Chapter 4: Clubs & Courses

Fruitland Nurseries, run by the Berckmans family.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

He ran the club and the Masters as chairman until 1976.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

Every hole is named after a tree or shrub.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

Amateurs in the Masters may stay there during the week.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

With the player's name on the back.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

Mobile phones are banned for them.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

The club was founded in 1932.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club (2012), statement on new members · recall

The 1st, 5th, 12th and 18th.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

The 12th, 13th, 15th and 17th.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

About sixty trees line the lane.

Source: Augusta National Golf Club; Masters.com, course and history · recall

The 5th shares with the 13th, the 2nd with the 16th.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

It is new only next to the Old.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

It opened in 1897.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

Walkers and dog owners use it.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

Names are drawn the day before.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

A charity set up by Act of Parliament in 1974.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

The outward holes have white flags.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

Centuries ago, then 1895, 1897 and 2008.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

The 1st, 4th, 10th and 14th.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

Champions stop on it for photographs.

Source: St Andrews Links Trust, courses and history · recall

Samuel Morse built it for his resort.

Source: Pebble Beach Company, history of the courses · recall

Both were amateur champions.

Source: Pebble Beach Company, history of the courses · recall

Nicklaus finished second.

Source: USGA, championship venues, 1982 US Open · recall

Koepka was three shots behind.

Source: USGA, championship venues, 2019 US Open · recall

Robert Louis Stevenson walked this coast.

Source: Pebble Beach Company, history of the courses, Spyglass Hill · recall

Arnold Palmer was another of the owners.

Source: Pebble Beach Company, history of the courses · recall

Lanny Wadkins won it.

Source: PGA of America, PGA Championship history · recall

1972, 1992, 2000 and 2010.

Source: USGA, championship venues, US Open history · recall

1919, 1928 and 1966.

Source: Pebble Beach Company, history of the courses; Cypress Point Club · recall

It stands beside the 17-Mile Drive.

Source: Pebble Beach Company, history of the courses · recall

A Donald Ross links by the Atlantic.

Source: Seminole Golf Club, history · recall

On three of its courses, from 1903 to 1993.

Source: USGA, championship venues, Baltusrol Golf Club · recall

Hale Irwin won at seven over par.

Source: USGA, championship venues, 1974 US Open · recall

One of the five clubs that founded the USGA.

Source: Chicago Golf Club, history; USGA, championship venues · recall

On Long Island.

Source: USGA, championship venues, Shinnecock Hills · recall

Over 200 metres of ocean and rock.

Source: Cypress Point Club; USGA Golf Journal · recall

In Westchester County, north of the city.

Source: Winged Foot Golf Club, history · recall

1891, 1903, 1913 and 1932.

Source: USGA, championship venues; club histories · recall

Long Island, New Jersey, Georgia and central Florida.

Source: USGA, championship venues; club histories · recall

Nobody can read the wind from them.

Source: USGA, championship venues, Merion Golf Club · recall

Max Faulkner won it.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history · recall

By six shots.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 2019 Open · recall

The course lies at Newcastle, County Down.

Source: Royal County Down Golf Club, history · recall

When they shelter by the clubhouse, rain is coming.

Source: Lahinch Golf Club, history · recall

A course record in the North of Ireland Championship.

Source: Royal Portrush Golf Club, course records · recall

Holes run along the cliff edges.

Source: Old Head Golf Links, history · recall

Named after a nearby castle; Valley is the second course.

Source: Royal Portrush Golf Club, courses · recall

1881, 1888, 1889 and 1892.

Source: Golfing Union of Ireland; club histories · recall

1947, 2007, 2010 and 2011.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history; USGA, championship venues · recall

The stone is moved when the hole is.

Source: Lahinch Golf Club, the Old Course · recall

Hogan found a narrow line down it in 1953.

Source: Carnoustie Golf Links, Championship Course · recall

He needed a double bogey to win and took seven.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 1999 Open · recall

He came from ten shots back on the last day.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 1999 Open · recall

Narrow fairways and very deep rough.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 1999 Open · recall

He beat Phil Mickelson by three shots.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 2016 Open · recall

Fifty years after his first Open there.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 1973 Open · recall

The Open returned to Muirfield's list soon after.

Source: The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (2017) · recall

1931, 1953, 1975 and 2018.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history · recall

1948, 1959, 1966 and 2013.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history · recall

Players must carry it or play short.

Source: Prestwick Golf Club, the course · recall

The first of his five Open wins.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 1894 Open · recall

He hit irons off the tee on the fast links.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 2006 Open · recall

Mickelson and Johnson shared second.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, 2011 Open · recall

He went on to win the Open that week.

Source: Royal Birkdale Golf Club, history · recall

Thirty-three shots and thirty-three putts.

Source: Sunningdale Golf Club, history · recall

Houses and a railway surround it.

Source: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, history · recall

On the Kent coast.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history, Royal St George's · recall

1894, 1897, 1926 and 1954.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history · recall

1954, 1961, 1971 and 2017.

Source: The R&A, Open venues and history · recall

At Westward Ho!, since 1864.

Source: Royal North Devon Golf Club, history · recall

About 3,970 metres up, in Sikkim.

Source: Guinness World Records, highest golf course · recall

Often called the lowest course on Earth.

Source: National Park Service, Death Valley; The Oasis at Death Valley · recall

One hole in each roadside town or roadhouse.

Source: Nullarbor Links, official site · recall

Just south of the Arctic Circle.

Source: Golfklúbbur Akureyrar, Arctic Open · recall

The Louisiana State Penitentiary's Prison View course.

Source: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Prison View Golf Course · recall

Players wait for planes to land.

Source: Royal Thai Air Force, Kantarat Golf Course · recall

They use glowing balls on courses with no grass.

Source: Coober Pedy Opal Fields Golf Club · recall

Below sea level, by the sea, about 3,300 and about 3,970 metres.

Source: Guinness World Records; club sites · recall

Iceland, Thailand, then central and southern Australia.

Source: Club and tourism sites · recall

At Uummannaq, with greens of packed snow.

Source: Visit Greenland, World Ice Golf Championship · recall

Tom Fazio planted thousands of trees there.

Source: MGM Resorts, Shadow Creek history · recall

Courses there had been sand before.

Source: Emirates Golf Club, history · recall

White peaks rise over the Majlis course.

Source: Emirates Golf Club, history · recall

Pete Dye designed it.

Source: PGA West, Stadium Course · recall

Golf there is walking only.

Source: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, policies · recall

Ninety holes across several desert courses.

Source: PGA Tour, The American Express history · recall

Watered from deep wells and canals.

Source: Visit Greater Palm Springs, golf · recall

1895, 1919, about 1990 and 1999.

Source: Resort histories · recall

Five, ten and twelve.

Source: Resort sites · recall

The putter's shadow tells the time.

Source: Pinehurst Resort, history · recall

On the first tee of the Old Course at eight in the morning.

Source: The R&A, club traditions · recall

Caddies stand down the fairway where they think it will land.

Source: The R&A, club traditions · recall

A custom since the 18th century.

Source: The R&A, club traditions · recall

Run by the Ladies' Putting Club since 1867.

Source: St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club · recall

Often with a dinner and prizes from the captain.

Source: England Golf, club competitions guide · recall

Common at rural nine-hole courses.

Source: Scottish Golf, club guide · recall

Partners hitting alternate shots keep rounds quick.

Source: The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, history · recall

The caddie who gets it keeps a reward.

Source: The R&A, club traditions · recall

1754, 1867 and 1902.

Source: The R&A, club traditions; club histories · recall

Held by the R&A and many clubs.

Source: The R&A, club traditions · recall