| PGA Championship Trivia Quiz |
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Forward Tees (1 point) |
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What is the name of the PGA Championship trophy? |
| 2. |
Which two players have won the most PGAs? |
| 3. |
Name the two players who have won every major except the PGA. |
| 4. |
Which Georgia resident won the PGA the last time it was held at Atlanta Athletic Club? |
| 5. |
Who was the last man to win the PGA Championship on his first try? |
| 6. |
Who was the youngest PGA champion? |
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Middle Tees (3 points) |
| 7. |
Who was the last wire-to-wire winner (no ties) in the PGA Championship? |
| 8. |
The PGA record for largest margin of victory is seven strokes. Name the winner. |
| 9. |
Give the last name of the only brothers to win the PGA. |
| 10. |
This Spaniard holds the PGA Championship record with 10 consecutive rounds below par. Name him. |
| 11. |
Who was the oldest man to win the PGA? |
| 12. |
The last time a lefthander led the PGA Championship after 54 was in 1996 at Valhalla. Name him. |
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Championship Tees (5 points) |
| 13. |
Name the course on which the first PGA Championship was played in 1916. |
| 14. |
Which two players share 72-hole scoring records at the PGA Championship without ever having won? |
| 15. |
Who had the greatest final-round comeback to win the PGA Championship? |
| 16. |
Only three men have won the British Open and PGA Championship in the same year. Two were Tiger Woods (2000) and Nick Price ('94). Who was the other? |
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What was unique about the way Raymond Floyd won his two PGA Championships? |
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The last time the PGA was won by a score over par was in 1972. Name the winner and the course. |
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19th hole (10-point bonus) |
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Since the PGA Club Pro championship began in 1968, only one winner has gone on to finish in the top 10 of the PGA Championship. Who was this former touring pro and Hall-of-Famer? |
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ANSWERS: |
| 1. |
The Wanamaker Trophy. |
| 2. |
Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus each won five times. |
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Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer. |
| 4. |
Larry Nelson in 1981. |
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John Daly in 1991 at Crooked Stick. |
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Gene Sarazen, who was 20 years, 5 months old in 1922. |
| 7. |
Hal Sutton. |
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Jack Nicklaus. |
| 9. |
Lionel Hebert (1957) and Jay Hebert (1960). |
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Miguel Angel Jimenez. He broke par all four rounds in '95 and '96, didn't play the next two years, then broke par the first two rounds at Medinah in '99. |
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Julius Boros was 48 when he won at The Country Club in 1968. |
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Russ Cochran. |
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Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, N.Y. |
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Colin Montgomerie (267) in 1995 and Bob May (18-under par) in 2000. |
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John Mahaffey in 1978. He trailed Tom Watson by seven strokes in the final round, then beat Watson and Jerry Pate on the second hole of a playoff. |
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Walter Hagen in 1924. |
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He won both of them wire-to-wire, in 1969 and 1982. |
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Gary Player had a 1-over 281 at Oakland Hills. |
| BONUS: |
Sam Snead, who was 60 when he tied for fourth in 1972. |
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Scoring: |
| 50-61: |
Grand Slam. |
| 40-49: |
Wanamaker Trophy. |
| 30-39: |
Solid Pro. |
| 20-29: |
Amateur Status. |
| 10-19: |
Back to the range. |
| 0-9: |
Sell the clubs. |
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