic, and was... read full bio
After joining GOLF Channel, Damon Hack is now a co-host of Golf Today. In addition, Hack covers some PGA TOUR tournaments live on the network for Golf Central and as an on-site reporter for the network during the season. Additionally, he contributes writing to the digital platforms of GOLF Channel. Hack covered the PyeongChang biathlon competition as an on-site reporter for... read full bio
Gary's first golf stroke came from a Boone, North Carolina range. As a junior at Ridgewood Country Club, he picked up the game and fell in love with every element of it. After watching Tom Weiskopf shoot 63 in the 1980 US Open's opening round, he became convinced that golf was the most fascinating elite sport. Gary started his career... read full bio
Listed as one of Golf Digest's "Best Young Teachers in America," Nathalie Sheehan is a highly esteemed PGA professional. Nathalie has established a reputation for her fascinating and perceptive teaching style as a coach with her own shows on the Golf Channel and as an on-air coach at The PGA Championship. Nathalie is currently the Director of Women's Golf and... read full bio
A.J. Eathorne was a Canadian professional golf player who started playing at the young age of 13. She is apart of the LPGA and has been inducted into the New Mexico State University/Citizens Bank Athletics Hall of Fame. Eathorne made 15 top 10 rankings in her career, played 186 events, and made 191 sub par holes and 191 birdies as... read full bio
Alison Nicholas is a retired English professional golfer. She started playing golf when she was 17 and had a great amateur career and won the Northern Girls Amateur Open two years in a row. She also was the champion of the British Amateur Stroke Play and in the same year won the Yorkshire Ladies County Championship. After, Nicholas became a... read full bio
Allen Doyle is a retired American professional golfer who played on the Nike Tour, PGA Tour, and Champions Tour. He made headlines when he became the oldest rookie in history at the time to become a professional on the PGA Tour at 49 years old. Prior to playing professional, Doyle had 23 Amateur wins and during his first year going... read full bio
Geoff Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer who has had wins in the U.S. Open and in the World Golf Championships. Ogilvy was born in Adelaide, Australia, and he began his career as a professional after winning a European Tour card. This led him to play on the European Tour two years in a row before going on to join... read full bio
