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Associated Press
Wednesday, August 16

Forward tees (1 point)
1. What is the name of the PGA Championship trophy?

2. Which two players have won the most PGAs?

3. Who are the only two players to win every major but the PGA?

4. Ten of the last 12 winners made the PGA Championship their first major. Who are the two exceptions?

5. Ben Hogan won The Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in 1953. How did he fare at the PGA?

6. Who was the youngest PGA champion?

Middle tees (3 points)
7. Who was the last wire-to-wire winner in the PGA Championship?

8. The PGA record for largest margin of victory is seven strokes. Name the winner.

9. Give the last name of the only brothers to win the PGA.

10. Who was the last man to successfully defend his PGA Championship?

11. Who was the oldest man to win the PGA?

12. The last time a lefthander led the PGA Championship after 54 was in 1996 at Valhalla. Name him.

Championship tees (5 points)
13. Name the course on which the first PGA Championship was played in 1916.

14. Who holds the PGA Championship record for the greatest comeback?

15. The PGA Championship was the first major to go to a sudden-death playoff. Name the year and the winner.

16. Before Nick Price in 1994, who was the last man to win the British Open and the PGA in the same year?

17. What was unique about the way Raymond Floyd won his two PGA Championships?

18. The last time the PGA was won by a score over par was in 1972. Name the winner and the course.

19th hole (10-point bonus)
Since the PGA Club Pro championship began in 1968, only one winner has gone on to finish in the top 10 of the PGA Championship. Who was he?

Answers
1. The Wanamaker Trophy.
2. Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus each won five times.
3. Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer.
4. Nick Price ('94) and Tiger Woods ('99).
5. Hogan did not play the PGA Championship because the British Open was played at the same time.
6. Gene Sarazen, who was 20 years, 5 months old in 1922.
7. Hal Sutton.
8. Jack Nicklaus.
9. Lionel Hebert (1957) and Jay Hebert (1960).
10. Denny Shute, 1936-37.
11. Julius Boros.
12. Russ Cochran.
13. Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, N.Y.
14. John Mahaffey in 1978. He trailed Tom Watson by seven strokes in the final round, then beat Watson and Jerry Pate on the second hole of a playoff.
15. Lanny Wadkins beat Gene Littler on the third extra hole in 1977.
16. Walter Hagen in 1924.
17. He won both of them wire-to-wire, in 1969 and 1982.
18. Gary Player had a 1-over 281 at Oakland Hills.
Bonus: Sam Snead, who was 60 when he tied for fourth in 1972.

Scoring
50-61: Grand Slam.
40-49: Wanamaker Trophy.
30-39: Solid Pro.
20-29: Amateur Status.
10-19: Back to the range.
0-9: Sell the clubs.