Golf Trivia: Week 6 Winners, Correct Answers and More!
The 6th week of Caveman Golf Trivia has come to a close. Thank you all for playing! For those Rock Heads who are scorin’ at home, here are all the questions and their answers:
When Was the last time Golf was played in the olympics?
ANSWER: 1904
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When was the first time Golf was played in the Olympics?
Answer:1900
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When was the tee first patented?
ANSWER:1889
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What was used to raise the ball before the tee?
ANSWER: Sand
Facebook: Adarsh Vakharia, Tom Provatas, Brian Abel, Cathy Almeida, Sean Murray
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How Many Majors has Mickelson won?
ANSWER: 3
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Before Turning Pro, Which lady golfer won 17 straigh amateur events in ’46-’47
Answer: Babe zaharias
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Who won 8 events his debute year on the PGA Tour, 5 years before he won the Masters?
Answer: Horton Smith
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Which “Son” had four US Open Wins, including 3 in a row?
Answer: Willie Anderson
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Who won the ’87 US Open, his only Major triumph?
Answer: Scott Simpson
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Which Australian has won 5 British Opens (’54, ’55, ’56, ’58 and ’65)
Answer: Peter Thomson
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What is the theme song for The Masters Tournament?
Answer: “Augusta” by Dave Loggins
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What Country singer’s video does John Daly make an appearance in?
Answer: Steve Azar
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What is CBS Golf’s theme song?
Answer: “Fanfare” by Yanni
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Who Took the Individual Golf Golf in the 1904 Olympics?
Answer: George Lyon
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How Many Americans have Olympic Golf Medals for Golf?
Answer: 12, Charles Sands and Margaret Ives Abbott in 1900 and the 10 members of the Mens team in 1904.
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Who was the first woman to play golf?
Answer: Mary Queen of Scots
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Who was the first person from Great Britain to win The Masters?
Answer: Sandy Lyle
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Who is the only Woman with a Gold Medal in Golf?
Answer: Margaret Ives Abbott
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Who was the second person in history to win $1 million in his career?
Answer: Billy Casper
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Who lead the PGA Tour in Driving Accuracty for ten straight years from ’81-’90
Answer: Calvin Peete
Facebook: Scott Shoemaker, W.s. Garnett
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Of All the players to ever win a Major Title, Who comes first Alphabetically?
Answer: Tommy Aaron
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What Two Majors did Mark O’Meara win in 1998?
Answer: Masters and British Open
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Three Golfers won 6 of the 10 US Opens in the 90’s. Who were they?
Answer: Payne Steward, Ernie Els, Lee Janzen
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Who won the most LPGA tournaments in the 90’s?
Answer: Annika Sorenstam with 18
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Who was the highest money earner on the PGa tour in the 90’s?
Answer: Davis love III earned $11.6 million plus, and Tiger earned just over $11.3 Million
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Congrats to jpalopoli(twitter) and Blake Hagwood(Facebook) for winning the trivia contests this week. Adarsh Vakharia Scored the Most points, but since he won last week was ineligible until next month, but Keep up the good Work Adarsh! Remember you get 5 points for having the first correct answer, but can also gain points just by having the correct answer! Weekly winners receive $10 gift certificates to RockBottomGolf.com.
If I haven’t heard from you yet, why not come & play with me and the rest of the Rock Heads this week? Questions are posted between 2 and 4 pm EST on both Facebook and Twitter. To keep things fair, you can only win once per contest per month.
Also Susanne Cyr took this weeks High Score on my golfin’ game! Also Earning her a $10 Gift Certificate to the Cave!
~Scratch
PS: If you have any great golfin’ trivia that you would like to see asked, send it over my way, or feel free to try and stump this caveman.
