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Golf Trivia

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then click "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz to see how you scored. All of the answers can be found in World Book.

1.   

Who is the only player ever to win the United States Open, the British Open, the United States Amateur, and the British Amateur tournaments in one year?

    Bobby Jones
    Arnold Palmer
    Tiger Woods

2.   

The first golf balls were filled with what substance?

    Peach Pits
    Feathers
    Rubber

3.   

What is a bogey?

    A score of one under par on a hole
    A score of one over par on a hole
    A score of two under par on a hole

4.   

The No. 1 wood, also called the driver, has the least amount of loft of any club except for which other club?

    Putter
    No. 1 iron
    No. 3 iron

5.   

Who served as the first president of the Ladies Professional Golf Association?

    Babe Didrikson Zaharias
    Patty Berg
    Nancy Lopez

6.   

Who was the first player to win the Masters tournament four times?

    Sam Snead
    Jack Nicklaus
    Arnold Palmer

7.   

Which major U.S. tournament is open to both amateur and professional golfers?

    Masters Tournament
    U.S. Open
    PGA Championship

8.   

What golfer also set world records in the 80-meter hurdles, the javelin throw, and the high jump?

    Joyce Wethered
    Betty Jameson
    Babe Didrikson Zaharias

9.   

Who won the U.S. Open just months after he was involved in a car accident that resulted in a fractured collarbone, ankle, and pelvis?

    Tiger Woods
    Lee Trevino
    Ben Hogan

10.   

Who was the first golfer to earn more than $1 million in tournaments and exhibitions and the first player to market golf equipment bearing his name?

    Walter Hagen
    Jack Nicklaus
    Arnold Palmer

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