Masters Quiz
Published 9:49 pm Wednesday, April 9, 2008
How well do you know Masters history? Try this trivia quiz of the eight decades at Augusta National Golf Club. The answers are at the end of the quiz:
1930s
1. What had occupied the land that was purchased for Augusta National?
a.) YMCA
b.) Fruitland Nurseries
c.) Waffle House
2. What was the original name of the Masters?
a.) Augusta National Invitation Tournament
b.) Azalea Classic
c.) Robert T. Jones Invitational
3. Who won the first Masters?
a.) Craig Wood
b.) Horton Smith
c.) Gene Sarazen
4. Bobby Jones’ highest finish in the Masters came in its first year. How did he fare?
a.) Runner-up.
b.) 6th place.
c.) 13th place.
5. Gene Sarazen’s “shot heard ‘round the world” occurred on what hole in 1935?
a.) 13th
b.) 15th
c.) 18th
1940s
1. Who was awarded the first green jacket?
a.) Sam Snead.
b.) Byron Nelson.
c.) Ralph Guldahl.
2. Who became a member at Augusta National in 1948 and had a pond named after him the next year?
a.) Charles Yates.
b.) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
c.) John Rae.
3. Name the player who won two Masters during the 1940s.
a.) Jimmy Demaret
b.) Byron Nelson
c.) Herman Keiser
4. What was the significant change to the 16th hole in 1946?
a.) The USGA recommended it be converted to a par 2.
b.) The stream was turned into a pond.
c.) The first sub-pump air system was installed.
5. The first player at the Masters from the Southern Hemisphere came from which country?
a.) South Africa
b.) New Zealand
c.) Argentina
1950s
1. Name the only Masters champion to start the final round out of the top 10.
a.) Art Wall
b.) Gary Player
c.) Arnold Palmer
2. Which amateur had the 54-hole lead and shot 80 in the final round?
a.) Greg Norman
b.) Frank Stranahan
c.) Ken Venturi
3. Which writer for Sports Illustrated coined the phrase “Amen Corner” in 1958?
a.) Herbert Warren Wind
b.) Dan Jenkins
c.) Bernard Darwin
4. Who holds the record for the largest final-round comeback to win the Masters?
a.) Cary Middlecoff
b.) Jack Burke Jr.
c. Arnold Palmer
5. Ben Hogan set a record in the 1950s that still stands. Which is it?
a.) Losing in a playoff for the second time.
b.) Posting four rounds in the 60s.
c.) Hitting 18 greens in regulation in the final round.
1960s
1. Who was the first foreign-born player to win the Masters?
a.) Bobby Locke
b.) Herman Keiser
c.) Gary Player
2. Name the first player to win the Masters with his final putt.
a.) Art Wall
b.) Arnold Palmer
c.) Jack Nicklaus
3. Roberto De Vicenzo missed out on a playoff in 1968 for an incorrect scorecard. What happened?
a.) He signed for a 4 on the 17th hole when he had made a 3.
b.) He forgot to sign the card
c.) He neglected to switch cards with Tommy Aaron, so his scores were under Aaron’s name.
4. Who was the first player to win consecutive Masters titles?
a.) Jack Nicklaus
b.) Arnold Palmer
c.) Gary Player
5. Which amateur has the lowest 72-hole score in Masters history?
a.) Jack Nicklaus
b.) Ken Venturi
c.) Charles Coe
1970s
1. Who won the first sudden-death playoff at the Masters?
a.) Lanny Wadkins
b.) Seve Ballesteros
c.) Fuzzy Zoeller
2. Who had the lowest score in the final round to win the Masters?
a.) Tom Watson
b.) Gary Player
c.) Jack Nicklaus
3. Who has finished runner-up the most times without ever winning a green jacket?
a.) Johnny Miller
b.) Tom Weiskopf
c.) Tom Kite
4. Who became the second Masters chairman, replacing Clifford Roberts?
a.) William Lane
b.) Dwight D. Eisenhower
c.) Jack Stephens
5. Who played every Masters in the 1970s without ever finishing outside the top 10?
a.) Lee Trevino.
b.) Jack Nicklaus.
c.) Johnny Miller.
1980s
1. Name the last Masters champion who failed to break par in the final round.
a.) Bernhard Langer
b.) Craig Stadler.
c.) Nick Faldo.
2. Who scored a 13 on the shortest hole at Augusta National?
a.) Mark Calcavecchia.
b.) Greg Norman.
c.) Tom Weiskopf.
3. Name the oldest Masters champion.
a.) Jack Nicklaus.
b.) Tom Watson.
c.) Raymond Floyd.
4. Who missed a 2½-foot putt on the first hole of a playoff, then lost on the next hole?
a.) Greg Norman.
b.) Hubert Green.
c.) Scott Hoch.
5. Name the first European to win the Masters.
a.) Nick Faldo.
b.) Seve Ballesteros.
c.) Sandy Lyle.
1990s
1. Who played in the most Masters before winning?
a.) Mark O’Meara.
b.) Ben Crenshaw.
c.) Vijay Singh.
2. Who holds the Masters record with most consecutive rounds in the 60s?
a.) Tiger Woods.
b.) Greg Norman
c.) David Duval.
3. Who was the last player to lead after each of the first three rounds without winning?
a.) Fred Couples.
b.) Greg Norman.
c.) Ed Sneed.
4. Tiger Woods set the 72-hole record in 1997 at 18-under 270. What was his score for the first nine holes?
a.) 29.
b.) 36.
c.) 40.
5. Who blew the largest 54-hole lead in Masters history?
a.) Tom Kite.
b.) Greg Norman.
c.) Ken Venturi.
2000s
1. What was most significant about Tiger Woods’ victory in 2001?
a.) He never hit driver.
b.) He never swore.
c.) He held the titles of all four majors.
2. Under pressure to have a female member, chairman Hootie Johnson said the club would not be bullied by which weapon?
a.) Taser.
b.) Bayonet.
c.) Samurai sword.
3. Who holds the record for most birdies in a tournament?
a.) Phil Mickelson.
b.) Retief Goosen.
c.) Tiger Woods.
4. What caused a heated argument in the champions locker room between Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh?
a.) Metal spikes.
b.) Subcutaneous fat.
c.) How many majors Tiger Woods was going to win.
5. Which of the par 5s did Zach Johnson reach in two when he won in 2007?
a.) The 13th hole all four rounds.
b.) The 15th hole in the final round.
c.) None.
ANSWERS
1930s
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. b
1940s
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. b
5 c
1950s
1. a
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. a
1960s
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. c
1970s
1. c
2. b
3. b
4. a
5. b
1980s
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. b
1990s
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. b
2000s
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. c
