Chapter 7: Geography & Culture

They played all four rounds together.

Source: USGA, 1980 US Open · recall

From the rough, 128 yards out.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, 1983 Hawaiian Open · recall

He won 94 times on that tour.

Source: Japan Golf Tour Organization, records · recall

She is known in Japan as Chako.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Hisako Higuchi · recall

It was her first event outside Japan.

Source: The R&A, 2019 AIG Women's British Open · recall

Japan also won the team title with Ono.

Source: Japan Golf Association, history · recall

Prices peaked in the boom of the late 1980s.

Source: Japan Golf Association; Nikkei · recall

From The R&A's count of golf around the world.

Source: The R&A, Golf Around the World (2021) · recall

The lunch break between nines is a custom.

Source: Japan Golf Association, golf in Japan · recall

Japan's highest peak.

Source: Japan National Tourism Organization · recall

He was the first Korean to win on the PGA Tour, in 2002.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, K.J. Choi · recall

He played more events than anyone that year.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide · recall

He loved the show as a boy.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, Tom Kim · recall

Many became major winners themselves.

Source: LPGA; Korea Golf Association · recall

It has hosted PGA Tour and LPGA events.

Source: Korea Tourism Organization · recall

She went on to win the Evian the next year.

Source: USGA, 2015 US Women's Open · recall

Behind Dustin Johnson.

Source: Masters.com, 2020 · recall

1998, 2002, 2009 and 2016.

Source: LPGA; PGA Tour; PGA of America; IGF · recall

1970, 1972, 1977 and 2002.

Source: PGA Tour; LPGA · recall

Pak Se-ri won it in a play-off.

Source: USGA, 1998 US Women's Open · recall

He had won in Singapore the year before.

Source: Masters.com, 2004 · recall

A first European Tour win for a Chinese player.

Source: DP World Tour, player records, 2003 Singapore Masters · recall

At the LPGA Championship.

Source: LPGA, 2012 LPGA Championship · recall

At Royal Birkdale.

Source: The R&A, 2017 Open · recall

Known as Asia's major.

Source: DP World Tour, player records; PGA Tour · recall

Inbee Park took gold.

Source: International Golf Federation, Rio 2016 · recall

China's second major winner after Feng Shanshan.

Source: PGA of America, 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship · recall

1984, 1995, 2004 and 2012.

Source: China Golf Association; Masters.com; LPGA · recall

1965, 1989, 1995 and 1998.

Source: DP World Tour; LPGA · recall

Mission Hills Haikou has many courses there.

Source: Mission Hills Haikou · recall

The falcon is a national symbol of the Emirates.

Source: DP World Tour, player records, Abu Dhabi Championship · recall

Played at Royal Dar Es Salam in Rabat.

Source: Trophée Hassan II, history · recall

Golf has been played there since the 1890s.

Source: Mena House Hotel, history · recall

The first European Tour event in the Gulf.

Source: DP World Tour, player records, Dubai Desert Classic · recall

He won two majors that year.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Nick Price · recall

It runs events across several countries.

Source: Sunshine Tour, history · recall

Both clubs are in Nairobi.

Source: Magical Kenya Open · recall

1989, 1998, 2006 and 2019.

Source: DP World Tour, player records · recall

Morocco, Egypt, Kenya and the Emirates.

Source: Club sites · recall

To promote the Dubai Desert Classic.

Source: Dubai Desert Classic (2004) · recall

He had turned pro only months before.

Source: Ryder Cup Europe (2023) · recall

Stenson, a Swede, had won it in 2013.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, FedEx Cup · recall

Europe won by a point at Gleneagles.

Source: Ladies European Tour, 2019 Solheim Cup · recall

Both have won on that tour.

Source: DP World Tour, player records · recall

Finland's biggest win in men's golf.

Source: DP World Tour, player records, 2014 World Match Play · recall

A ball taken by a raven is replaced.

Source: Yellowknife Golf Club · recall

At first to get a tan on his face.

Source: DP World Tour, player records, Jesper Parnevik · recall

2014, 2019, 2020 and 2023.

Source: DP World Tour, player records; PGA Tour · recall

Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki and Reykjavik.

Source: National statistics offices · recall

Some clubs hold midnight tournaments.

Source: Visit Finland; Visit Norway · recall

He grew up as a caddie in Córdoba.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame; USGA; Masters.com · recall

The Cat; Cabrera was El Pato, the Duck.

Source: DP World Tour, player records, Eduardo Romero · recall

He stretched out low over the green.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, Camilo Villegas · recall

At the Bob Hope Classic.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, 2011 Bob Hope Classic · recall

At Diamante, in Cabo San Lucas.

Source: TGR Design, El Cardonal · recall

On the Caribbean coast near Cancún.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, World Wide Technology Championship history · recall

Set up by the Masters, The R&A and the USGA.

Source: Latin America Amateur Championship, history · recall

1954, 1969, 1982 and 1991.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide; DP World Tour · recall

Sea level up to about 2,600 metres.

Source: National geographic institutes · recall

A Greg Norman design through jungle and mangroves.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide; Mayakoba · recall

At Pinehurst, by two shots.

Source: USGA, 2005 US Open · recall

Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath are among them.

Source: Golf Australia, Melbourne Sandbelt · recall

On its north coast, among potato farms.

Source: Barnbougle, history · recall

With a final-round 64.

Source: The R&A, 2022 Open · recall

He played for the All Blacks.

Source: New Zealand Golf; New Zealand Rugby · recall

At Whistling Straits, at 20 under.

Source: PGA of America, 2015 PGA Championship · recall

Between Tasmania and the mainland.

Source: King Island Golf; Tourism Tasmania · recall

2005, 2013, 2015 and 2022.

Source: USGA; Masters.com; PGA of America; The R&A · recall

1925, 1931, 2004 and 2015.

Source: Golf Australia; club sites · recall

Tom Doak designed it above Hawke's Bay.

Source: Cape Kidnappers, Rosewood · recall

He had joined the European Tour in 1998.

Source: Masters.com, 2007 · recall

Milkha Singh was known as the Flying Sikh.

Source: Olympics.com, Milkha Singh · recall

At the Wyndham Championship, from a Monday qualifier.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, 2010 Wyndham Championship · recall

One shot off a medal.

Source: International Golf Federation, Tokyo 2020 · recall

Ariya had reached number one in 2017.

Source: Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings · recall

It is under snow in winter.

Source: Jammu and Kashmir Tourism · recall

A former paratrooper.

Source: Asian Tour, Order of Merit history · recall

1971, 1973, 1987 and 1998.

Source: Asian Tour; LPGA · recall

Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

Source: National mapping agencies · recall

Some of the tombs are centuries older than golf there.

Source: Delhi Golf Club, history · recall

A shot was called 'a bird of a shot'.

Source: USGA Museum, golf terms · recall

First used for the ground score in the 1890s.

Source: Oxford English Dictionary; British Golf Museum · recall

A younger son, or a junior soldier.

Source: Oxford English Dictionary; British Golf Museum · recall

David Mulligan is said to have replayed a bad tee shot.

Source: USGA Museum, golf terms · recall

From Old English hlinc, a ridge.

Source: Oxford English Dictionary; The R&A · recall

The niblick was nearer a 9-iron.

Source: British Golf Museum, club names · recall

He blamed them for ending his tournament career.

Source: USGA Museum, golf terms · recall

One, two, three and four under par.

Source: The R&A, golf terms · recall

Old English, the 1600s, 1903 and the 1920s.

Source: Oxford English Dictionary; USGA Museum · recall

Roughly a 2-wood today.

Source: British Golf Museum, club names · recall

Popular on courses in the 1920s.

Source: British Golf Museum, golf clothing · recall

He won three majors.

Source: World Golf Hall of Fame, Payne Stewart · recall

He owned hundreds of pairs of shoes in every colour.

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

He later started his own clothing brand.

Source: The R&A, 2004 Open · recall

Not in tournament rounds.

Source: PGA Tour, media guide, dress code · recall

Flowers, stars and stripes in every colour.

Source: Loudmouth Golf, history · recall

Smart without a collar.

Source: Nike Golf; PGA Tour · recall

1800s, 1920s, mid-1900s and 2000s.

Source: British Golf Museum, golf clothing · recall

The look of the 1920s and 1930s.

Source: British Golf Museum, golf clothing · recall

Named after the lands of a Scottish clan.

Source: British Golf Museum, golf clothing · recall