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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. Where was Annika Sorenstam born: Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, France, or Germany?
2. As the PGA’s top money winner of 1946, how much did Ben Hogan win: $16,358; $31, 240; or $42, 556?
3. Who used puppet shark head covers on his woods?
4. Where is the one area on a golf course from which you can’t declare your ball unplayable?
5. Who was the first native-born American golfer to win the U.S. Open: John J. McDermott, Francis Quimet, or Walter Hogan?
6. What is an ace?
7. Which state boasts the first game of golf played in the United States?
8. Which famous LPGA player has the most tournament victories: Mickey Wright, Kathy Whitworth, Annika Sorenstam, or Se Ri Pak?
9. In the 2007 USGA Girls’ Junior Championship, 15-year-old Kimberly Kim set a tournament scoring record with 10 birdies on the par-72, 6,391-yard Tacoma Country & Golf Club course in Lakewood, WA. Was her score: 62, 66, 67, 70, or 72?
10. 2007 AJGA Player of the Year Vicki Hurst turned pro right out of high school. When was the last time that an AJGA Player of the Year decided to go to college rather than turn pro?
11. True or False: Ben Hogan shot a 64 on the 6,975 yard Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth, TX... at the age of 64.
12. Which LPGA player has won the most “majors”: Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, Annika Sorenstam, Patty Berg, or Kathy Whitworth?
13. In 2007, Golfer Girl Magazine player editor Brittany Lincicome held the distinction of having the third longest average driving distance in the world for a female. In yards, how far was her average drive off the tee: 258, 262, 271, 290, or 301?
14. Hilary Lunke played in 25 LPGA tournaments in 2007 and had the shortest average driving distance. In yards, how far was her average drive off the tee: 193, 207, 224, 256, or 262?
15. If you had two putts on every hole, you would have 36 putts per round. In 2007, Linda Wessberg had the lowest number of putts per round on the tour. What was her average number of putts per round: 25, 26, 27, 28 or 29?
16. Who won the very first U.S. Women’s open in 1946: Kathy Whitworth, Patty Berg, Babe Zaharias, Judy Rankin, or Michelle Wie?
17. In 2007, Tiger amassed $10.9 million dollars in tournament winnings for that year alone. Who was the first golfer to reach $1 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour: Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, or Tiger Woods?
18. Featured in Golfer Girl Magazine, which junior golfer was the second youngest player in history to win the USGA Girls’ Junior Championship: Danielle Frasier, Mac Kline, Jenny Shin, Alexis Thompson, or Jennifer Johnson?
1. Sweden, although she enjoys dual citizenship with the United States., 2. $42,556., 3. Greg Norman., 4. The water hazard., 5. John J. McDermott won in 1911 and successfully defended his title in 1912., 6. A hole-in-one., 7. New York., 8. Kathy Whitworth has 88 tournament wins, including 6 majors., 9. 62., 10. 2001 Player of the Year Elizabeth Janangelo attended Duke University., 11. True., 12. Patty Berg won 15 majors titles between 1937 and 1962., 13. 271., 14. 224., 15. 26., 16. Patty Berg defeated Betty Jameson (who won the following year)., 17. Arnold Palmer topped the $1 million mark in 1967., 18. Jenny Shin was 13 years, 9 months when she won in July 2006.
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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