Bing Golf Quiz – Majors, Champions and Famous Courses
The Bing Golf Quiz visits major championships, celebrated courses and the moments that changed the leaderboard, from the Masters and St Andrews to Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, the Ryder Cup and the strange language of birdies, eagles and albatrosses. Augusta is just the beginning.
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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds
Majors
Which major championship is played every year at Augusta National in Georgia?
Courses
Which Scottish town is known as the home of golf?
Records
Which golfer has won the most men's major championships, with 18?
Tiger
How many strokes did Tiger Woods win the 2000 US Open by, a major record?
Terms
What is a score of three strokes under par on a single hole called?
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a team competition between the United States and which side?
Space
Which astronaut hit golf balls on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971?
Majors
What is the oldest of golf's four men's major championships?
Courses
Which famous hole at the TPC Sawgrass course has a green surrounded by water?
Women's golf
Which golfer won 10 women's major championships and helped found the LPGA in 1950?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: Which major championship is played every year at Augusta National in Georgia?
Answer: The Masters
The Masters is the only men's major played at the same course each year. The winner receives the famous green jacket.
- Q2: Which Scottish town is known as the home of golf?
Answer: St Andrews
The Old Course at St Andrews has been played for about 600 years. It regularly hosts The Open Championship.
- Q3: Which golfer has won the most men's major championships, with 18?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus won 18 majors between 1962 and 1986. Tiger Woods is second with 15.
- Q4: How many strokes did Tiger Woods win the 2000 US Open by, a major record?
Answer: 15
Woods won at Pebble Beach by 15 strokes. He went on to hold all four major titles at the same time, called the Tiger Slam.
- Q5: What is a score of three strokes under par on a single hole called?
Answer: An albatross
An albatross is also called a double eagle. It is far rarer than a hole in one.
- Q6: The Ryder Cup is a team competition between the United States and which side?
Answer: Europe
The event started in 1927 between the US and Great Britain. Players from the rest of Europe joined the team in 1979.
- Q7: Which astronaut hit golf balls on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971?
Answer: Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard used a makeshift club attached to a sample tool. The golf balls are still on the Moon.
- Q8: What is the oldest of golf's four men's major championships?
Answer: The Open Championship
The Open, often called the British Open in the US, was first played in 1860 at Prestwick in Scotland. The winner receives the Claret Jug.
- Q9: Which famous hole at the TPC Sawgrass course has a green surrounded by water?
Answer: The 17th island green
The par-three 17th at TPC Sawgrass in Florida swallows thousands of balls each year. It is a highlight of The Players Championship.
- Q10: Which golfer won 10 women's major championships and helped found the LPGA in 1950?
Answer: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson Zaharias was also an Olympic champion in track and field. She helped found the LPGA in 1950.
Bing Golf Quiz – Majors, Champions and Famous Courses
Golf is one of the oldest sports still played today, and its history stretches back more than 600 years to Scotland. The town of St Andrews, with its famous Old Course, is known as the home of golf and still hosts The Open Championship, the oldest of the four men's majors.
Each major has its own character. The Masters is played every spring at Augusta National in Georgia, where winners receive a green jacket. The US Open is known for difficult courses, and The Open is played on windy links courses by the sea.
Great champions have shaped the leaderboard. Jack Nicklaus won a record 18 majors, while Tiger Woods won the 2000 US Open by 15 strokes and held all four majors at once. In the women's game, Babe Didrikson Zaharias was a pioneer who helped found the LPGA.
Golf even has its own language. A birdie is one under par, an eagle two under and an albatross three under. And in 1971, Alan Shepard famously hit golf balls on the Moon.
Each of the ten questions in the Bing Golf Quiz gives you three choices and a short explanation once you answer. The timer runs for 150 seconds, so try to trust your first instinct on the easy ones and save time for the tricky questions near the end. You can replay the quiz as often as you like. There is no sign-up and nothing to download, so you can start right away. When you are done, the related quizzes below are a good next step on the same topic.
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What This Quiz Teaches
- The four men's majors
- St Andrews and Augusta
- Record holders
- Golf scoring terms
- The Ryder Cup
- Famous holes and moments
Quick Facts
- A standard course has 18 holes.
- Golf balls have about 300 to 500 dimples.
- The first Masters was played in 1934.
- Par is the expected score for a hole.
- Golf returned to the Olympics in 2016.
- A hole in one on a par five is almost unheard of.
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