David Glenwood Williams (October 14, 1918 – December 16, 1998) was an American college golf coach.
[1] He is known as "The Father of College Golf" due to how he revolutionized the sport in the United States.
Several of his players would go on to have professional golf careers, including Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Nick Faldo, Butch Harmon, Bruce Lietzke, John Mahaffey, Dave Marr, Phil Rodgers, Bill Rogers and Fuzzy Zoeller.
Williams' contributions to the sport live on to this day, as the scoring system he devised is used at the high school level all the way up to Division I.
He was also the first coach to start outfitting his teams in the same uniforms featuring the school colors.