uk.sport.golf Xmas Quiz 2009
M L Wadsworth
saddened to see that it has become almost defunct.
Gone are the days of the long debates about whether Sikhs could wear their
caps in the clubhouse; ground raised by burrowing moles; the difference
between a slice and a fade; the eloquent stories from Demetri and the yarns
and exploits of Pat Williams.
So here is what will be the last uk.sport.golf Xmas Quiz from me, the first
of which was 10 years ago. If someone wishes to pick it up for next year, I
shall enjoy being an entrant.
After complaints last year that uk.sport.golf subscribers had to contact me
for the questions and that the reason some did not enter was because the
questions required Rules knowledge, this year as promised, the quiz
questions are open and none are directly Rules related.
The following quiz is open to all members of USG including lurkers.
Rather than publicly placing your answers on USG, please reply to me at my
e-mail address. That way, you won't be unwittingly assisting others!
It would be helpful if you gave "USG Xmas Quiz" as the subject title.
Don't be put off submitting your entry, just because you cannot answer all
the questions - few, if any, will!
Quiz closes at 2359hrs on 10 January.
I will then post the answers on USG with the names of who entered and who
came 1st, 2nd and 3rd. There will be a SMALL prize for the winner if there
are more than ten entries, so I think I'm safe!!
You could make it a team effort among friends, family or club members. Let
me know if you do.
Referee's decision is final!!!
UK.SPORT.GOLF CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2009
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1. What is the connection:
a) Between Nick Flanagan, Danny Lee, Eduardo Molinari, and Richie Ramsay?
b) Between AT&T, Accenture, Gatorade and Gillette?
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2. Who are these golfers?
a) His father's name is Gerry; his mother's name is Rosie and his girl
friend's name is Holly?
b) His caddie is Adam Marrow; his coach is Kristian Baker and his
physiotherapist is Dale Richardson?
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3. This year, a slice of an old Leylandii tree was made into an unusual
trophy board:
a) At which golf club?
b) What makes it unusual?
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4. There is a putting green in the grounds of the White House:
a) Which US President had it installed?
b) Which US President had it moved closer to the Oval Office?
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5. "Golf is not a game of perfect":
a) Who wrote it?
b) What was his occupation?
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6. What is reputed to be the longest golf course ever, it has the first tee
in one town and the eighteenth green in another:
a) What are the names of the two towns?
b) When was the course officially opened?
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7. What is the connection:
a) Between Ernie Els Simon Jones, Michael Owen and Tiger Woods?
b) Between these boxers: Oscar De La Hoya, Wladmir Klitschko, Sugar Ray
Leonard and Corrie Sanders?
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8. How many **holed** regulation golf balls can a regulation golf hole
contain if the hole is 4 inches deep and has a regular flagstick of 0.625
inches centred in the liner:
a) With the flagstick in the hole?
b) With the flagstick removed?
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9. The Ryder Cup
(a) On which course will the next Ryder Club be played?
(b) How far way would you have to be to be a country member there?
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10. a) When did a lot of ladies cease to be ladies and (b) why?
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The next second 10 questions are all drawn from previous uk.sport.golf Xmas
Quizzes
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11. Where would you be if you were standing on The Postage Stamp?
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12. What is the present day equivalent to a Niblick?
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13. What did the organisers of the Open Championship do at Royal Lytham &
St.Annes in 1926 for the first time?
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14. How does one qualify to play in the Bobby Jones Classic?
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15. Who said of whom:
"He has won almost as much money playing golf as I've spent on lessons."
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16. What is the world record for stacking golf balls one on top of the
other without adhesive.
on October 4, 1998.
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17. Who was the last British amateur golfer to win the Open Championship?
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18. What is the ladies' equivalent of the Walker Cup?
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19. Who is the golfer depicted on top of the Ryder Cup trophy?
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20. How many golf clubs world-wide have a Royal title?
M L Wadsworth
Quiz, especially those who complained last year that they had to email me
for the questions and those who complained that the Quiz always contained
Rules questions.
Unfortunately their entries and most of the others must have got lost in the
ethernet because only four entries reached me.
However, the plus side is that it has saved me from having to award the
extremely valuable prize I had in mind J
Before I give the answers, my thanks to those who entered:
Andy Neal;
Janet & Chris Homer (joint entry);
Pat Williams and
Paul Schmitz-Josten.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to set quizzes where the answers
cannot easily be obtained in minutes from the web using a search engine. In
fact, Paul Schmitz-Josten was kind enough to give his web address sources
where he found them.
I am glad to say I managed to pose four questions where a search engine was
not a lot of help:
Q 8. How many **holed** regulation golf balls can a regulation golf hole
contain if the hole is 4 inches deep and has a regular flagstick of 0.625
inches centred in the liner:
a) With the flagstick in the hole?
b) With the flagstick removed?
[I must check my answer again when the snow has gone as Pat Williams' answer
was too close for comfort � however, if he is right and I am wrong, it will
not change the winner.]
Q 10. a) When did a lot of ladies cease to be ladies and (b) why?
[I am pleased to say this stumped everyone except Janet Homer, who was so
busy espousing her view on why ladies should now be called women, she forgot
give an answer to (a)!!]
Q 13. What did the organisers of the Open Championship do at Royal Lytham
& St. Annes in 1926 for the first time?
[Only Andy Neal found this one, or maybe knew it from a previous quiz.]
and
Q 20. How many golf clubs world-wide have a Royal title?
[I apologise for the question being a bit vague but my entrants all appeared
to understand what I was getting at. Unfortunately, the webpage I think most
would have gone to is actually wrong. Although the Royal Household GC,
Windsor Park, like many other clubs (Royal GC, Bahrain; Royal Tara GC,
Ireland; Down Royal GC, N. Ireland; Oak Royal G &CC, Lancashire to name but
a few) has Royal in its title, it is not a golf club which has been granted
Royal patronage. It is a nine-hole course for the staff of the Royal
Household at Windsor Castle.
My source was the R&A Handbook which lists 61: The Curragh, Hong Kong and
Singapore Island Clubs having relinquished their Royal titles for various
reasons.]
Janet Homer
The 'views' I put forward were not mine but the explanations given to us by
the EWGA - though that don't excuse me from forgetting to actually answer
the question - I bame encroaching senility not avid feminism....:-)).
Love & peace
J
"M L Wadsworth" <CUTmalTHEco...@btintCACKLEernet.com> wrote in
message news:vvidnV5ytfv9fNDW...@bt.com...
> answer was too close for comfort - however, if he is right and I am wrong,
M L Wadsworth
Q ---------
1. What is the connection:
a) Between Nick Flanagan, Danny Lee, Eduardo Molinari, and Richie Ramsay?
b) Between AT&T, Accenture, Gatorade and Gillette?
A ~~~~~
a) They are all foreign players who have won the US Amateur Championship
Nick Flanagan of Australia won US Amateur Championship in 2003
Eduardo Molinari of Italy won US Amateur Championship in 2005
Richie Ramsay of Scotland won US Amateur Championship in 2006
Danny Lee of New Zealand won US Amateur Championship in 2009
b) They all have or had sponsorship deals with Tiger Woods.
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2. Who are these golfers?
a) His father's name is Gerry; his mother's name is Rosie and his girl
friend's name is Holly?
b) His caddie is Adam Marrow; his coach is Kristian Baker and his
physiotherapist is Dale Richardson?
A ~~~~~
a) Rory McIlroy, the youngest player ever to break into the World
Ranking's top 20.
b) Russ Fisher
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3. This year, a slice of an old Leylandii tree was made into an unusual
trophy board:
a) At which golf club?
b) What makes it unusual?
A ~~~~~
a) Eaton Golf Club in Norwich
b) A golf ball was found embedded in it when the tree was cut down
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4. There is a putting green in the grounds of the White House:
a) Which US President had it installed?
b) Which US President had it moved closer to the Oval Office?
A ~~~~~
a) Dwight D Eisenhower in 1954
b) Bill Clinton in 1995
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5. "Golf is not a game of perfect":
a) Who wrote it?
b) What was his occupation?
A ~~~~~
a) Dr Bob Rotella
b) Sports psychologist
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6. What is reputed to be the longest golf course ever, it has the first tee
in one town and the eighteenth green in another:
a) What are the names of the two towns?
b) When was the course officially opened?
A ~~~~~
a) First tee in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and the 18th green in Ceduna,
South Australia
b) Thursday 22nd October 2009
http://www.nullarborlinks.com/
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7. What is the connection:
a) Between Ernie Els Simon Jones, Michael Owen and Tiger Woods?
b) Between these boxers: Oscar De La Hoya, Wladmir Klitschko, Sugar Ray
Leonard and Corrie Sanders?
A ~~~~~
a) They are all sportsmen who have had problems with their Anterior
Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
Ernie Els � ACL surgery in 2005. Won the Dunhill Championship in 2005 after
5 months out
Simon Jones � England fast bowler injured his ACL on 2002-03 Ashes Tour
Michael Owen - England striker injured his ACL at 2006 World Cup
Tiger Woods � Damaged his ACL at Torrey Pines in 2008
b) All love their golf and have official handicaps - nothing more
complicated than that!
Oscar De La Hoya � H'cap 10
Wladmir Klitschko � H'cap 14
Sugar Ray Leonard � H'cap 15
Corrie Sanders � H'cap 2
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8. How many **holed** regulation golf balls can a regulation golf hole
contain if the hole is 4 inches deep and has a regular flagstick of 0.625
inches centred in the liner:
a) With the flagstick in the hole?
b) With the flagstick removed?
A ~~~~~
a) Nine.
b) Nine (the same)
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9. The Ryder Cup
(a) On which course will the next Ryder Club be played?
(b) How far way would you have to be to be a country member there?
A ~~~~~
(a) Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales
(b) Outside a radius of 75 miles
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10. a) When did a lot of ladies cease to be ladies and (b) why?
A ~~~~~
a) After 31 December 2007 when (b) the English Ladies� Golf Association
became known as the English Women�s Golf Association.
http://www.englishwomensgolf.org/page.asp?id=325
The next second 10 questions were all drawn from previous uk.sport.golf Xmas
Quizzes
Q ---------
11. Where would you be if you were standing on The Postage Stamp?
A ~~~~~
8th hole at Royal Troon (Old Course)
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12. What is the present day equivalent to a Niblick?
A ~~~~~
9 iron (8 iron accepted as there is no direct equivalent)
Q ---------
13. What did the organisers of the Open Championship do at Royal Lytham &
St.Annes in 1926 for the first time?
A ~~~~~
Charged spectators for admission
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14. How does one qualify to play in the Bobby Jones Classic?
A ~~~~~
By having the surname of Jones and a first name of Robert, Bobby, or some
variation thereof. The only other qualification is that you must love golf
and its history.
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15. Who said of whom:
"He has won almost as much money playing golf as I've spent on lessons."
A ~~~~~
Bob Hope of Arnold Palmer.
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16. What is the world record for stacking golf balls one on top of the
other without adhesive.
A ~~~~~
Don Athey of Bridgeport, Ohio, USA, stacked nine golf balls vertically,
without the use of adhesives, on October 4, 1998.
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17. Who was the last British amateur golfer to win the Open Championship?
A ~~~~~
Harold Hilton (in 1892 and again in 1897)
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18. What is the ladies' equivalent of the Walker Cup?
A ~~~~~
The Curtis Cup
Q ---------
19. Who is the golfer depicted on top of the Ryder Cup trophy?
A ~~~~~
Abe Mitchell, a friend and instructor to Samuel Ryder.
http://www.pga.com/rydercup/team_standings.html
Q ---------
20. How many golf clubs world-wide have a Royal title?
A ~~~~~
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M L Wadsworth
"Janet Homer" <Ja...@teeoldlinksgolf.com> wrote in message
news:hikr5e$u1o$1...@news.albasani.net...
> Malcolm
>
> The 'views' I put forward were not mine but the explanations given to us
> by the EWGA - though that don't excuse me from forgetting to actually
> answer the question - I bame encroaching senility not avid
> feminism....:-)).
>
> Love & peace
> J
You are right of course, but "More appropriate to refer to Women than Ladies
in the 21st century. " was so you! :-)
Regards,
Malcolm
M L Wadsworth
who it was that won the 2009 uk.sport.golf Christmas Quiz.
What I can tell you is that the top four scores came from:
Andy Neal;
Janet & Chris Homer (joint entry);
Pat Williams and
Paul Schmitz-Josten.
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ANDY NEAL!!!!!
Congratulations Andy!!!!
Peter Strauss
Peter
M L Wadsworth wrote:
> So you have been checking into uk.sport.golf every hour on the hour to see
> who it was that won the 2009 uk.sport.golf Christmas Quiz.
>
>
>
> What I can tell you is that the top four scores came from:
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> Andy Neal;
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> Janet & Chris Homer (joint entry);
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> Pat Williams and
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> Paul Schmitz-Josten.
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> > The scores were all very close.
> >
> The winning entry was not a joint entry � sorry Janet and Chris
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> The winner does not live in the UK
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> > But he used to
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> Yes!!! It was�.
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> ANDY NEAL!!!!!
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> Congratulations Andy!!!!
Andy Neal
days at work on Christmas Day and Dec 26th!!
Thanks also to Malcolm for taking the time to compile and run the quiz in
the first place. Some of the questions were so obscure you just gotta wonder
which tomes he dusted off to find them. 8-)
Oh yes, and I promise that belonging to the same club when I lived in the UK
had no bearing on the result!
Happy New Year all.
Andy
Roll on Spring - whoever wrote "Let It Snow" sure was no golfer!
"Peter Strauss" <pfs...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Janet Homer
all the trouble you have with the quiz over the years and for all your help
in the rules department.
Love & peace
Janet
John van der Pflum
<CUTmalTHEco...@btintCACKLEernet.com> wrote:
>a) Eaton Golf Club in Norwich
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>b) A golf ball was found embedded in it when the tree was cut down
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>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1151073/What-slice-Stray-golf-ball-discovered-buried-inside-felled-tree.html
Malcolm,
This reminded me of a story at my father's club. There was a tree on
the left side of the fairway near the tee of the 9th hole. They
removed it sometime recently since it was hollow inside and in danger
of falling over.
My father and I were chatting with one of the grounds crew who was
there when the cut it down. He said that they found hundreds of balls
inside the tree that had been hit directly into the hollow! Crazy.
--
jvdp
Hey Annika, you'll never hold these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockpyle/3940732311/
Andy Neal
I hope '10 goes well for you and Chris in the hickory world.....do you ever
get over the Boston area of the States at all?
Andy
"Janet Homer" <Ja...@teeoldlinksgolf.com> wrote in message
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Paul Schmitz-Josten
>The winner does not live in the UK
>But he used to
>Yes!!! It was�.
>ANDY NEAL!!!!!
>Congratulations Andy!!!!
My cincere gratulations, Andy - well done!
And another big "thank you" to Malcolm - it's a pleasure to enjoy your
company, online and "live"!
Ciao,
Paul