Ben Hogan
Born in Stephenville, Hogan won 64 times on the PGA Tour, including nine major championships. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Ben Hogan: The Man Behind the Mystique)
Byron Nelson
Born in Waxahachie, Nelson won 52 times on the PGA Tour, including five major championships. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (Byron Nelson: The Story of Golf's Finest Gentleman and The Greatest Winning Streak in History)
Don January
Born in Plainview, January won 10 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1967 PGA Championship, and 22 times on the Champions Tour. (photo: Associated Press)
John Mahaffey
Born in Kerrville, Mahaffey captured the 1978 PGA Championship as part of 10 PGA Tour victories. (photo: Associated Press)
Sandra Haynie
Born in Ft. Worth, Haynie won 42 LPGA events, including four majors. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Associated Press)
Lee Elder
Born in Dallas, Elder won four times on the PGA Tour and was the first African-American to play in the Masters, in 1975. (photo: Associated Press)
Kathy Whitworth
Born in Monahans, Whitworth won a record 88 times on the LPGA, including six majors. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Associated Press)
Dave Marr
Born in Houston, Marr won the 1965 PGA Championship as part of three PGA Tour victories. He also captained the 1981 U.S. Ryder Cup team. (photo: Associated Press)
Harvey Penick
Born in Austin, Penick coached the likes of Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Mickey Wright, Betsy Rawls and Kathy Whitworth. He wrote the famous instruction book, "Harvey Penick's Little Red Book." (photo: Associated Press)
Sandra Palmer
Born in Ft. Worth, Palmer (above with fellow Texan Harvey Penick) won 19 times on the LPGA, including two majors. (photo: Associated Press)
Jackie Burke Jr.
Born in Ft. Worth, Burke won 16 times on the PGA Tour, including the 1956 Masters and PGA Championship. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Associated Press)
Babe Zaharias
Born in Port Arthur, Zaharias won 41 LPGA events, including 10 major titles. She also made the cut in a PGA Tour event, was a track-and-field Olympian and is in the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Associated Press)
Lloyd Mangrum
Born in Trenton, Mangrum won 36 PGA Tour events including the 1946 U.S. Open. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Associated Press)
Jimmy Demaret
Born in Houston, Demaret won the Masters Tournament three times as part of his 31 PGA Tour titles. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Associated Press)
Ralph Guldahl
Born in Dallas, Guldahl won 16 PGA Tour events, three major championships and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Associated Press)
Bill Rogers
Born in Waco, Rogers won the 1981 Open Championship as part of his six PGA Tour titles. (photo: Getty Images)
Scott Verplank
Born in Dallas, Verplank has five PGA Tour victories, including the 1985 Western Open while he was an amateur. He was the 1984 U.S. Amateur champion. (photo: Getty Images)
Dan Jenkins
Born in Ft. Worth, Jenkins is one of golf's greatest writers. He penned "Dead Solid Perfect" and was elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Getty Images)
Tom Kite
Born in McKinney, Kite won 19 times on the PGA Tour including the 1992 U.S. Open. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Getty Images)
Lee Trevino
Born in Dallas, Trevino won 29 PGA Tour events, six major championships and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Getty Images)
Charles Coody
Born in Stamford, Coody won the 1971 Masters Tournament as part of his three PGA Tour victories. (photo: Getty Images)
Mark Brooks
Born in Ft. Worth, Brooks won the 1996 PGA Championship as part of his seven PGA Tour titles. (photo: Getty Images)
Ben Crenshaw
Born in Austin, Crenshaw won 19 times on the PGA Tour including the 1984 and '95 Masters. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (photo: Getty Images)
Justin Leonard
Born in Dallas, Justin Leonard has 12 PGA Tour wins, including the 1997 Open Championship and the '98 Players Championship. (photo: Getty Images)
