Data Analysis: The Most Googled Golfers in 100+ Countries And 50 American States Revealed

After the conclusion of the 2025 U.S. Open Championship, VegasInsider has analyzed Google search results of 200 golfers in 100+ countries and every state in the US to find out who have been the most searched-for golfers of the year thus far.

Initially, a comprehensive list of the top 100 male and 100 female golfers was compiled, encompassing active professional golfers, retired legends, and golf influencers. Subsequently, their Google search results of the first 6 months of 2025 were compared using Google Trends, in order to find out who have been the most searched-for names in different countries and all the American states.

WORLDWIDE RESULTS

MALE GOLFERS

According to the analysis results, the legendary Tiger Woods emerged as the most googled male golfer in most countries worldwide, ranking as the #1 most searched-for in 81 countries.

The second most googled male golfer was Rory McIlroy, a five-time major champion, who was the #1 most searched-for golfer in 31 countries, including the United States and Canada.

Vijay Singh, a three-time major champion, is in third place since he was the most searched-for golfer in 4 countries.

Jon Rahm, the first Spanish golfer to ever win the U.S. Open, was the #1 googled golfer in Spain. Some more golfers who were the most searched-for in their birth countries were, for example, Ludvig Åberg (Sweden), Sepp Straka (Austria), Thomas Detry (Belgium) or Ryan Fox (New Zealand).

Having said that, when looking at overall worldwide average monthly searches since the start of the year, Rory McIlroy was by far the most googled golfer, receiving 4,090,000 average monthly searches. Scottie Scheffler is in second place with 1.5 million average monthly searches, followed by a tie between Bryson DeChambeau and Tiger Woods, who were both receiving 1.2 million monthly searches, on average.

FEMALE GOLFERS

When examining female golfers, Paige Spiranac, a former professional golfer and social media personality, was the most googled female golfer in the most countries - 31, including the United States.

The second most googled golfer turned out to be Nelly Korda, the US Olympic gold medalist in women’s individual golf event and a 2-time major winner, who was the #1 searched-for golfer in 19 different countries.

Meanwhile, a 3-time major champion and a World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, Nancy Lopez, is in third place since she was the most searched-for golfer in 5 countries.

Unsurprisingly, Brooke Henderson, who holds the record as the Canadian golfer with the most victories on major professional tours, was the most googled golfer in Canada. Similarly, Lorena Ochoa, considered to be one of the best female golfers of all time, was the #1 most searched-for golfer in her home country, Mexico. Some more golfers who were the most popular in their birth countries were Leona Maguire (Ireland), Charley Hull (United Kingdom), Maja Stark (Sweden), and Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand).

When it comes to average worldwide monthly searches, once again, Paige Spiranac was the most searched-for female golfer with 550,000 average monthly searches, followed by Nelly Korda with 246,000 average monthly searches and Charley Hull in third place with 165,000 average monthly searches.

USA RESULTS

MALE GOLFERS

When looking at the Google search results in the United States, Tiger Woods was the most searched-for golfer of 2025 in all the American States except for North Dakota, where Tom Hoge turned out to be the #1 most googled. Despite being born in North Carolina, Tom Hoge grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, and won multiple state-level championships in the state, which explains his popularity in the area.

However, when it comes to average monthly Google searches in the US, the top 3 are: Rory McIlroy (1.83 million average monthly searches), Scottie Scheffler (1 million average monthly searches) and Bryson DeChambeau (823K average monthly searches), followed by Tiger Woods in 4th place with 623K average monthly searches.

FEMALE GOLFERS

Meanwhile, when it comes to female golfers and their search results in the United States, Paige Spiranac was the most googled in the most US states - 41 - followed by Nelly Korda, who was the most googled in 8 states, including her home state of Florida.

Paige Spiranac and Nelly Korda were also the 1st and 2nd most searched for when considering the average monthly searches in the US, with 368K and 165K average monthly searches, respectively. UK’s Charley Hull has the third highest average monthly searches in the US - 74K - followed by New Zealand’s Lydia Ko in 4th place with 40.5K average monthly searches.

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METHODOLOGY

• The final analysis was carried out in June 2025
• Span of the analysis: January 2025 - June 2025
• The Google searches of the past 6 months in 100+ countries and all the American states were taken into account, comparing search data from Google Trends
• Average monthly searches (2025 only) were found through Google Keywords Planner
• Number of golfers included in the analysis: 206; full list of names that were compared can be found here
• Countries with no data results were omitted from the analysis