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How well do you know PGA Championship history? Try this quiz:<

Forward tees (1 point each)

1. What is the name of the PGA Championship trophy?

a.) Hagen

b.) Wanamaker

c.) Valhalla

2. Which player has won the most consecutive PGA Championships?

a.) Jack Nicklaus

b.) Denny Shute

c.) Walter Hagen

3. Who has won the most majors without ever having won a PGA Championship?

a.) Arnold Palmer

b.) Tom Watson

c.) Sam Snead

4. Who has finished runner-up the most times in the PGA Championship?

a.) Jack Nicklaus

b.) Phil Mickelson

c.) Lanny Wadkins

5. Who was the last player to win the PGA Championship on his first try?

a.) Wayne Grady

b.) Jeff Sluman

c.) John Daly

6. Who was the youngest player to win the PGA Championship?

a.) Gene Sarazen

b.) Tiger Woods

c.) Hal Sutton

Middle Tees (3 points)

7. David Toms used this club to make a hole-in-one in the third round, and decided not to use this club on the final hole Sunday to win the PGA Championship.

a.) 5-iron

b.) 2-iron

c.) 5-wood

8. John Mahaffey owns the PGA Championship record for the greatest final-round comeback at seven strokes. Who was the 54-hole leader?

a.) Greg Norman

b.) Tom Watson

c.) Arnold Palmer

9. Give the last name of the only brothers to win the PGA Championship.

a.) Hebert.

b.) Dutra.

c.) Alou.

10. Who is the oldest man to win the PGA Championship?

a.) Julius Boros.

b.) Raymond Floyd

c.) Hale Irwin

11. The last time a lefthander had the outright lead in the PGA Championship after 54 holes was in 1996 at Valhalla. Name him.

a.) Mike Weir

b.) Russ Cochran

c.) Mac O'Grady

12. Among active players who have teed it up in at least 10 PGA Championships, which of the following has never missed the cut?

a.) Phil Mickelson

b.) Kenny Perry

c.) Davis Love III

Championship tees (5 points)

13. Name the course on which the first PGA Championship was played in 1916.

a.) Siwanoy

b.) Pinehurst No. 2

c.) Valhalla

14. What do Bob May, Phil Mickelson and Colin Montogomerie have in common?

a.) Each broke a current 72-hole scoring record without winning the PGA Championship.

b.) None of them has ever won a major.

c.) None has ever been invited to play in the Battle at Bighorn.

d.) All of the above.

15. Rarely does a player shoot all four rounds in the 60s in a major without winning. This player has done it twice in the PGA Championship.

a.) Ernie Els

b.) Steve Lowery

c.) Fuzzy Zoeller

16. Who was the last player win the PGA Championship with a 72-hole score over par?

a.) Gary Player at Oakland Hills.

b.) Dave Stockton at Congressional.

c.) Mark Brooks at Valhalla.

17. Who won the first sudden-death playoff in PGA Championship history?

a.) Lanny Wadkins

b.) Steve Elkington

c.) Paul Azinger

18. What was significant about Jack Nicklaus' victory in the 1973 PGA Championship?

a.) He birdied the last five holes.

b.) He used a prototype of the Pro V1.

c.) He won his 14th major (12 professional, 2 amateur) to break Bobby Jones' record.

19th hole (10-point bonus)

Since the PGA Club Pro championship began in 1968, only one winner has gone on to finish in the top 5 at the PGA Championship. Name him.

a.) Tommy Bolt

b.) Sam Snead

c.) Claude Harmon

ANSWERS:

1. b

2. c

3. b

4. a

5. c

6. a

7. c

8. b

9. a

10. a

11. b

12. b

13. a

14. d

15. b

16. b

17. a

18. c

19. b

SCORING:

50-64 - Grand Slam.

40-49 - Wanamaker Trophy.

30-39 - Solid Pro.

20-29 - Amateur Status.

10-19 - Back to the range.

0-9 - Sell the clubs.

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