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How well do you really know the game? Test your knowledge and a friend's (or whomever claims to be an expert).
1) How many players competed in the LPGA’s inaugural year: 6, 11 or 23?
2) Which four tournaments comprise the modern day men’s grand slam?
3) Which US President played the most pro-am tournaments?
4) How often is the Ryder Cup held?
5) At which course is the Masters held?
6) Who won the Wimbledon Ladies Singles titles in 1957 and 1958, then became the first African-American member of the LPGA?
7) At the 2007 RE/MAX World Long Drive Competition, California firefighter Sheila Kelliher’s winning drive was: 350, 400, 329 or 299 yards?
8) How many tournaments did Betsy Rawls win in her 18-year career: 37, 55, or 84?
9) Which 12-year-old Callaway Junior World winner went on to challenge fellow 12-year-old Alexis Thompson in the third round of match play in the 2007 USGA Women’s Amateur Championship?
10) What type of golf shaft was made legal for regulation play in 1926?
11) Which of the following players did not win back-to-back Masters titles: Nick Faldo, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods?
12) How old was Fay Crocker when she became the oldest LPGA player to win a major?
13) Hit by Marie Robie of Wollaston, MA on the first hole at Furnace Brook on September 4, 1949, the longest recorded hole-in-one by a woman is: 393, 256, 245, or 342 yards?
14) According to the Guinness Book of Records, in how many different countries did George Salter of Carmel, CA play from 1964 to 1977: 43, 91 or 116?
15) Who was the LPGA money leader from 1948 through 1951: Babe Zaharias, Patty Berg or Betsy Rawls?
16) If a club manufacturer questions the legality of a club, what governing body should it consult?
17) What is considered to have had the greatest influence over converting PGA playoffs from an 18-hole Monday playoff round to a sudden-death format?
18) How did the Masters Green Jacket tradition originate?
Answers: 1) 11; 2) Masters, US Open, British Open, PGA Championship; 3) Gerald Ford; 4) Every two years; 5) Augusta National; 6) Althea Gibson; 7) 329 yards; 8) 55; 9) Pearl Jin; 10) Steel shaft; 11) Phil Mickelson; 12) 45 years, 7 months and 11 days old when she won the 1960 Titleholders Championship; 13) 393; 14) 116; 15) Babe Zaharias; 16) USGA; 17) Televised coverage; 18) At the first Masters in 1934, all club members wore green jackets to be easily identifiable to visitors requiring assistance.
RANKING
1-6 Pretty good but there is still more to learn.
7-12 You really do know something about golf!
13-18 Wow! You should be writing the trivia for us.
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