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Golf · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.1

The Majors

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

The game's biggest events: the four men's majors, their venues and traditions, how they are won, and the women's majors.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The men's majorsTake a test

  1. Played in that order since 2019.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  2. At Augusta National in Georgia.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  3. Usually the first full week.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  4. Kept at the club after the first year.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  5. The association of club professionals.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  6. Named after Rodman Wanamaker.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  7. On courses in the rota in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  8. April, May, June and July.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

  9. 1860, 1895, 1916 and 1934.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  10. First given to the champion in 1949.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

Test 2Venues and traditionsTake a test

  1. The champion chooses the menu.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  2. Families often caddie.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  3. Named by the writer Herbert Warren Wind.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  4. Ten courses in recent years.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  5. Thirty times by 2022.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  6. Par is meant to be a good score.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  7. Amateurs must make the cut to win it.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  8. The week builds to Sunday.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  9. St Andrews leads; Prestwick hosted the early ones.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  10. Rae's Creek runs through it.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

Test 3Winning a majorTake a test

  1. With a cut after 36 holes.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  2. Played on the 18th and 10th holes.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  3. Then sudden death if still tied.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  4. It is now two holes, aggregate score.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  5. Since 2000.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  6. A small group of players has done it.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  7. After a play-off with Justin Rose.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  8. Sudden death, then two, three and four holes.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

  9. The cut halves the field after 36 holes.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  10. Not necessarily in the same year.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

Test 4The women's majorsTake a test

  1. Since 2013.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  2. Named after the singer who hosted it.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  3. Sponsored by KPMG.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  4. Played at Evian-les-Bains in France.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  5. On a course in England, Scotland or Wales.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  6. At The Club at Carlton Woods.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  7. Her first major title.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  8. 1946, 1955, 1983 and 2013.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

  9. The same tournament under four sponsors.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  10. A tradition begun by Amy Alcott in 1988.

    Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

Sources

Major championship, tour, team competition and Olympic records (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A, PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET, IGF, IOC), the world rankings and the World Golf Hall of Fame; only settled facts used as keys; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A)40