# The Majors · Golf Level 10: Professional

Golf · Level 10: Professional · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/golf/level-10/the-majors/)

The Majors in Golf (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: the men's majors; venues and traditions; and more.

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

## Test 1: The men's majors

- Played in that order since 2019. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- At Augusta National in Georgia. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Usually the first full week. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Kept at the club after the first year. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- The association of club professionals. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Named after Rodman Wanamaker. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- 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))
- April, May, June and July. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- 1860, 1895, 1916 and 1934. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- First given to the champion in 1949. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))

## Test 2: Venues and traditions

- The champion chooses the menu. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Families often caddie. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Named by the writer Herbert Warren Wind. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Ten courses in recent years. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Thirty times by 2022. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Par is meant to be a good score. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Amateurs must make the cut to win it. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- The week builds to Sunday. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- St Andrews leads; Prestwick hosted the early ones. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Rae's Creek runs through it. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))

## Test 3: Winning a major

- With a cut after 36 holes. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Played on the 18th and 10th holes. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Then sudden death if still tied. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- It is now two holes, aggregate score. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Since 2000. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- A small group of players has done it. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- After a play-off with Justin Rose. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Sudden death, then two, three and four holes. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- The cut halves the field after 36 holes. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Not necessarily in the same year. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))

## Test 4: The women's majors

- Since 2013. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Named after the singer who hosted it. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Sponsored by KPMG. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Played at Evian-les-Bains in France. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- On a course in England, Scotland or Wales. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- At The Club at Carlton Woods. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- Her first major title. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- 1946, 1955, 1983 and 2013. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- The same tournament under four sponsors. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))
- A tradition begun by Amy Alcott in 1988. (Source: Major championship records and rules (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A))

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.

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