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Golf: Fairways, Majors and Legends

From the Old Course to Augusta, from the Challenge Belt to a six-iron swung on the Moon. Tee up and see if your knowledge stays out of the rough.

⚽ Sports hard 20 questions ~8 min
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What this quiz asks

  • What does a golfer shout to warn people that a ball is flying towards them?
  • This flag marks the hole. What is the closely mown area around it, where players putt, called?
  • Which Scottish town, home of the Old Course, is known as the 'Home of Golf'?
  • The winner of which tournament is presented with a green jacket?
  • What is a score of three strokes under par on a single hole called?
  • The Ryder Cup is a team contest between the United States and Europe.
  • Under the Rules of Golf, what is the maximum number of clubs a player may carry during a round?
  • The trophy known as the Claret Jug belongs to which championship?
  • Did an astronaut hit golf balls on the surface of the Moon?
  • In golf, what is a 'links' course?
  • Select ALL of these that are men's major championships.
  • What is the diameter of a golf hole, in millimetres?
  • Order these men's majors by the year they were first played, earliest first.
  • Golf has been part of every Summer Olympics since the Paris Games of 1900.
  • Nicknamed 'the Golden Bear', which golfer won the 1986 Masters at the age of 46?
  • Select ALL of these golfers who won the Masters at least once in their careers.
  • Which Spaniard captained Europe to Ryder Cup victory at Valderrama in 1997?
  • Which 20-year-old amateur, a former caddie, won the 1913 US Open at Brookline and sparked a golf boom in America?
  • In 1953, which golfer won the Masters, the US Open and The Open, four years after surviving a head-on crash with a bus?
  • After winning The Open three years running, from 1868 to 1870, what was Young Tom Morris allowed to keep?