Chapter 6: Quirky Trivia

Mitchell, his crewmate, threw a scoop handle like a javelin.

Source: NASA, Apollo 14 mission records · recall

He smuggled the head aboard in a sock.

Source: NASA, Apollo 14 mission records; USGA Museum · recall

Made for him by a Houston club pro, Jack Harden.

Source: USGA Museum, Apollo 14 club · recall

Image specialists measured it from mission film.

Source: The R&A and USGA (2021), Apollo 14 image study · recall

He gave it to the USGA in the 1970s.

Source: USGA Museum · recall

The ball was expected to orbit for days before burning up.

Source: NASA (2006), Expedition 14 spacewalk · recall

He could barely turn his shoulders.

Source: NASA, Apollo 14 mission records · recall

1971, 2006 and 2021.

Source: NASA, Apollo 14 mission records; USGA · recall

About 24, 40 and 300 yards.

Source: The R&A and USGA (2021); PGA Tour, media guide · recall

The third crew to land on the Moon.

Source: NASA, Apollo 14 mission records · recall

On the Victorian coast; visitors come to see them.

Source: Anglesea Golf Club · recall

Only a fence separates it from the park.

Source: Hans Merensky Hotel and Estate · recall

A famous local rule beside the Nile.

Source: Uganda Golf Union; Jinja Golf Club · recall

Players can watch them from the tee.

Source: Sun City Resort, Lost City Golf Course · recall

Players are told not to go near the water's edge.

Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · recall

Some clubs have found piles of balls in nests.

Source: RSPB, bird behaviour · recall

In the Rocky Mountains.

Source: Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course · recall

From under a kilo to well over a tonne.

Source: National Geographic, animal facts · recall

Never try to move it yourself.

Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission · recall

They like the watered grass.

Source: Golf Australia · recall

It curved round the trees onto the 10th green.

Source: Masters.com, tournament history · recall

It hung there for a second or two.

Source: Masters.com, tournament history · recall

A 4-iron from the fairway.

Source: Masters.com, tournament history · recall

The air shot counted as a stroke.

Source: The R&A, 1983 Open · recall

It stopped inches away for a birdie.

Source: USGA, 1972 US Open · recall

He jumped up and down in the sand.

Source: PGA of America, 1986 PGA Championship · recall

It bounced off a bunker lip and struck him.

Source: Masters.com, tournament history · recall

1986, 1987, March 1990 and April 1990.

Source: PGA of America; Masters.com; PGA Tour, media guide · recall

1972, 1983, 2005 and 2012.

Source: USGA; Masters.com · recall

The only ace on a par 4 on the PGA Tour at the time.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, 2001 Phoenix Open · recall

The higher score had to stand.

Source: Masters.com, tournament history · recall

It counted as building a stance.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide; USGA, Rules history · recall

The area counted as a bunker that week.

Source: PGA of America, 2010 PGA Championship · recall

Her total was right but one hole was not.

Source: USGA, 1957 US Women's Open · recall

Viewer call-ins were stopped soon after.

Source: LPGA; USGA and The R&A (2017) · recall

As a loose stone it could be moved, however big.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide; USGA, Rules decisions · recall

They forgot to swap cards at the start.

Source: The R&A, 2003 Open · recall

1957, 1968, 1987 and 2010.

Source: USGA; Masters.com; PGA of America · recall

Two strokes, four strokes and disqualification.

Source: PGA of America; LPGA; The R&A · recall

It cost two strokes on the 1st hole.

Source: The R&A, 2001 Open · recall

His mother told him it was his power colour.

Source: TGR, Tiger Woods biography · recall

The colour of Oklahoma State.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide · recall

He also marked his ball with a coin.

Source: Jack Nicklaus, official site · recall

Tradition says the player buys gifts and a party.

Source: General Insurance Association of Japan · recall

He said it cleaned his system.

Source: Golf Digest, Jesper Parnevik profile · recall

Some players stop at eight holes to avoid winning.

Source: Masters.com, tournament history · recall

A shot off the hosel that flies sideways.

Source: PGA of America, golf culture · recall

His famous sword dance.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Chi Chi Rodriguez · recall

Most do the same steps every week.

Source: PGA of America, instruction · recall

Some always use the same coin.

Source: PGA of America, golf culture · recall

On a sponsor's invitation in California.

Source: PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour (2017) · recall

He qualified through a sectional event.

Source: USGA, 2019 US Senior Open · recall

With her husband René Angélil.

Source: Le Mirage Golf Club · recall

He plays most days off a low handicap.

Source: Golf Digest, Alice Cooper interview · recall

So he can play on days off.

Source: Golf Digest, Samuel L. Jackson interview · recall

He grew up near Memphis.

Source: Mirimichi Golf Course · recall

It is now the Farmers Insurance Open.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, Farmers Insurance Open history · recall

1968, 2017, June 2019 and November 2019.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide; USGA; Football Association of Wales · recall

Golf's ball is the smallest of the four.

Source: Governing bodies' equipment rules · recall

It listed his priorities in order.

Source: Football Association of Wales (2019) · recall

His slap-shot swing sends the ball huge distances.

Source: Universal Pictures, Happy Gilmore (1996) · recall

He keeps going for the green over water and holes his last ball.

Source: Warner Bros., Tin Cup (1996) · recall

Will Smith played the caddie.

Source: DreamWorks, The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) · recall

A young amateur who beat two British stars.

Source: Disney, The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) · recall

Filmed at Stoke Park in England.

Source: Eon Productions, Goldfinger (1964) · recall

Glenn Ford played him.

Source: 20th Century Fox, Follow the Sun (1951) · recall

Both won the Open in the 1860s and 1870s.

Source: Tommy's Honour (2016) · recall

1951, 1996, 2000 and 2016.

Source: Film studios' records · recall

He chose glory over a safe lay-up.

Source: Warner Bros., Tin Cup (1996) · recall

Bill Murray played the greenkeeper.

Source: Warner Bros., Caddyshack (1980) · recall

Jerry Heard and Bobby Nichols were hit too.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, 1975 Western Open · recall

It ended his hopes of a Grand Slam that year.

Source: The R&A, 2002 Open · recall

He said it after being struck by lightning.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Lee Trevino · recall

Rubber blades roll the water away.

Source: USGA Green Section · recall

Frozen blades break under feet.

Source: USGA Green Section · recall

Sometimes the event is cut to 54 holes instead.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, regulations · recall

Open fairways offer no cover.

Source: US National Weather Service, lightning safety · recall

1975, 1996 and 2002.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide; The R&A · recall

Each extra club makes up for the wind's effect.

Source: PGA of America, instruction · recall

The balls are often coloured.

Source: Engadin St. Moritz Tourism, Snow Golf · recall

Some holes start in one and end in the other.

Source: Tornio Golf Club (Green Zone Golf) · recall

Finland is an hour ahead of Sweden.

Source: Tornio Golf Club (Green Zone Golf) · recall

A marker post shows the line.

Source: Prestwick Golf Club, the course · recall

In Tierra del Fuego.

Source: Ushuaia Golf Club · recall

Racing and golf share the ground.

Source: Royal Bangkok Sports Club · recall

A bunker waits right behind the hill.

Source: Prestwick Golf Club, the course · recall

Players drag a mat to smooth their line.

Source: Golf Australia, country golf · recall

Finland, Scotland, Thailand and Tierra del Fuego.

Source: Club sites · recall

Par 3, 4, 5 and 7.

Source: Club sites; Masters.com · recall

The Brickyard Crossing course.

Source: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Brickyard Crossing · recall

In full, the Great White Shark.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Greg Norman · recall

For his smooth, relaxed swing.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Ernie Els · recall

The 1992 Masters champion.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Fred Couples · recall

He loves fast cars and fixing them.

Source: DP World Tour, player profile · recall

Tiger came from a friend of his father's.

Source: TGR, Tiger Woods biography · recall

He grew up in Dallas, Texas.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Lee Trevino · recall

He was 19 and pushed Tiger Woods at the PGA.

Source: DP World Tour, player profile · recall

1914, 1958, 1986 and 1994.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame · recall

1912, 1939 and 1980.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame; DP World Tour · recall

His company still uses a bear as its logo.

Source: Jack Nicklaus, official site · recall