100 Best Golf Trivia Questions and Answers

Question: Regarded as the “Home of Golf”, which Scottish town has one of the oldest courses in the world?
Answer: St Andrews, Scotland.
Question: The Wanamaker Trophy is awarded to the winner of which prestigious tournament?
Answer: The PGA Championship.
Question: During World War II, which famous golf course was closed and turned over to the breeding of cattle and turkeys to aid the war effort?
Answer: Augusta National Golf Course.
Question: Who was the youngest ever winner on the PGA tour?
Answer: Phachara Khongwatmai (14 years).
Question: Who is the only tour rookie to win a PGA major?
Answer: John Daly (in 1991).
Question: Which well-known golfer is nicknamed ‘El Nino’?
Answer: Sergio Garcia.
Question: Which legendary Golfer became the first women to have competed against men while taking part in the 1938 Los Angeles Open, a PGA tournament?
Answer: Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias.
Question: In 1990, who became the oldest ever winner of the U.S. Open at 45 years of age?
Answer: Hale Irwin.
Question: By how many shots did Tiger Woods win the 2000 U.S. Open?
Answer: 15.
Question: Gene Sarazen was one of the top professional golf players of the 1920s and 1930s. What was his nickname?
Answer: The Squire

Question: Howdy Giles, a dentist, was the best friend of a legendary Golfer. Giles wrote a book about their friendship called The King and I. Who is this legendary Golfer?
Answer: Arnold Palmer.
Question: True or False: the word Golf stands for – “Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden”?
Answer: False.
Question: Which is the only one of the four Major tournaments that Phil Mickelson hasn’t won?
Answer: The U.S. Open, although he has been runner up 6 times!
Question: Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by which American group?
Answer: Discovery Inc.
Question: In the 1993 U.S. Masters, Germany’s Bernhard Langer was the last player to win a Major championship. What was so unique about his win?
Answer: Bernhard Langer was the last player to win a Major using a wooden-headed driver.
Question: Which famous golfer died in a plane crash in South Dakota on October 25, 1999?
Answer: Payne Stewart.
Question: Who was the first professional golfer to shoot a 9 under par at a US Open event?
Answer: Justin Thomas (at Erin Hills in 2017).
Question: Which golfer holds the record for the most Major tournament wins?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus with 18 wins.
Question: What is the name of the highest honor given by the USGA to an individual for demonstrating the spirit, personal character, and respect for the game of Golf, and was named after an American golfer?
Answer: The Bob Jones Award.
Question: Which golf course has been home to The Players Championship since 1982?
Answer: TPC at Sawgrass.

Question: Which golfer won The Open Championship 5 times between 1975 and 1983?
Answer: Tom Watson.
Question: Who was the first Irish golfer to win multiple major championships?
Answer: Padraig Harrington.
Question: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and which other legendary Golfer were “The Big Three” in golf during the 1960s?
Answer: Gary Player.
Question: Replaced by the Claret Jug for the 1872 Open Championship, what was originally awarded to the winner of The Open Championship from 1860-1870?
Answer: The Challenge Belt.
Question: At age 10, who became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship and also became the youngest winner of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links?
Answer: Michelle Wie.
Question: The nickname of a South Vietnamese combat buddy named, Vuong Dang Phong, inspired the nickname of which legendary Golfer?
Answer: Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods.
Question: As of 2020, how many times has the International Team won the Presidents Cup?
Answer: Once.
Question: Two professional golfers appeared in the 1996 golf film ‘Happy Gilmore.’ One of them is Mark Lye, name the other one.
Answer: Lee Trevino.
Question: What is the maximum number of golf clubs allowed in a golf bag?
Answer: 14.
Question: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, which Golf term comes from the French word for ‘a younger son or younger brother, or the junior branch of the family?’
Answer: Caddy, from the French word, Cadet.

Question: What is the name of the biennial tournament between the women golfers of Europe and the United States?
Answer: The Solheim Cup.
Question: Where is the World Golf Hall of Fame located?
Answer: St. Augustine, Florida.
Question: At the age of 71 years and 261 days, who became the oldest player to make the cut on any major professional tour?
Answer: Bob Charles.
Question: Who was the first and the only known person to have played golf on the moon?
Answer: NASA astronaut Alan Shepard (on February 6, 1971).
Question: William Taylor, an English engineer and manufacturer registered a patent for what in 1905?
Answer: A dimple design Golf ball.
Question: True or False: Upon reaching the putting green, a player may change his ball for the putt?
Answer: False
Question: What is the maximum weight of a golf ball?
Answer: 1.620 ounces (45.93 grams).
Question: In 1949 who became the first winner to be honored with the now famous Green Jacket?
Answer: Sam Snead.
Question: Which golfer posted a PGA Tour record low score of 58 in the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship?
Answer: Jim Furyk.
Question: Which golfer set the record for the lowest aggregate 72-hole score in the PGA Championship when he won the tournament with a 16 under-par score of 264 in 2018?
Answer: Brooks Koepka.

Question: Which is the only major golf tournament to be played on the same course each year?
Answer: The US Masters.
Question: During the 1967 US Open, which popular nickname of a legendary Golfer was coined by Australian sportswriter Don Lawrence based on the Golfer’s blonde hair and large and strong physique?
Answer: ‘Golden Bear’ – the nickname of Jack Nicklaus.
Question: Who is the only golfer to hold all 4 modern Major titles simultaneously (although it doesn’t count as a grand slam as he didn’t win them all in the same calendar year)?
Answer: Tiger Woods, when he won the U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship in 2000 and the 2001 Masters.
Question: The Golf Champion Trophy awarded to the winner of The Open Championship (also called the “British Open”) is commonly known as what?
Answer: The Claret Jug.
Question: Prior to the 1957 Masters, which American professional golfer and two-time major golf champion not only predicted his victory but his winning score of 283 as well?
Answer: Doug Ford.
Question: Who was the first British golfer to win The Masters?
Answer: Sandy Lyle, in 1988.
Question: Which golf legend has won The Masters the most times?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus.
Question: Santander Airport, an international airport near Santander, Spain was renamed after which legendary Golfer?
Answer: Seve Ballesteros.
Question: How many British golfers have won the Masters Tournament?
Answer: 4 (Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam and Danny Willett).
Question: Who won the U.S. Open in 2017 and 2018, and the PGA Championship in 2018 and 2019, thus becoming the first golfer in history to hold back-to-back titles in two majors simultaneously?
Answer: Brooks Koepka.

Question: What is the diameter of the hole in golf?
Answer: 4.25 inches.
Question: In 1990, which British golfer became the first player to win back-to-back Masters titles since Jack Nicklaus in 1965/66?
Answer: Nick Faldo.
Question: Which golfer’s nickname is “The Big Easy?”
Answer: Ernie Els.
Question: Which is the first of the four Major tournaments to be held each year?
Answer: The masters.
Question: Also called ‘Overlapping grip ‘, which most popular grip technique among the golfers is named after a professional golfer who won the 1900 US open?
Answer: The Vardon Grip. (Named after Henry William Vardon).
Question: In 1997, which celebrity singer acquired ‘The Mirage’ a superb complex with two 18-hole courses located in Terrebonne, Quebec?
Answer: Celine Dion.
Question: The daughter of which 1998 Australian Open tennis champion won the Olympic gold medal at the women’s individual golf tournament at 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
Answer: Peter Korda. (His daughter, Nelly Korda, is an Olympic gold medalist golfer.)
Question: How many major championships has Tiger Woods won?
Answer: 15.
Question: The winner of a record eight Player of the Year awards, is also the only female golfer to shoot a 59 in competition. What is her name?
Answer: Annika Sörenstam.
Question: What was the first golf tournament to be televised?
Answer: The 1947 U.S. Open at St Louis Country Club.

Question: Who was the first U.S.-born golfer to win the U.S. Open?
Answer: John J. McDermott.
Question: Which Swiss golfer set a new Guinness World Record for the most holes played in 12 hours whilst walking, racking up an incredible 252 holes on May 21, 2021?
Answer: Jürg Randegger.
Question: Which famous golfer is nicknamed “The Great White Shark” or simply “The Shark” – a reference to his blond hair, size, and aggressive golf style?
Answer: Greg Norman.
Question: Which is the only one of the four major tournaments that Greg Norman won in his career?
Answer: The Open Championship, in 1986 and 1993.
Question: Which biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer?
Answer: The Solheim Cup. (Named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim).
Question: Which American professional golfers, whose record of 113 consecutive cuts made, is second only to Tiger Woods’ 142?
Answer: Byron Nelson.
Question: As mentioned on the USGA website, The Country Club in Atlantic City lays claim to the first use of which term that comes from the early 20th century American slang term meaning ‘anything excellent?’
Answer: Birdie, a score of one stroke under Par.
Question: Which 2020 PGA champion has breakfast food words stamped on his clubs?
Answer: Collin Morikawa.
Question: Which Argentine golfer was the first South American to win the U.S. Open, winning the tournament in 2007?
Answer: Angel Cabrera.
Question: The figure atop the Ryder Cup was modeled after which professional golfer who also happened to be Samuel Ryder’s private coach?
Answer: Henry Abraham Mitchell.

Question: Which Major tournament is not held in the United States?
Answer: The Open Championship.
Question: In which Major tournaments is the winner presented with a green jacket?
Answer: The Masters.
Question: Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the comic strip Peanuts, was an avid golfer and fan. He frequently mentioned which famous golfer in the comic strip at the height of his popularity during the 1950s?
Answer: Sam Snead.
Question: Which former US President was elected to the Golf Hall of Fame in 2011?
Answer: George H.W. Bush.
Question: In 2007, which golfer became the first winner of the FedEx Cup?
Answer: Tiger Woods.
Question: Which legendary Golfer once reviewed Bill Clinton’s golf game by saying: ‘He can hit a long way, he just doesn’t have a ZIP code?’
Answer: Arnold Palmer.
Question: An avid golfer, which popular actor has a contract clause to play golf twice a week whenever he films movies?
Answer: Samuel L. Jackson.
Question: Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, which golf course was designed by Jones and Alister MacKenzie and opened for play in 1932?
Answer: Augusta National Golf Club.
Question: In 1922, who became the first American-born winner of The Open Championship?
Answer: Walter Hagen.
Question: Located in a family park on the Atlantic coast near Bordeaux, France, how is the ‘La Jenny’ golf course different from others?
Answer: It is the first-ever nude golf course.

Question: “Golf is a good walk spoiled” is a popular quote often misattributed to which American novelist?
Answer: Mark Twain (While there have been variations of this joke over the years, no-one ever actually said the exact phrase)!
Question: Why was Golf banned throughout Scotland in 1400 by the parliament?
Answer: It conflicted with military training.
Question: Which American golfer got his nickname ‘The Scientist’ because of his analytical and scientific approaches to the sport?
Answer: Bryson DeChambeau.
Question: Back in 2014, which celebrity golfer became the third player after Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods to win three majors by the age of 25, and the first European to win three different major titles?
Answer: Rory McIlroy.
Question: At 13,025 feet above the sea level in the Himalayas, what is the name of the highest Golf course in the world?
Answer: Yak Golf Course.

Question: Nicknamed “The Big Fijian”, which well-known Golfer held Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005?
Answer: Vijay Singh.
Question: The Royal and Ancient Golf Club is the oldest golf club in the world and is considered to be the home of golf. In which country is it found?
Answer: Scotland (in the town of St. Andrews).
Question: What is the appropriate loft range for a sand wedge?
Answer: 54-58º.
Question: Nicknamed ‘Lefty,’ which famous golfer has won every major except the US Open?
Answer: Philip Mickelson.
Question: The Ryder Cup was originally a contest between which two countries? Answer: Great Britain and the United States.
Question: Who is the most successful captain of the European Ryder Cup team?
Answer: Tony Jacklin (having won the Cup during 3 out of 4 captaincies).
Question: The PGA European Tour is an organization that operates the 3 leading men’s professional golf tours in Europe: the Elite European Tour, The European Senior Tour and what other tour?
Answer: The Challenge Tour.
Question: A golfer on the PGA Tour carries how many golf clubs in their bag?
Answer: 14.
Question: Which Spanish golfer holds the record for the most tournament wins on the PGA European tour, with 50 titles?
Answer: Seve Ballesteros.
Question: The record for most holes of golf played in a year is 14,625. Which Canadian golfer holds this honor?
Answer: Chris Adam.

Question: According to a popular myth, though entirely incorrect, who is the player depicted in the PGA TOUR logo’s silhouette?
Answer: Ben Hogan.
Question: Known for its celebrity sightings, which is the most expensive public golf course in the world, designed by Tom Fazio?
Answer: Las Vegas’ Shadow Creek Golf Course.
Question: Tiger Woods became a professional golfer in what year?
Answer: 1996.
Question: Which celebrity golfer became the first Englishman to win the Masters?
Answer: Nick Faldo.
Question: In the 15th century while living in France, which royal figure became the first female to play the game of golf?
Answer: Mary Queen of Scots.