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  2004 Player Profiles


Gary Player
The most successful international golfer of all-time, he has traveled nearly fourteen million miles and is The World’s Most Traveled Athlete™...One of only five players to win golf’s career Grand Slam joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods in the feat...Completed Grand Slam at age 29 in 1965...Only player in the 20th century to win the British Open in three different decades...Last won Masters in 1978, when he started seven strokes behind the leaders entering the final round and won by one shot with birdies at seven of the last 10 holes for a back nine 30 and a final round 64...One week later came from seven strokes back in the final round to win the Tournament of Champions...The last player to win three tournaments in a row on the PGA TOUR when he captured the Houston Open the week following the Tournament of Champions in 1978. Read Full Bio


Ronan Keating
It’s more than a decade now since a fresh-faced Dublin teenager called Ronan Keating made his debut in a band called Boyzone. Their mime-and-dance routine on an Irish TV talk show was so bad that the host, Gay Byrne, earned a big laugh when he sarcastically suggested they come back when they were famous.


Seventeen million album sales later, Ronan is still having the last laugh. And, with the release of his third solo album, ‘Turn It On’, he has finally banished the ghost of his boy-band past. Still only 26, the boy has grown into a chart-topping solo singer in his own right.
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Golfers
Gary Player
Lee Westwood
Ian Poulter
Paul Casey
Tim Clark
Andrew Coltart
Alistair Forsyth
David Carter
Christy O'Connor Jr

Celebs
Ronan Keating
 
Alan Hansen (ex Liverpool/Scotland football legend now TV commentator)
Allan Lamb (ex England cricketer)
Anna Walker (TV presenter)
Bobby Skinstad (ex Springbok rugby)
David Ginola (ex French footballer)
Dennis Taylor (ex Snooker World Champion)
DJ Spoony (the name says it all!)
Gary Lineker (ex England football captain, now TV commentator)
Ian Botham (ex England cricket legend)
Jodie Kidd (Model & TV presenter)
Johan Kriek (ex SA US Open tennis finalist)
John Scales (ex Liverpool/England football)
Ken Doherty (ex Snooker World Champ, still top 10 player in the world)
Kenny Dalglish (all time football legend!)
Lee Dixon (ex Arsenal/England footballer)
Luther Blissett (ex Watford/AC Milan/England footballer)
Mark Nicholas (ex professional cricketer, now TV commentator/journalist)
Matt Dawson (current England/British Lions rugby player)
Mick Fitzgerald (champion jockey)
Neill Callan (champion jockey)
Niall Quinn (ex Arsenal/Republic of Ireland footballer)
Phil Babb (ex Liverpool/Rep of Ireland footballer)
Ronnie Whelan (ex Liverpool/Rep of Ireland footballer)
Shane O'Donoghue (Irish National radio dj)
Sir Bobby Charlton (ex Manchester United/England football legend, '66 World Cup winner)
Tony McCoy (champion Jockey)
Tony Underwood (ex England rugby player)
Mikey Graham (ex Boyzone)
Mick kinane (champion Jockey)
 

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