The Ultimate Golf Trivia Quiz
Every question below is click-to-reveal, so you can genuinely test yourself before seeing the answer. Questions are sorted into three tiers, easy, medium, and hard, so you can start wherever your golf knowledge actually is.
Easy
What does PGA stand for?Show answer
Professional Golfers' Association.
What's the term for a hole-in-one?Show answer
An ace.
What country invented modern golf?Show answer
Scotland.
What's the term for scoring one stroke under par on a hole?Show answer
A birdie.
What's the term for scoring one stroke over par on a hole?Show answer
A bogey.
What does The Masters Tournament winner receive?Show answer
A green jacket.
What's the maximum number of clubs allowed in a golf bag during a round?Show answer
14.
What do golfers shout to warn others a ball might hit them?Show answer
"Fore!"
What's the term for scoring two strokes under par on a hole?Show answer
An eagle.
What is par for a typical 18-hole golf course?Show answer
72.
Medium
What are the four major championships in men's golf?Show answer
The Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, and The Open Championship.
What's the term for scoring three strokes under par on a single hole?Show answer
An albatross, also called a double eagle.
What's the term for a shot that curves sharply right for a right-handed golfer?Show answer
A slice.
What's the term for a shot that curves sharply left for a right-handed golfer?Show answer
A hook.
What's the minimum required height of a flagstick?Show answer
At least 7 feet.
Which major is played at the same course every year?Show answer
The Masters, always held at Augusta National.
What's the nickname for a course built on sandy, seaside terrain, styled after golf's Scottish origins?Show answer
A links course.
Under the current Rules of Golf, how long do you have to search for a lost ball before it's officially lost?Show answer
3 minutes, down from the previous 5-minute limit.
Which two golfers are tied for the most PGA Tour wins in history, with 82 each?Show answer
Sam Snead and Tiger Woods.
What is the Players Championship sometimes informally called, despite not being an official major?Show answer
"The Fifth Major."
Hard
Who has scored the most eagles in PGA Tour history?Show answer
Justin Thomas, with 140 career eagles.
Which golfer has carded two sub-60 rounds on the PGA Tour, a feat no one else has matched?Show answer
Jim Furyk, with a 59 in 2013 and a 58 in 2016.
Who is the oldest golfer to ever win a major championship?Show answer
Phil Mickelson, who won the 2021 PGA Championship at age 50.
What feat did Bobby Jones complete in 1930 that's never been repeated?Show answer
The Grand Slam: winning the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, British Open, and British Amateur all in the same calendar year.
What is the "Tiger Slam"?Show answer
Holding all four professional major championships at the same time, achieved by Tiger Woods across the 2000 U.S. Open, 2000 Open Championship, 2000 PGA Championship, and 2001 Masters.
Which major marked Ben Hogan's comeback win just 16 months after a near-fatal car accident?Show answer
The 1950 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club, which Hogan won in an 18-hole playoff.
Which golfer has won all four modern majors at least three times, sometimes called golf's "career triple slam"?Show answer
Jack Nicklaus.
What type of golf ball was standard before the modern rubber-core ball, invented in the mid-1800s?Show answer
The gutta-percha ball, often called a "gutty."
Who holds the lowest single-round score in PGA Tour history?Show answer
The record belongs to Jim Furyk, who carded a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016.
Has anyone ever held all four modern major championships in the same calendar year?Show answer
No. The closest anyone has come is Tiger Woods' "Tiger Slam," holding all four simultaneously, but across two separate calendar years.
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Printable Scorecard
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| # | Question | Correct? | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What does PGA stand for? | / 1 | |
| 2 | What's the term for a hole-in-one? | / 1 | |
| 3 | What country invented modern golf? | / 1 | |
| 4 | Term for one stroke under par? | / 1 | |
| 5 | Term for one stroke over par? | / 1 | |
| 6 | What does The Masters winner receive? | / 1 | |
| 7 | Max clubs allowed in a bag? | / 1 | |
| 8 | What's shouted to warn of an incoming ball? | / 1 | |
| 9 | Term for two strokes under par? | / 1 | |
| 10 | Par for a typical 18-hole course? | / 1 | |
| 11 | The four major championships? | / 2 | |
| 12 | Term for three strokes under par? | / 2 | |
| 13 | Term for a shot curving sharply right? | / 2 | |
| 14 | Term for a shot curving sharply left? | / 2 | |
| 15 | Minimum flagstick height? | / 2 | |
| 16 | Which major is always played at the same course? | / 2 | |
| 17 | Nickname for a sandy, seaside-style course? | / 2 | |
| 18 | How long to search for a lost ball? | / 2 | |
| 19 | Who's tied for most PGA Tour wins, 82 each? | / 2 | |
| 20 | Informal name for the Players Championship? | / 2 | |
| 21 | Who has the most eagles in PGA Tour history? | / 3 | |
| 22 | Who has two sub-60 PGA Tour rounds? | / 3 | |
| 23 | Oldest golfer to win a major? | / 3 | |
| 24 | Bobby Jones' unrepeated 1930 feat? | / 3 | |
| 25 | What is the "Tiger Slam"? | / 3 | |
| 26 | Which major marked Hogan's comeback? | / 3 | |
| 27 | Who's won all four majors 3+ times? | / 3 | |
| 28 | Standard ball before the rubber-core ball? | / 3 | |
| 29 | Lowest single-round score in PGA Tour history? | / 3 | |
| 30 | Has anyone held all four majors in one calendar year? | / 3 |