Golf's Lucky Charms

Jesper Parnevik

Many PGA Tour pros carry a good-luck charm while playing a tournament to help ward off golf's bogeyman. Parnevik's cigar (five years old and counting) is to be lit only in the case of a win.

Dean Wilson

Two 1963 quarters whose dates -- minus the 19s -- denote a desired score.

Tiger Woods

A tiger headcover embroidered with "good luck" in Thai by his mother, Kultida.

Tommy Armour III

Two Mercury-head dimes and a divot tool bearing an unprintable sentiment on the back.

Jason Gore

A bag tag bearing a photo of his 17-month-old son, Jaxon.

Brandt Jobe

An 1889 silver dollar and quarters dated with the years that he (1965) and wife Jennifer (1970) were born.

Tom Pernice

Photos in his yardage book of his daughters, Kristen (top), 12, and Brooke, 11.

Craig Barlow

A divot tool from the 1995 U.S. Amateur, won by Tiger Woods, at Newport (R.I.) Country Club.

Matthew Goggin

The PGA Tour I.D. badge of his coach Ross Herbert, who died in 2000.

Bubba Watson

A ball marker engraved with his name, given to him by his wife, Angie.

Chris Smith

The number 15 on his club, because he believes golfers are athletes and should have a number.

Jerry Kelly

A Filipino coin given to him by an anonymous spectator in 1993 at his first Nationwide tour event.

Sergio Garcia

A horn from Naples, Italy, that he wears on a chain around his neck.

Billy Andrade

A chestnut given to him by Polly Mitchell, Andrade's 99-year-old neighbor in Atlanta.

Luke Donald

Hawaiian-print golf balls given to him by a marshal behind the 7th hole at the Sony Open.

Charles Howell

A crucifix given by a stranger in a Burger King before a high school match at which Howell shot a 64.

Tom Lehman

Hawaiian tea leaves given to him every January at the Sony Open by a friend named Dot.

Omar Uresti

A 50-cent piece received as change in Garden City, Kans., in 1991 during the week of his first pro tournament.