Golf Trivia: Week 13 Winners, Correct Answers and More!
The 13th 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:
Who holds the record for lowest scoring average in the PGA Championship (with at least 75 rounds played)?
Answer: Jack “Golden Bear” Nicklaus
Who holds the record for the 2nd lowest scoring avearage in the PGA Championship?
Answer: Greg “the Shark” Norman
Which golfers have made the most PGA Championship cuts?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus and Raymond Floyd
What does the winner of the PGA Championship receive?
Answer: The Wanamaker Trophy, and yes money
Who has the most major championship victories without having won a PGA Championship?
Answer: Tom Watson
Who holds the record for most runner-up finishes in the PGA Championship?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
Where did Nicklaus win his 5th PGA Championship?
Answer: Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, NY
Who shares the record of 5 PGA Championship titles with Jack?
Answer: Walter Hagen
Who holds the record for most top 10 finishes at the PGA Championship?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
Who has the second most top 10 finishes at the PGA Championship?
Answer: Sam Snead
Which golfer holds the record for lowest final round score at a PGA Championship?
Answer: Brad Faxon
Who was the first back to back winner of the PGA Championship?
Answer: Jim Barnes 1916 & 1919, because of the gap, it was still consecutive Championships
How much money did Jim Barnes win as the first PGA Championship victor?
Answer: $500
Which golfer at the ’21 PGA Championship drove from the 17th tee onto18th fairway, to give himself a better shot at the 17th green and won?
Answer: Walter Hagen
Who is the youngest winner of the PGA Championship?
Answer: Gene Sarazen
What is a wormburner?
Answer: An extremely low fast drive
What is a Bowker?
Answer: An awful shot, that with a spot of good luck ricochets of of soemthing and back into play!
What is a buzzard
Answer: Another name for a double bogey, or 2 over par
Which golfers are sandbaggers?
Answer: A golfer who claims to be worse than he is in order to give himself an advantage
What is skulling?
Answer: Smashing high on the ball, causing it to have little spin and travel further than it should
How many golfers have won the British Open in 3 different decades?
Answer: 3
Who holds the record for oldest golfer to win the British Open?
Answer: Tom Morris Sr
Who holds the record for youngest winner of the British Open?
Answer: Tom Morris Jr
If Harry Vardon has the most winning finishes with 6, who has the most runner up finishes in a British Open?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus with 7 runner up finishes
Which 2 golfers share the lowest score by an amateur at a British Open?
Answer: Iain Pyman and Tiger Woods
This week was a close one, but Congrats to GrouporChrisVB (twitter) and Mike Matosziuk (Facebook) for winning the trivia contests this week. 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. Mike also the high scorer on my golfin’ game so he will recieve a $25 gift certificate for winning both. Congrats Mike!
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. Next Week, however, is a NEW month!
~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.
