Golf: A Quiz on the Sport and Its Stars Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

comedian Bob Hope, U.S. President Gerald Ford and, according to the Washington Post, every great African American professional golfer except Tiger Woods have played at Langston Golf Course.

after losing to Tiger Woods in the 1994 U.S. Amateur Championship, amateur golfer Trip Kuehne pursued a career in finance in lieu of professional golf.

a noose hanging beside a hole at the Oak Tree Golf Club in Oklahoma was donated symbolically by a frustrated golfer, but was removed because of perceived racist undertones.

the 1687 diary of Edinburgh medical student Thomas Kincaid records the earliest known golfing instructions.

the last three New Zealand Open tournaments, the leading men's golf tournament in New Zealand, were played on Michael Hill's private golf course.

when African American golfers attempted to play at Washington, D.C.'s racially segregated East Potomac Park Golf Course in 1941, angry whites threw stones and threatened them with violence.

the television series Meet the Natives: USA shows five tribesmen from the island of Tanna playing golf, riding roller coasters, and getting pedicures.

Saucon Valley Country Club has hosted five USGA golf tournaments, and is the site of the 2009 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship.

Ray Courtright, once considered Oklahoma's greatest halfback, pitched a no-hitter for the Sooners and coached the Nevada basketball and Michigan golf and wrestling teams to championships.

American golfer Tony Lema died when the plane he was travelling in crashed into a golf course.

golfer Jane Park reached the final of the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship in 2003 and 2004, and won the latter event.

golf was introduced to Singapore by Sir John Tankerville Goldney in 1891 while he was Chief Justice for the Straits Settlements.

golf in Scotland (example pictured) flourished despite "the fut bal ande the golf" (football and golf) being "vtterly criyt done" (utterly condemned) by a 1457 Act of the Parliament of Scotland.

J. A. "Daff" Gammons played professional baseball and football, coached the Brown University football team, founded a successful insurance agency, and was an accomplished amateur golfer.

Piperia yadonii is a rare and endangered species of wild orchid whose survival may be influenced by the demand for increased golfing on the Monterey Peninsula.

Momoko Ueda became the youngest golfer in Japan LPGA Tour history to finish first on the money list.

Fine Gael politician George Lee used The Week in Politics – broadcast by his former employer – to criticise a round of golf played by several Irish senators.

Golf: A Quiz on the Sport and Its Stars

1 What does the following picture show? Golf course on the western coast of India. Tiger Woods; the number one male golfer. Indoor putting green for practice and instruction Lorena Ochoa; the recently retired number one female golfer, pictured here in 2007.

2 The ________, which attracts a substantial number of top golfers from outside North America, ranks second to the PGA Tour in worldwide prestige.

3 The list of senior majors on the U.S.-based ________ has changed over the years, but always by expansion.

4 ________

5 What role did Al Thompson play in the movie Golf?

6 Who played Golfer the movie Golf?

7 What role did William Hauber play in the movie Golf?

8 What role did Pete Gordon play in the movie Golf?

9 Who played Golfer the movie Golf?

10 Who played The suitor the movie Golf?

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