A golfer is a person who plays golf. Below is a list of male golfers, professional and amateurs, sorted alphabetically. Category:Lists of golfers contains lists of golfers sorted in several other ways: by nationality, by tour and by type of major championship won (men's, women's or senior).
All members of the World Golf Hall of Fame are listed, including those inducted for their off-course contributions to the sport. They are annotated HoF .
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*Thai, so sorted by first name.
*Thai, so sorted by first name.
* Hsieh is his family name.
 Tatsuhiko Ichihara | 1978– |
| Kōki Idoki | 1961– |
| Yuji Igarashi | 1968– |
| Yuta Ikeda | 1985– |
 Bradley Iles | 1983– |
 Mikko Ilonen | 1979– |
 Daniel Im | 1985– |
| Ryuji Imada | 1976– |
| Katsumune Imai | 1956– |
| Yasuharu Imano | 1973– |
 Trevor Immelman | 1979– |
| Joe Inman | 1947– |
| John Inman | 1962– |
| Kouichi Inoue | 1946– |
| Makoto Inoue | 1956– |
 Arie Irawan | 1990–2019 |
| Tsutomu Irie | 1948– |
| Hale Irwin HoF | 1945– |
| Tripp Isenhour | 1968– |
| David Ishii | 1955– |
| Hiroshi Ishii | 1941–2006 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 1991– |
| Yoshiyuki Isomura | 1955– |
| Eiichi Itai | 1951– |
| Don Iverson | 1945– |
| Yoshihisa Iwashita | 1949– |
| Hiroshi Iwata | 1981– |
| Toshimitsu Izawa | 1968– |
| Pete Izumikawa | 1956– |
* Kang is the family name.
** Kim is the family name.
^ Kyi is from Myanmar, and so is sorted by his first listed name.
^ Lee is his family name.
* Lin is his family name.
| Kevin Na | 1983– |
 Kel Nagle HoF | 1920–2015 |
| Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 1954– |
| Tadao Nakamura | 1947– |
| Teruo Nakamura | 1952– |
| Torakichi Nakamura | 1915–2008 |
| Tōru Nakamura | 1950– |
| Chris Nallen | 1982– |
 Bradley Neil | 1996– |
 Jim Nelford | 1955– |
| Byron Nelson HoF | 1912–2006 |
| Larry Nelson HoF | 1947– |
| Matthew NeSmith | 1993– |
| Dwight Nevil | 1944– |
| Francis Newton | 1874–1946 |
| Jack Newton | 1950–2022 |
 Gilbert Nicholls | 1878–1950 |
| Bobby Nichols | 1936– |
| Mark Nichols | 1965– |
| Gary Nicklaus | 1969– |
| Jack Nicklaus HoF | 1940– |
| Mike Nicolette | 1956– |
| Jordan Niebrugge | 1993– |
| Lonnie Nielsen | 1953–2021 |
| Tom Nieporte | 1928–2014 |
| Yoshimi Niizeki | 1954– |
 Christian Nilsson | 1979– |
| Tetsu Nishikawa | 1968– |
| James Nitties | 1982– |
| Matthew Nixon | 1989– |
| Frank Nobilo | 1960– |
| Takao Nogami | 1971– |
 Noh Seung-yul | 1991– |
 Keith Nolan | 1973– |
| Shigeru Nonaka | 1970– |
| Alex Norén | 1982– |
| Henrik Norlander | 1987– |
| Greg Norman HoF | 1955– |
| Moe Norman | 1929–2004 |
| Gerry Norquist | 1962– |
 Thomas Nørret | 1974– |
| Shaun Norris | 1982– |
| Tim Norris | 1957– |
| Andy North | 1950– |
| Per Nyman | 1968– |
| Henrik Nyström | 1969– |
*Thai, so sorted by first name.
 Angelo Que | 1978– |
 Julien Quesne | 1980– |
| Smiley Quick | 1909–1979 |
| Brett Quigley | 1969– |
| Dana Quigley | 1947– |
| Fran Quinn | 1965– |
| Jeff Quinney | 1978– |
 Álvaro Quirós | 1983– |
| Juan Quirós | 1956– |
*Thai, so sorted by first name.
| Shigeru Uchida | 1937– |
 Udorn Duangdecha | 1970– |
| Yui Ueda | 1974– |
| Koichi Uehara | 1947– |
| Tadami Ueno | 1948– |
| Peter Uihlein | 1989– |
| Wally Ulrich | 1921–1995 |
| Ed Updegraff | 1922– |
| Takemitsu Uranishi | 1940– |
| Omar Uresti | 1968– |
| Sam Urzetta | 1926–2011 |
| Stan Utley | 1962– |
| Tommy Valentine | 1949–2014 |
 Daniel Vancsik | 1977– |
| Ulrich van den Berg | 1975– |
 Guido van der Valk | 1980– |
| Dawie van der Walt | 1983– |
| Tjaart van der Walt | 1974– |
| Jean van de Velde | 1966– |
 Flory Van Donck | 1912–1992 |
 David Vanegas | 1986– |
| Nicolas Vanhootegem | 1972– |
| Bo Van Pelt | 1975– |
| Nico van Rensburg | 1966– |
| Danie van Tonder | 1991– |
| Steve van Vuuren | 1959– |
| Jaco van Zyl | 1979– |
 Harry Vardon HoF | 1870–1937 |
| Harold Varner III | 1990– |
| Bradford Vaughan | 1975– |
| Bruce Vaughan | 1956– |
 David Vaughan | 1948– |
| Vance Veazey | 1965– |
 Jhonattan Vegas | 1984– |
| Álvaro Velasco | 1981– |
| Diego Velásquez | 1987– |
| Ken Venturi HoF | 1931–2013 |
| Steve Veriato | 1946– |
| Scott Verplank | 1964– |
| Bobby Verwey | 1941– |
| Mads Vibe-Hastrup | 1978– |
| Camilo Villegas | 1982– |
| Manuel Villegas | 1984– |
| Ellsworth Vines | 1911–1994 |
| Borja Virto | 1991– |
| George Von Elm | 1901–1961 |
| Arnond Vongvanij | 1988– |
| Norman Von Nida | 1914–2007 |
| Ernie Vossler | 1928–2013 |
| Brian Vranesh | 1977– |
*Wang is his family name.
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| Akira Yabe | 1946– |
| Kenichi Yamada | 1947– |
| Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 1951– |
| Bert Yancey | 1938–1994 |
| Gunn Yang | 1993– |
| Yang Yong-eun * | 1972– |
| Azuma Yano | 1977– |
| Haruo Yasuda | 1943– |
| Simon Yates | 1970– |
 Yeh Chang-ting | 1968– |
| Yeh Wei-tze | 1973– |
| Ryan Yip | 1984– |
| Kaname Yokoo | 1972– |
| Yoshikazu Yokoshima | 1952– |
| Shinichi Yokota | 1972– |
| Akihito Yokoyama | 1961– |
| Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | 1965– |
| Kinpachi Yoshimura | 1952– |
| Kim Young | 1955– |
| Nobumitsu Yuhara | 1957– |
*Yang is his family name.
| Bruce Zabriski | 1957– |
| George Zahringer | 1953– |
| Will Zalatoris | 1996– |
 Fabrizio Zanotti | 1983– |
| Julio Zapata | 1976– |
| Kermit Zarley | 1941– |
 Zaw Moe | 1967– |
| Walt Zembriski | 1935– |
 Zhang Lian-wei * | 1965– |
| Larry Ziegler | 1939– |
| Michael Zinni | 1948–2014 |
| Matthew Zions | 1978– |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 1951– |
| Richard Zokol | 1958– |
| Karl Zoller | 1963– |
| Zoran Zorkic | 1966– |
| Jordan Zunic | 1991– |
*Zhang is his family name.
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