Nineteenth Hole

U.S. Open Trivia Quiz

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Question 1:   Who won the last U.S. Open held at Pinehurst?

ANSWER:Payne Stewart in 1999.

Question 2:   Who is the only player to win the U.S. Junior Amateur, the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open?

ANSWER:Tiger Woods is the only player to have captured the U.S. Junior Amateur, the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open.

Question 3:   How many times previously has Pinehurst hosted the U.S. Open: 1, 2 or 3?

ANSWER:1

Question 4:   Who is the oldest player to win the U.S. Open?
                         1) Hale Irwin   2) Jack Nicklaus   or 3) Ben Hogan

ANSWER:Hale Irwin

Question 5:   Who is the only player to go wire-to-wire twice in the U.S. Open?

ANSWER:Tiger Woods.

Question 6:   Name the only player to lose three U.S. Open playoffs:
                         1) Arnold Palmer    2) Nick Faldo   or 3) Greg Norman

ANSWER:Arnold Palmer

Question 7:   Name the only two players to shoot a 63 at the U.S. Open and not win.

ANSWER:Vijay Singh and Tom Weiskopf

Question 8:   Craig Wood, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods all share one accomplishment. What was it?

ANSWER:They all have won the U.S. Open and the Masters in the same year.

Question 9:   How many players entered the first U.S. Open held in 1895?
                         1) Nine   2) Eleven  or 3) Twenty-seven.

ANSWER:Eleven players entered the first U.S. Open.

Question 10:   Nine players have won three legs of the career Grand Slam. Who missed only the U.S. Open?
                          1) Sam Snead   2) Byron Nelson  or 3) Walter Hagen.

ANSWER:Sam Snead.

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