Golf Trivia Quiz # 15
This is Golf Quiz # 15, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Golf Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Golf Question 1
Great U.S. Golf Courses - Which course accepted Michael Jordan as a honorary member, while he played minor league baseball for the Birmingham Barons?
The correct answer is 'The Honors Course'
The honors course is located in Ooltewah, Tennessee, and it only had fifty members.
Golf Question 2
Golfing Terms - A temporary accumulation of water is ____________ ?
The correct answer is 'Casual water'
The rules of golf state, that a ball may be moved, without penalty, from any non-permanent wet area.
Golf Question 3
Nick Faldo - Nick Faldo has won two of his three British Opens on which Scottish Golf Links?
The correct answer is 'Muirfield'
Nick has won all three of his open championships in Scotland. He is yet to win one in his home country of England.
Golf Question 4
Arnold Palmer - Golf's 'King' - In 1961 Palmer was attempting to win the Masters in back-to-back years, something that had never been done before. He would lose that event by one shot after making a disastrous double bogey on the last hole of the event. What golfer won the tournament due to Palmer's collapse?
The correct answer is 'Gary Player'
After Palmer's 6 on the par 4 eighteenth it handed the title to Player, who became the first non-American winner of the Masters.
Golf Question 5
Great Kiwi Sporting Achievements - Bob Charles was New Zealand's first ever golfer to win a golf major, winning the 1963 British Open. In 2005, which New Zealander won the US Open?
The correct answer is 'Michael Campbell'
Michael Campbell beat Tiger Woods by two shots at Pinehurst, North Carolina. To prove it wasn't a fluke, he won the World Matchplay Championships a few months later.
Golf Question 6
All About Golf's Majors - Who was the first golfer to win two P.G.A. championships?
The correct answer is 'Jim Barnes'
Jim Barnes 1916-19.
Golf Question 7
Tough Knowledge Trivia - What name is given to a score of two under par on a hole in golf?
The correct answer is 'Eagle'
Golf Question 8
What's Your Poison, Mate? - What animal do you think (or know) is number four in the countdown, is the size of a golf ball, and is mainly yellow, except for parts of it?
The correct answer is 'blue-ringed octopus'
Even though this octopus is only the size of a golf ball, its venom can kill a human. Its blue rings on its body light up when the octopus feels threatned.
Golf Question 9
Golf - The Global Game - The American boom in golf began shortly after this 20 year old American amateur won the U.S. Open in 1913.
The correct answer is 'Francis Ouimet'
The first American to win the U.S. Open was Johnny McDermott, who won in 1911 and then defended his title in 1912. However, it was the unlikely win by Ouimet in a playoff over two of the towering legends of the day, Vardon and Ray, that captured the American's interest in the sport. Within a decade, they were the pre-eminent force in the game throughout the world thanks to players like Sarazen, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen.
Golf Question 10
The Sport of Golf - What term is known as the wood?
The correct answer is 'A golf club with a wood head'
A wood is usually used for teeing off. It enables the golfer to knock the ball harder and to go farther.