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Photos: Min Woo Lee through the years

The persona of the native of Perth, Australia, has resonated with fans across multiple continents.

Social media phenomenon Min Woo Lee has yet to win on the PGA Tour but he did collect two international victories in 2023 at the SJM Macao Open and Fortinet Australian PGA Championship.

Lee, whose sister is LPGA player Minjee Lee, is a social media star with nearly a half-million Instagram followers and 275,000 more fans on TikTok.

And the persona of the native of Perth, Australia, has resonated with fans across multiple continents. He signed a deal with clothing company lululemon, which spawned an interesting campaign at the WM Phoenix Open, and he also played with the guys from Good Good prior to the 2024 American Express.

“They’re hitting this age range of like 18 to 30, young people that are starting to get into golf and it’s amazing for the sport,” Lee said of the round. “It only boosts the game. A lot of people love Good Good, and it’s nice to collab with them.”

Here’s a look at the phenom through the years:

Photos: Pat Perez through the years

Here’s a look at Perez, who turned 48 on March 1, 2024, through the years.

Arizona State University product Pat Perez has never been shy about speaking his mind.

The Phoenix native famously called Phil Mickelson’s apology about Saudi Arabia “such horseshit,” then piled the fellow Sun Devil. “In the fact that he thought he was trying to make it better for the players. He was in it for one reason. If anybody thinks he wasn’t in it for his own pocket, and his pocket only, is (blanking) high. They are (blanking) crazy.”

Perez, a winner of three PGA Tour titles who made over $28 million in career Tour earnings, added that he didn’t think a Saudi league would ever come together — and then he signed with the league in 2022.

After winning his first team event as a member of LIV Golf, Perez was equally as outspoken.

“All the push-back, all the negative comments, everything we’ve gotten, at this point I really don’t care. I mean, I don’t care. I’m paid. I don’t give a damn,” Perez said with a laugh in the media scrum after the 4Aces won the event to take home the top prize of $16 million at LIV Golf’s 2022 Team Championship in Miami.

Perez also split with his wife Ashley after nine years of marriage in 2023. he was also famous for releasing this YouTube music video.

Here’s a look at Perez, who turned 48 on March 1, 2024, through the years.

Photos: Brittany Lincicome through the years

An eight-time winner on the LPGA, Brittany Lincicome has been one of the longest hitters on tour for years.

An eight-time winner on the LPGA, including two majors, Brittany Lincicome has been one of the longest hitters on tour for years.

A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, Lincicome turned pro before her 20th birthday, earning her tour card for the 2005 season.

Her first win came at the 2006 HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship, when she went on a fantastic run, edging stars Michelle Wie, Lorena Ochoa, and Juli Inkster in the final three matches.

She has played in six Solheim Cups and was added as an assistant captain for the 2024 event under captain Stacy Lewis.

Lincicome, who has two children, has a dozen top 10 finishes in majors and won the same event twice, referred to as the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2009 and then the ANA Inspiration in 2015. She’s earned nearly $9.7 million in her playing career.

Here’s a look at the golf career of Lincicome in photos.

Photos: Legendary PGA Tour star Payne Stewart through the years

An extremely popular player known for his knickers, Stewart died later in 1999 in an airplane crash.

Payne Stewart was a frequent contender through the 1980s and broke through in the majors at the 1989 PGA Championship, and he added two more top titles in the ’90s. Stewart outlasted Scott Simpson in an 18-hole playoff at the 1991 U.S. Open at Hazeltine, and he drained a 15-foot par to beat Phil Mickelson by a shot in the ’99 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, where Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh also were among final-round contenders.

An extremely popular player known for his knickers, Stewart died later in 1999 in an airplane crash. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001.

In his honor, the Payne Stewart Award is presented annually by the PGA Tour to a professional golfer who best exemplifies Stewart’s steadfast values of character, charity and sportsmanship.

Stewart would have turned 67 on Jan. 30, 2024.

Here is a look at the golf life of Stewart, and the legacy he has left behind.

Photos: Tyrrell Hatton through the years

View photos of the fiery Tyrrell Hatton throughout his career.

Tyrrell Hatton is not short on passion. His fire and drive for perfection can be seen nearly every time he makes contact with his golf ball.

The Englishman has 10 professional wins under his belt with the highlight of his career being a win at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational, the last tournament before COVID-19 shut the world down. Hatton has since become a mainstay on the first page of PGA Tour leaderboards.

Hatton has represented his country at the Ryder Cup on multiple occasions, helping bring the Cup back to Europe in 2018.

He was also a member of the European team in the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome. Hatton was one of the stars. posting a 3–0–1 record including a win in Sunday singles against Brian Harman.

In January of 2024, while ranked ninth in the world, numerous reports surfaced that Hatton was being wooed by the upstart LIV Golf circuit.

Here is a look at the fiery competitor through the years.

Photos: Remembering three-time Masters winner Jimmy Demaret through the years

Known for his loud apparel, “The Wardrobe,” as he was often called, won a total of 31 times on the PGA Tour.

Jimmy Demaret bounced from club pro jobs in Houston to Noroton, Connecticut, to Detroit and back to Houston in the space of under three years in the early 1940s.

But after honing his swing near the windy Gulf of Mexico, the best was yet to come for the vivacious and colorful Texas native. He rolled off a total of three victories at Augusta National (and a runner-up finish) to go with three appearances in the Ryder Cup, where he compiled a perfect 6-0-0 record. He was named to a fourth American squad, but in 1941 the competition was canceled due to World War II.

Known for his loud apparel, “The Wardrobe,” as he was often called, won a total of 31 times on the PGA Tour and reached the semifinals of the PGA Championship on four different occasions, although he never advanced past that point.

Demaret befriended movie stars, royalty, heads of state and astronauts, and was known as perhaps the closest friend on the PGA Tour to Ben Hogan. He also co-founded Champions Golf Club in Houston with buddy Jack Burke Jr. It was at Champions where Demaret suffered a heart attack on Dec. 28, 1983, and was later pronounced dead. He was 73.

Here are some of our favorite pictures of the World Golf Hall of Famer through the years.

Photos: PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan through the years

Jay Monahan became the commissioner of the PGA Tour in 2017.

Jay Monahan became the commissioner of the PGA Tour in 2017, taking over for Tim Finchem after holding several positions within the organization, including running the Players Championship.

Since taking over in the circuit’s top role, Monahan’s plate has been full, dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of the LIV Golf League and a total restructure of the Tour schedule.

Of course, he’s been well compensated for his time. According to a report from the website Sportico, Monahan’s reported compensation for 2022 was $18.6 million, up from $13.9 million in 2021. That $18.6 million includes a $1.8 million base salary, $9.2 million in bonuses and incentives, and according to the Tour, an actuarial estimate of $7.4 million for non-cash benefits that Monahan will receive when he retires.

As Monahan continues to sit on the hot seat with players asking harder questions and some considering a defection to the new rival league, we look back on his entire career as PGA Tour Commissioner in photos:

Photos: Lee Trevino through the years

He built a repeatable push-fade that led to him becoming one of the most accurate ballstrikers of all time,

Lee Trevino, a World Golf Hall of Fame member, won six majors and 29 PGA Tour events in his legendary career. He was born on Dec. 1, 1939.

Trevino is certainly one of the most unlikely multiple-major winners the sport has ever seen. After growing up poor in Texas and working in cotton fields from the age of 5, Trevino learned the game by sneaking onto courses to play and then caddying. He built his nerve in high-stakes gambling games and during a four-year stint in the U.S. Marine Corps as a machine gunner.

He built a repeatable push-fade that led to him becoming one of the most accurate ballstrikers of all time, even if he didn’t have the power of adversaries such as Jack Nicklaus or Tom Weiskopf.

After breaking through for his first Tour win and major title at the 1968 U.S. Open at Oak Hill, where he beat Nicklaus by four shots, he went on to win the 1971 U.S. Open at Merion (beating Nicklaus in a playoff); the British Open in 1971 (Royal Birkdale) and 1972 (Muirfield, beating Nicklaus by a shot); and the PGA Championship in 1974 (Tanglewood, again beating Nicklaus by a shot) and 1984 (Shoal Creek).

Affectionately known as the Merry Mex, Trevino was a fearsome competitor who loved to talk during rounds, frequently carrying on one-sided conversations with the galleries. He was the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year in 1971; won the Vardon Trophy (lowest scoring average) in 1970, ’71, ’72, ’74 and ’80; and was the Tour’s leading money winner in 1970. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981.

Here’s a look at his career in photos:

Photos: Hunter Mahan through the years

Mahan played collegiately at Oklahoma State and is known for having one of the best golf swings of his generation.

Hunter Mahan is a six-time PGA Tour winner and former U.S. Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup player. He’s set to begin coaching the boys’ golf team at Liberty Christian, a private, college preparatory Christian school located in Argyle, Texas in the spring of 2024.

Mahan reached a career-high world ranking of No. 4 on April 1, 2012. That made him the highest-ranked American golfer at the time. But he last won in 2014 at The Barclays, a FedEx Cup Playoff event.

Born in California, Mahan played collegiately at Oklahoma State University and is known for having one of the best golf swings of his generation.

Mahan stepped away from the PGA Tour after the 2020-21 season – he still has limited status as a past champion.

Photos: Gaby Lopez through the years

Lopez isn’t anywhere near the end. In fact, she’s improved almost every season in terms of world ranking.

Gaby Lopez turned 30 years of age on Nov. 9, 1993, and as of that milestone, her list of career accomplishments was impressive:

Three LPGA titles
Two Olympic appearances
Six seasons finished inside the top 100 in the world
Career earnings over $4 million

And Lopez isn’t anywhere near the end. In fact, she’s improved almost every season in terms of world ranking and said after she won the Dana Open in 2022 that she’s still on the rise.

“I just deep down believed that the best years of my golf are just getting to the surface,” Lopez said at the time. “And deep down I believe that. I’m not sure when or how far or how long it’s going to take me or how far I’m going to get, but I just deep down believe that that’s what I feel.”

Here’s a look at the career of Lopez, who was born in Mexico City, then played for the University of Arkansas, where she had three tournament victories and finished as an NCAA individual runner-up: