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The Most Famous

GOLFERS from Ireland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Irish Golfers. The pantheon dataset contains 61 Golfers, 1 of which were born in Ireland. This makes Ireland the birth place of the 14th most number of Golfers behind Mexico and Italy.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Irish Golfers of all time. This list of famous Irish Golfers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Pádraig Harrington (1971 - )

With an HPI of 28.82, Pádraig Harrington is the most famous Irish Golfer.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.

Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008. He spent over 300 weeks in the top-10 of the world rankings, and reached a career-high ranking of third in July 2008. Harrington was a member of six consecutive Ryder Cup teams between 1999 and 2010. In 2024, it was announced that he will be an inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as golfers born between 1971 and 1971. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living golfers include Pádraig Harrington.

Living Golfers

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