How well do you know the PGA Championship? Try this quiz:
1. What is the name of the PGA Championship trophy?
a.) Hagen Cup
b.) Wanamaker Trophy
c.) PGA Championship trophy
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2. Where was the first PGA Championship played?
a.) Valhalla
b.) PGA National
c.) Siwanoy
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3. Which player withdrew that enabled John Daly to get in as the ninth alternate — and win — the 1991 PGA Championship?
a.) Jay Haas
b.) Nick Price
c.) Fuzzy Zoeller
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4. Who holds the record for largest margin of victory in the PGA Championship?
a.) Tiger Woods
b.) Jack Nicklaus
c.) Rory McIlroy
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5. The oldest player to win a major captured the PGA Championship in the state of Texas. Can you name him?
a.) Byron Nelson
b.) Jerry Barber
c.) Julius Boros
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6. On which course did two players shoot 63 in the same PGA Championship?
a.) Valhalla
b.) Riviera
c.) Atlanta Athletic Club
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7. Who is the only player to win the PGA Championship twice on the same course?
a.) Tiger Woods
b.) Jack Nicklaus
c.) Walter Hagen
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8. Who had the highest score in the final round by a PGA champion?
a.) Vijay Singh
b.) Shaun Micheel
c.) Lanny Wadkins
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9. Name the first player to win the PGA Championship in a sudden-death playoff.
a.) Jeff Sluman
b.) Lanny Wadkins
c.) Jack Nicklaus
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10. Who was the last player to win the PGA Championship in back-to-back years when it was match play?
a.) Walter Hagen
b.) Gene Sarazen
c.) Denny Shute
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11. Who was paired with Tiger Woods when he won his first PGA Championship in 1999 at Medinah?
a.) Sergio Garcia
b.) Chris DiMarco
c.) Mike Weir
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12. Who has the most professional majors without ever having won the PGA Championship?
a.) Bobby Jones
b.) Arnold Palmer
c.) Tom Watson
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13. Name the only player to shoot 63 in the final round of the PGA Championship.
a.) Steve Stricker
b.) Brad Faxon
c.) Bruce Crampton
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14. This player shot 266 for the second-lowest score in major championship history. It only got him second place in the PGA Championship. Who is it?
a.) Greg Norman
b.) Colin Montgomerie
c.) Phil Mickelson
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15. In which state has the PGA Championship never been held?
a.) Florida
b.) Rhode Island
c.) Tennessee
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16. Name the youngest winner of the PGA Championship
a.) Tiger Woods
b.) Rory McIlroy
c.) Gene Sarazen
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17. Since the world ranking began in 1986, who had the worst ranking of any PGA champion?
a.) John Daly
b.) Shaun Micheel
c.) Y.E. Yang
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18. Who won the PGA Championship the first year it switched to stroke play?
a.) Dow Finsterwald
b.) Jay Hebert
c.) Gary Player
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BONUS: Name the only player to win and lose the PGA Championship in a playoff?
a.) Lanny Wadkins
b.) Steve Elkington
c.) Julius Boros
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ANSWERS:
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. c
6. b
7. a
8. a
9. b
10. c
11. c
12. c
13. b
14. c
15. c
16. c
17. b
18. a
Bonus: a
