At which course is it a tradition that the bunkers surrounding the greens are never raked:\Pine Valley\Baltusrol\St. Andrews\San Francisco Golf Club
Who designed over 25 courses yet, considering himself an amateur, never charged for his services:\George Clifford Thomas, Jr.\Tom Morris, Sr.\Hugh Wilson\Jack Lemmon
What banker from Chestnut Hill, PA, designed the Los Angeles Country Club, Ojai Country Club, and Bel-Air Country Club courses:\George Clifford Thomas, Jr.\H.S. Colt\Jack Nicklaus\Milburn Drysdale
Which designer penned "Golf Architecture in America", in 1927:\George Clifford Thomas, Jr.\Donald Ross\Alister Mackenzie\Babe Zaharias
Which former greenskeeper at Merion went on to design Cherry Hills:\William Flynn\Donald Ross\George Thomas\Chris Schenkel
Who re-designed Augusta National in 1945:\Robert Trent Jones\Donald Ross\Pete Dye\Bobby Jones
In which year did Britain's pre-eminent golfer, Harry Vardon, first tour the U.S., winning 50 of the 65 tournaments he entered\1900\1906\1910\1812
Harry Vardon won the U.S. Open on his first tour of the U.S. Which fellow Briton did he beat by two strokes:\John Henry Taylor\James Braid\Tom Morris, Sr.\Benny Hill
Who perfected and patented the perforated grip in 1900:\W. M. Mollison\A.G. Spalding\John Henry Taylor\Ron Popiel
Who won the U.S. Amateur in 1900, despite having learned the game just three years earlier:\Walter Travis\Harold Hilton\Freddie Tait\Sam Snead
Who was the first golfer to win 4 U.S. Opens:\Willie Anderson\Bobby Jones\Ben Hogan\Jack Nicklaus
In which year did James Braid win the first of his eventual 5 British Opens:\1901\1896\1908\1921
Whose 1904 book, "Golf for Women", helped popularize the game to a whole new generation of players:\Genevieve Hecker\May Hezlet\Kate Harley\Danielle Steele
What was the first USGA event played at Baltusrol:\The U.S. Women's Amateur in 1901\The U.S. Open in 1905\The Masters in 1929\The PGA in 1950
What year were both Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones born:\1902\1900\1912\1922
Who patented the first grooved irons to counter Britain's fast greens:\E. Burr in 1902\A.G. Spalding in 1894\Harry Vardon in 1906\Don January in 1947
Who placed last among 64 qualifiers yet went on to capture the U.S. Amateur in 1902:\Louis James\Tom Kite\Bobby Jones\Walter Hagen
What year did Oakmont Country Club open:\1903\1914\1900\1868
Who won his fourth British Open in 1903, despite suffering the early throes of tuberculosis:\Harry Vardon\James Braid\John Henry Taylor\Jimmy Demaret
Who won his third U.S. Amateur championship in four years in 1903:\Walter Travis\Bobby Jones\Tommy Armour\Chi Chi Rodriguez
In which country will you find Prestwick:\Scotland\England\Ireland\Ethiopia
When and where was Bing Crosby born:\1904 in Tacoma, WA\1905 in Cincinnati, OH\1902 in Euclid, OH\1932 in Weed, CA
Who won the first of his three North and South titles in 1904:\Walter Travis\Alex Smith\Harry Vardon\Frank Sinatra
What was the last year golf was an Olympic medal sport:\1904\1900\1936\1964
What five-time Wimbledon winner won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship in 1904:\Lottie Dodd\May Hezlet\Genevieve Hecker\Alice Marble
Which college team did Chandler Egan lead to its fourth straight National Collegiate team title in 1904:\Harvard\Princeton\West Point\BYU
Who shot a record 303 to defend his U.S. Open title in 1904:\Willie Anderson\Walter Travis\Harry Vardon\Ken Venturi
In which year were the dimpled ball and the concave-faced club head patented:\1905 \1901 \1908 \1884
Whose 1905 book, "The Complete Golfer," introduced the world to the overrlapping grip:\Harry Vardon\Walter Hagen\Tommy Armour\Hale Irwin
What year did James Foot win the first-ever U.S. Senior Golf Association championship:\1905 \1934 \1948 \1921
Whose 295 in the 1906 U. S. Open was the first sub 300 round in either the U.S. or British Opens:\Alex Smith\Willie Smith\MacDonald Smith\Bessie Smith
Who won golf's last Olympic gold medal:\George Lyon in 1904. \Tom Morris, Sr. in 1900. \Bobby Jones in 1936. \Ben Hogan in 1948
Who was the first European to win the British Open, in 1907:\Arnuad Massy\George Von Elm\Skee Riegel\Maurice Chevalier
Who won the first of his five Southern Amateur titles in 1907:\Nelson Whitney\Chandler Egan\Willie Anderson\Hank Williams
What future national doubles tennis champion defeated her sister to win the U.S. Women's Amateur golf title in 1907:\Margaret Curtis\Helen Wills\Margaret Court\Margaret Mead
"The Life of Tom Morris" was published the year the great golf patriarch died. Was it:\1908\1902 \1922 \1943
Who shot a record-breaking 291 to claim his fourth British Open in 1908:\James Braid\Walter Travis\Harry Vardon\ Benjamin Disraeli
In which year was "The American Golfer" first published:\1908\1900\1914\1952
Who won U.S. Amateur medalist honors for a record sixth time at age 46:\Walter Travis\Bobby Jones\Tommy Armour\John Brodie
Who was the first U.S. President to regularly play golf:\William Howard Taft\Teddy Roosevelt\Woodrow Wilson\John Adams
Who set an American record for the pole vault the same year he captained the Walker Cup team:\Robert Gardner\Chandler Egan\Walter Hagen\Bruce Jenner
What Scot won both the Ladies' British Open Amateur and the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship in 1909:\Dorothy Campbell\May Hezlet\Margaret Curtis\Patty Berg
What year did Arthur Knight patent the first tubular, seamed, steel shaft clubs:\1910\1903\1934\1929
Who shot a 299 to take his fifth and final British Open in 1910:\James Braid\Harry Vardon\Tommy Armour\Gay Brewer
What 20 year-old became the first Amateur to win the Western Open, in 1910:\Chick Evans\Bobby Jones\Alister Mackenzie\Sam Snead
Which future USGA President won the 1910 U.S. Amateur:\William Fownes\Leo Diegel\Denny Shute\Herbert Hoover
Who became the first player to win the U.S. Amateur and the British Amateur in the same year, 1911:\Harold Hilton\Bobby Jones\Lighthorse Harry Cooper\Jack Nicklaus
In 1911, who won his fifth U.S. Senior Golf Association Championship in seven years:\James Foot\Tom Morris, Sr.\James Braid\Walter Hagen
Who is the all-time winner of the British Amateur Championship, with eight titles:\Johnny Ball\Bobby Jones\Tommy Armour\Prince Charles
Who shot a 294 at the Country Club of Buffalo in 1912 to retain his U.S. Open title:\Johnny McDermott\Willie Anderson\James Braid\Billy Casper
In what year did the USGA first establish the standard for par:\1911\1902 \1922 \1897
What four-time British Amateur winner published "The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf":\Harold Hilton\John Henry Taylor\Bobby Jones\J. Stewart Harrison
Who was the first amateur to win the U.S. Open, in 1913:\Francis Ouimet\Bobby Jones\Walter Travis\Ben Crenshaw
Who was the U.S. Amateur's first four-time winner:\Jerry Travers\Pat Travers\Francis Ouimet\Jack Nicklaus
What woman won both the Canadian Amateur and British Amateur championships in 1913:\Muriel Dodd\Margret Curtis\Patty Berg\Nancy Dickenson
What did Willie Park, Jr. patent in 1913 that critics complained made the game too easy:\The step-faced iron\The dimpled ball\The golf cart\The tee
Who won the first of his eventual five Australian Open titles at age 19:\Ivan Whitton\Gary Player\Chick Evans\Walter Travis
What 21 year-old overcame food-poisoning the night before the final round to win his first U.S. Open in 1914:\Walter Hagen\Arnold Palmer\Gene Sarazen\Ben Hogan
Who was the first player to win both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur championships:\Francis Ouimet\Bobby Jones\Tommy Armour\Don January
Who won his eighth Canadian Open in 1914:\George Lyon\Harry Cooper\Alex Ross\Alex Trebek
Which college team ended Yale's nine year reign as national champion in 1914:\Princeton\Harvard\Rutgers\UC Irvine
When did the first issue of "Golf Illustrated" appear:\April, 1914 \January, 1901 \May, 1919 \June, 1954
What four-time U.S. Amateur winner captured the U.S. Open in June, 1915 and then promptly retired at age 28:\Jerry Travers\Francis Ouimet\Bobby Jones\Jim Thorpe
When was the US PGA founded:\1916\1908\1900\1956
Who won the first PGA Championship:\Jim Barnes\George Lyon\James Braid\Jay Sigel
Which amateur won the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in 1916:\Chick Evans\Bobby Jones\Francis Ouimet\Bing Crosby
How old was Bobby Jones when he lost in the quarterfinals of his first U.S. Amateur tournament:\14\11\17\19
Who won three straight U.S. Women's Amateur titles starting in 1916:\Alexa Stirling\Florence Vanderbeck\Glenna Collett\Carol Cohen
During which years was the U.S. Open cancelled because of World War I:\1917-18 \1916-18 \1918 only\1915-18
At what age did Bobby Jones begin golfing:\6\9\11\18
Which Albert Tillinghast course opened in 1914:\San Francisco Golf Club\Baltusrol\Winged Foot\Harbour Town
What department store heir provided the necessary capital to get the American PGA off the ground:\Rodman Wanamaker\Robert Macy\I. Magnin\Forrest Gump
Who was stripped of his amateur standing for two years in 1913 for running a sporting goods store:\Francis Ouimet\Bobby Jones\Jack Neville\Don Sherwood
Who won the first of his three Southern Amateur titles at age 15:\Bobby Jones\Lawson Little\ Harrison Johnston\W.C. Fields
What year did Pebble Beach Golf Links open for play:\1919\1913\1922\1889
Who won his second Western Open and his first PGA Championship in 1919:\Jim Barnes\Walter Hagen\ Mike Brady\Nathaniel Crosby
Who was the first golfer to break par for 72 holes in a championship:\Johnny McDermott in 1912 \Harry Vardon in 1909\Chick Evans in 1919 \Miller Barber in 1969
Who won the 1991 LPGA Championship by 11 strokes with a tour record 267:\Betsy King\Nancy Lopez\Amy Alcott\Helen Moore
Who came back from 13 strokes behind after 36 holes to win the 1920 British Open:\George Duncan\Abe Mitchell\Walter Hagen\Gene Sarazen
Who was the first American to win the French Open, in 1920:\Walter Hagen\Jerry Travers\Bobby Jones\No American has ever won the French Open
Who won her third straight and sixth career Eastern Open championship in 1921:\Nonna Barlow\Alexa Stirling\Marion Hollins\Amy Alcott and her sister Louisa-May
Whose victory with deep-grooved clubs at St. Andrews for the British Open crown in 1921 caused the Royal and Ancient to ban the clubs for eight years:\Jock Hutchinson\Tommy Armour\Walter Hagen\A.G. Spalding
Who was the first American-born winner of the PGA, in 1921:\Walter Hagen\Chick Evans\Jimmy Demaret\Ben Hogan
In which year did Glenna Collet (Vare) win the first of her six Women's Eastern Amateur and six Women's North and South titles:\1922\1913\1929\1975
When was the first Walker Cup played:\1922\1916\1936\1955
Which of the following did Gene Sarazen not capture in his rookie year:\The British Open\The U.S. Open\The Southern Open\The PGA Championship
What was Bobby Jones' first USGA title:\1923 U.S. Open\1924 U.S. Amateur\1914 U.S. Open\1925 U.S. Amateur
When did Winged Foot Country Club open:\1923\1904\1933\1948
Who successfully defended his PGA title over Walter Hagen in 1923:\Gene Sarazen\Bobby Jones\Willie Macfarlane\Gerald Ford
In which tournament were steel-shafted clubs first permitted:\1924 U.S. Open\1923 PGA\1929 U.S. Open\1982 Skins Game
Who was the first golfer to appear on the cover of Time magazine:\Edith Cummings\Walter Hagen\Glenna Collett\Bobby Jones
Who was the first golfer to win the PGA four straight years:\Walter Hagen\Sam Snead\Tommy Armour\no golfer has ever won four straight
Who was the first U.S. Open champion to wear glasses in the tournament:\Willie MacFarlane\Ben Hogan\Harry Cooper\Clark Kent
Who was the first American-born British Amateur champion:\Jesse Sweetser\Bobby Jones\Billy Burke\Billy Casper
What 25 year-old rookie was named to the 1991 PGA Championship as a 9th alternate, yet won the tournament by three strokes:\John Daly\Ian Baker Finch\Ian Woosnam\Davis Love III
Who used a 16 ounce driver to loft a 325 yard drive at St. Albans Golf Club in New York in 1929:\Babe Ruth\Bobby Jones\Walter Hagen\Max Baer
Who won just her first LPGA title in 1981, yet finished the year tops in earnings and was named Player of the Year:\Betsy King\Julie Inkster\Patty Sheehan\Joana Jebson
Whose 291 at Hoylake during the 1930 British Open was a full 10 strokes off the course record:\Bobby Jones\Tommy Armour\Gene Sarazen\Ben Crenshaw
Who retired from championship play at age 28 in 1930:\Bobby Jones\Denny Shute\Lawson Little, Jr. \Jim Brown
Who won her third straight U.S. Women's Amateur in 1930:\Glenna Collet Vare\Virginia van Wie\Helen Hicks\Nancy Lopez
Who travelled to Hollywood in February, 1931 to make the instructional film 'How I Play Golf':\Bobby Jones\Harry Vardon\Walter Hagen\Chevy Chase
Who took the first of his record seven North and South championships in 1931:\George Dunlap\Henry Picard\Johnny Fischer\Jean-Luc Picard
What was remarkable about Billy Burke's victory in the 1931 U.S. Open:\It was the first U.S. Open won with steel-shafted clubs\It was the first Open to feature match rather than medal play\It was Bobby Jones' last tournament\Burke was awarded the title by default
What year was the first Skins Game played:\1984\1980\1989\1967
Whose self-designed sand wedge help him win the British Open in 1932:\Gene Sarazen\Harry Vardon\Walter Travis\Rube Goldberg
Who followed up his 1932 British Open victory with a U.S. Open title just two weeks later:\Gene Sarazen\Harry Vardon\Walter Travis\ Craig Stadler
When was the PGA Championship played on a public course:\1930s\1921\1976\It has never been played on a public course
What year did Acushnet introduce the Titleist, the first ball with a consistently round center:\1932 \1912\1944 \1978
What year did Bobby Jones christen Augusta National Golf Club: \1933\1926\1939\1954
Who is the last amateur to win the U.S. Open:\Johnny Goodman\Francis Ouimet\Bobby Jones\Leslie Nielsen
What Cleveland native won the U.S. Amateur and the British Open in 1933:\Denny Shute\Gene Sarazen\Mitch Ryder\Iggy Pop
Who knocked himself unconscious with a tossed club at the 1934 U.S. Open:\Bobby Cruickshank\Tommy Armour\Horton Smith\Hard-head Henson
What father of a future U.S. President was named head of the USGA in 1933:\Prescott Bush\Joe Kennedy\Tyler Johnson\Henry Ford II
How many continuous holes did Robert Coy play to establish the 1935 world record for non-stop golf:\459\712\331\215
Who beat 17 year-old Patty Berg for her sixth and final U.S. Women's Amateur, in 1935:\Glenna Collet Vare\Babe Zaharias\Margaret Curtis\Tina Meinig
Why did Gene Sarazen boycott 1935's Agua Caliente Open:\Parimutuel betting was being permitted on the tournament\Players entry fees were excessive\The club discriminated against Italians\He was denied his choice of caddy
What was the first event sponsored by an equipment manufacturer:\The 1936 True Temper Open\The 1941 Titleist Challenge\The 1952 Spalding Invitational\The 1985 Mitchell Brothers Classic
To whom is the Vare trophy awarded each year:\The woman golfer with the lowest scoring average\The top woman's money-winner\The golfer with the lowest single round score in a major tournament\The woman who sinks the longest putt during the year
Who shot a tournament record 272 to hold off Isao Aoki and capture his fourth U.S. Open title:\Jack Nicklaus\Tom Kite\Tom Watson\Miller Barber
Who won his second straight U.S. Open and his third straight Western Open in 1938:\Ralph Guldahl\Jimmy Demaret\Sam Snead\Tom Morris, Jr.
Which tournament did Sam Snead not win in 1939:\PGA\U.S. Open\North and South Open\Western Open
In 1940, who won the first of his three Masters titles:\Jimmy Demaret\Byron Nelson\Sam Snead\Arnold Palmer
When did Ben Hogan begin his three year streak as top money-winner:\1940\1944\1950\He was never top money-winner
Whose petitioned for and received a 10 day extension from his draft board in order to enter the 1942 PGA, a tournament he won:\Sam Snead\Ben Hogan\Byron Nelson\Muhammed Ali
In what year were the U.S. Open and Masters events cancelled because of World War II:\1943\1941\1945\They were never cancelled
Who replaced Babe Ruth in the Yankee outfield, then went on to join the tour, winning two tour events in 1944:\Sam Byrd\Lawson Little, Jr.\Wally Pip\Gus Suhr
In what year did Notre Dame win its only NCAA golf championship:\1944\1921\1953\Notre Dame has never won the team title
Who shot a tour record 263 at the Iron Lung Open in 1945, igniting a streak of 11 straight tour titles:\Byron Nelson\Ben Hogan\Gene Sarazen\Joe Dimaggio
When did Ben Hogan win his first major title:\1946 PGA\1944 U.S. Open\1951 Masters\1926 U. S. Open
What two-time Masters and PGA winner retired to his Texas ranch in 1946 at age 34:\Byron Nelson\Sam Snead\Bobby Jones\ Gary Player
Who was the first American winner of the British Ladies Open Amateur:\Babe Zaharias\Patty Berg\Alexa Stirling\Little Leslie Gore
Whose 295 in the 1947 U.S. Womens Open was the first sub-300 round in women's tournament play:\Betty Jameson\Babe Zaharias\Kathy Whitworth\Mickey Wright
Which golfer aced Cypress Point's 16th hole in 1948:\Bing Crosby\Jimmy Demaret\Byron Nelson\Curtis Strange
Who unveiled the first metal woods, in January 1979:\TaylorMade\Ping\Spalding\U.S. Steel
What nearly ended Ben Hogan's career in 1949:\A car crash\A fall down a flight of stairs\Arthritis\Alien abduction
Who shot a tour record first-round 62 in the 1950 L.A. Open, only to finish 14th:\Jack Harden\Ben Hogan\George Fazio\Tough Luck Lynch
Who was the first three-time winner of the Masters:\Jimmy Demaret\Jack Nicklaus\Nick Faldo\Don January
In 1950, who won the U.S. Women's Open, the Western Open, and was named Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year for the fourth time:\Babe Zaharias\Patty Berg\Betsy Rawls\Sinead O' Conner
Who played Ben Hogan in the film biography "Follow the Sun":\Glenn Ford\Robert Mitchum\William Holden\Harrison Ford
Who won the first of her four career U.S. Women's Open titles in 1951:\Betsy Rawls\Patty Berg\Pat Garner\Judy Rankin
When did the USGA first sanction center-shafted putters:\1951\1943\1964\the USGA has never santioned center-shafted putters
Who won his third British Open in four years in 1952:\Bobby Locke\Jack Nicklaus\Cary Middlecoff\Jeremy Irons
Who shot a tournament record 274 in 1953 to capture the Masters by five strokes:\Ben Hogan\Porky Oliver\Byron Nelson\Tom Kite
Who won the U.S. Open, Masters, and British Opens in 1953:\Ben Hogan\Gene Littler\Sam Snead\Tommy Armour
When was the first televised golf tournament:\1953\1948\1955\1919
Whose left arm was left withered by a childhood accident, yet went on to win the 1954 U.S. Open:\Ed Furgol\Don January\Peter Thomson\Jim Abbot
Who came back in 1954 after major cancer surgery to win her third U.S. Women's Open:\Babe Zaharias\Betsy Rawls\Jackie Pung\Margaret Curtis
What 24 year-old turned pro in 1954 after winning the U.S. Amateur at the Country Club of Detroit:\Arnold Palmer\Ken Venturi\Jack Nicklaus\Nick Faldo
What year was the first LPGA Championship played:\1954 \1950 \1961 \1911
What was Arnold Palmer's first professional championship:\The 1954 Canadian Open\The 1958 Masters\The 1955 Bing Crosby Pro-Am\The 1969 Trojan Challenge
In 1956, who beat Ben Hogan by a single stroke for his second U.S. Open title:\Cary Middlecoff\Sam Snead\Ken Venturi\George von Elm
Only two golfers have won the Masters and the PGA in the same year. Are they:\Sam Snead and Jackie Burke\Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer\Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus\Sam Snead and Bobby Jones
What sixteen-year old tied a course record 64 to win the 1956 Ohio Open:\Jack Nicklaus\Gary Player\Arnold Palmer\Sandy Lyle
Who shot a tournament record 296 to claim her seventh Titleholders championship in 1957:\Patty Berg\Betsy Rawls\Glenna Collet Vare\Jan Stephenson
Who cut five strokes off the LPGA 72 hole record in 1957 with a 279 in the St. Petersburg Open:\Mary Lena Faulk\Patty Berg\Jackie Pung\Louise Suggs
Who won his fourth British Open in 1957:\Bobby Locke\Jimmy Demaret\Billy Casper\Ben Hogan
What was significant about Charlies Sifford's victory in the 1957 Long Beach Open:\It was the first tour title by an African American\It was the first pay-per-view sporting event on TV\Sifford won with a tour record 26\Sifford beat Arnold Palmer in a 90 hole playoff
In which year did the PGA tour purse first exceed $1 million:\1958\1953\1963\1983
In 1958, who won her first title, the LPGA Championship, and then took the U.S. Women's Open three weeks later:\Mickey Wright\Patty Berg\ Louise Suggs\Nancy Lopez
Who fired five birdies in a final round 66 to beat Cary Middlecoff for the 1959 Masters:\Art Wall\Ben Hogan\Arnold Palmer\Jerry Pate
Who won a record-setting 10 LPGA titles in 1959:\Betsy Rawls\Mickey Wright\Louise Suggs\Ru Paul
What year did "Golf Magazine" begin publishing:\1959\1934\1945\1884
Who holds the low score record for an amateur in the U.S. Open:\Jack Nicklaus in 1960\Bobby Jones in 1929\Francis Ouimet in 1922\Tiger Woods in 1994
Who in 1979 became the first PGA golfer to shoot his age with a 67 in the Quad Cities Open, then shot a 66 two days later:\Sam Snead\Don January\Byron Nelson\Harry Vardon
Whose 1961 victory in the Tournament of Champions was the 80th title of his career:\Sam Snead\Arnold Palmer\Jack Nicklaus\Byron Nelson
In 1962, who won his third Masters title in a three-way playoff with Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald:\Arnold Palmer\Julius Boros\Jack Nicklaus\Al Green
When did Jack Nicklaus win his first major title, the U.S. Open:\1962\1958\1965\1955
Whose tournament record 276 gave him his second straight British Open in 1962:\Arnold Palmer\Jack Nicklaus\Jackie Burke\Jackie Gleason
