The big fat quiz of the lockdown
By Alex Perry
Below are the answers to our golf quiz. Remember to let us know how you did in the comments at the bottom of the page, or you can tweet us.
Golf quiz round 1: Who am I? (5 points)
1. I was the last player to retain the Claret Jug when I won the Open at Royal Birkdale 12 years ago. Who am I?
Answer: Padraig Harrington (1 point)
2. I hold the record for most appearances in a Solheim Cup, with 12, and the most points recorded, with 25. Who am I?
Answer: Dame Laura Davies (1 point)
3. Though I was born in the English town of Oswestry, I am the only Welsh man or woman to win a major championship. Who am I?
Answer: Ian Woosnam (1 point)
4. I led the 2012 Open by four shots with four holes to play but ended up losing by one. Who am I?
Answer: Adam Scott (1 point)
5. I won 93 times as a professional including 10 major championships yet I am best known for another golfing feat. Who am I?
Answer: Annika Sorenstam (1 point)
Golf quiz round 2: History (10 points)
1. The first Open Championship was held in 1860. Who won it?
Answer: Willie Park Sr (1 point)
2. Five players from the United Kingdom have won a women’s major championship. Laura Davies has four, the rest have one each. Name one of the other four.
Answer: Georgia Hall, Catriona Matthew, Karen Stupples, Alison Nicholas (1 point)
3. Who is the only player to ever shoot lower than 63 in a men’s major championship, which major was it, which year was it, and where did he do it?
Answer: Branden Grace, The Open, 2017, Royal Birkdale (1 point for each correct answer, 4 points available)
4. Who was the first ever World No 1 when the Official World Golf Ranking was introduced in 1986?
Answer: Bernhard Langer (1 point)
5. There were six golf medallists at the 2016 Rio Olympics – three men and three women. Name any three of the six.
Answer: Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Matt Kuchar, Inbee Park, Lydia Ko, Shanshan Feng (1 point for each correct answer, 3 points available)
Golf quiz round 3: Numbers (10 points)
1. What do you get if you add the number of majors won by Jack Nicklaus to the number of majors won by Tiger Woods, then minus the number of majors won by Rory McIlroy, and then times by the number of majors won by John Daly.
Answer: 58 (Nicklaus’ 18 + Woods’ 15 = 33. Minus McIlroy’s four = 29. Multiplied by Daly’s two = 58) (2 points)
2. Which club has hosted the US Open a record nine times – the first in 1927 and most recently in 2016 – and in which state is it?
Answer: Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania (1 point for each correct answer, 2 points available)
3. If you add the age of the oldest men’s major champion to the age of the oldest women’s major champion, what number do you get?
Answer: 93 (Julius Boros, 48, and Fay Crocker, 45) (93 = 3 points; 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96 = 1 point)
4. Which player, who finished in a tie for 4th at the 1998 Open to win the silver medal for the low amateur, turned pro the following day and subsequently missed the cut in his first 21 events?
Answer: Justin Rose (1 point)
5. Just 8.87 miles separate the two Open venues on the current rota that are closest together geographically. Name them.
Answer: Royal Birkdale and Royal Lytham St Annes (1 point for each correct answer, 2 points available)
Golf quiz round 4: Geography (10 points)
1. Name the northernmost and southernmost Open venues on the current rota.
Answer: Carnoustie, Royal St George’s (1 point for each correct answer, 2 points available)
2. Playing in her first ever tournament outside of her native country, Hinako Shibuno won the Women’s British Open in 2019. But where is she from?
Answer: Japan (1 point)
3. Only two countries outside of the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland have hosted the Ryder Cup. Name them.
Answer: Spain, France (1 point for each correct answer, 2 points available)
4. The top 20 players in the women’s world rankings are from 7 different countries. Name four of those countries.
Answer: Korea, USA, Japan, Canada, Australia, Spain, Thailand (1 point for each correct answer, 4 points available)
5. Who was the last player to win the Open in his home country? (1 point)
Answer: Paul Lawrie (1 point)
Golf quiz round 5: Alphabet (10 points)
1. Five players that have a Z in their surname have won the Masters. Name two of them.
Answer: Gene Sarazen, Fuzzy Zoeller, Larry Mize, Jose Maria Olazabal, Charl Schwartzel (1 point for each correct answer, 2 points available)
2. Name the last three players whose name ends in a Y to win a men’s major championship.
Answer: Shane Lowry, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy (1 point for each correct answer, 3 points available)
3. Name the two players whose surname begins with I to have won a men’s major championship.
Answer: Hale Irwin, Trevor Immelman (1 point for each correct answer, 2 points available)
4. To date, 23 players have reached No 1 in the men’s world rankings, but only two of them have never won a major. Name them.
Answer: Luke Donald, Lee Westwood (1 point for each correct answer, 2 points available)
5. Only one player, male or female, with a Q in their name has won a major championship. Name that player.
Answer: Anna Nordqvist (1 point)
Alex Perry
Alex has been the editor of National Club Golfer since 2017. A Devonian who enjoys wittering on about his south west roots, Alex moved north to join NCG after more than a decade in London, the last five of which were with ESPN. Away from golf, Alex follows Torquay United and spends too much time playing his PlayStation or his guitar and not enough time practising his short game.
