Festive Golf Quiz

Last updated: 23rd December 2009

It's been another memorable year for golf but were you paying attention? Try our 2009 quiz and see how your rate.

The Majors

1) When Tiger Woods missed the cut at Turnberry, Japanese teenager star Ryo Ishikawa was one of his playing partners. Who was the other?

2) Who won the 2009 Majors Cup - the prize awarded to the player who shoots the lowest combined score over the 16 rounds of golf's four majors?

3) Who started the Masters with five straight birdies and went on to claim the first round lead?

4) Which legend of the game was the honorary starter at this year's Masters?

5) Which former Open champion finished joint runner-up at the US Open but went on to lose his US Tour card?

6) Which French golfer scored a hole-in-one in the final round at Turnberry.

7) Which former Open champ had an albatross - believed to be only the eighth in Open history - at the 15th on day four at Turnberry?

8) Who shot a 64 to lead the Open at Turnberry after round one?

9) Who topped the leaderboard after the first round of the USPGA at Hazeltine?

10) How many times had Lucas Glover won on the US Tour before capturing this year's US Open?

US Tour

11) In which event did Tiger Woods make his comeback from injury after being sidelined following reconstructive knee surgery?

12) Phil Mickelson won three times on the US Tour in 2009. Which tournament saw him claim the first of those wins?

13) Who topped the Driving Distance stats on the US Tour?

14) Which Aussie golfer was ranked No.1 in the Greens In Regulation stats?

15) Which player made 24 cuts out of 24 on the US Tour in 2009?

16) USPGA winner YE Yang also won a regular US Tour event in 2009. What was it?

17) Which English golfer finished runner-up to Henrik Stenson at the Players Championship?

18) How many times did Tiger Woods win on the US Tour in 2009?

19) Which player won on the US Tour for the first time in 11 years when capturing the Puerto Rico Open.

20) Who won The Barclays - the first of the four play-off events - at Liberty National in New Jersey?

European Tour

21) Which player finished 2009 in the top 50 in the world, thus guaranteeing himself a place in the US Masters, after starting the year ranked 653rd?

22) Which player was ranked No.1 in Driving Distance in 2009?

23) Who topped the Greens In Regulation stats in 2009?

24) How many tournaments did Race To Dubai champ Lee Westwood win on the European Tour in 2009?

25) How many European Tour wins did Rory McIlroy claim in 2009?

26) Who tied for the third in the Open and went on to be named Rookie of the Year?

27) Who was the only player to win back-to-back after capturing the Open de France and The Barclays Scottish Open in consecutive weeks in the summer?

28) Which former Ryder Cup hero captained GB&Ireland to victory in the Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros.

29) What record did Danny Lee set when he captured the Johnnie Walker Classic in Perth?

30) Who shot a final round 60 to pull off a remarkable win in the Austrian Open?

Women's golf

31) Which European star won the Australian Open in February - the 72nd victory of her illustrious career?

32) Who won the second major of the year, the McDonald's Championship, on just the fifth start of her LPGA career?

33) Who was the top-scorer for Team USA in the Solheim Cup?

34) Who topped the LPGA money list in 2009?

35) Which country has the most players in the top ten of the end-of-season Rolex World Rankings?

Quotes

36) Who was a member of the gallery at the WGC World Matchplay shouting at when he said: "Hey Ronald McDonald! I'll have a quarter pounder with cheese."

37) Who said at Augusta: "Great players make it happen and average players don't."

38) Who was Will MacKenzie talking about when he said: "Some dude with a straw hat was just out there flying it over the water. It was sick. If he has a short game, we're all in trouble."

39) Who was Steve Marino talking to when he said: "You could probably be the King of Scotland. These people love you."

40) Which legend of the game said: "Most guys at my age have not seen their knees, never mind their private parts, for seven years."

Picture Quiz

To round off the quiz, we've published 10 unusual shots of well-known golfers. Click here to see them and fill in the answers below.

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So how many did you get right?

46-50 - Move over Tiger!

40-45 - Major winner

30-39 - Tour winner. Keep at it and you could be challenging for majors

20-29 - You've kept your card but need to spend more time at the range

10-19 - Back to Q-School!

0-9 - Stick to Crazy Golf!