Golf Flashcards
In 2013 this golfer from Northern Ireland was challenged by a robot to chip balls into washing machines.
Rory McIlroy
The CareerBuilder Challenge was originally named after this comedian, who is known for his many performances at USO shows.
Bob Hope
Who was the only one of golf’s mid-century “Big Three” who was not American?
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus were American, but Gary Player was South African.
The PGA Tour’s championship trophy, first won in 2007 by Tiger Woods, is a “Cup” that has, since its inauguration, been sponsored by (and named after) what corporation?
Fedex
Which Mexican golfer dominated the LPGA during the second half of the 2000s, winning two majors and was ranked #1 in the world for more than 150 consecutive weeks before abruptly retiring in 2010?
Lorena Ochoa (Reyes)
The LPGA’s top revenue source is TV rights in what nation, which didn’t have a single athlete on the tour in 1997 but can now claim 9 of the 20 top-ranked women golfers in the world?
Se Ri Park singlehandedly made women’s golf one of the most popular sports in South Korea.
In golf this ordinal term is slang for the clubhouse bar.
19th Hole
