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Golf · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.4

The Modern Era

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

Golf since the 1940s: Hogan, Snead and Nelson, the Big Three, Europe and the global game, and the Tiger Woods era.

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 Big ThreeTake a test

  1. Their rivalry helped bring golf to television.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  2. Still the record.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  3. In 1961.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  4. They followed him in their thousands.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  5. He founded IMG.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  6. In 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1964.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  7. His sixth Green Jacket.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  8. 1958, 1961 and 1962.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  9. 18, 15, 11 and 9.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  10. Eighteen majors.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

Test 2Hogan, Snead and NelsonTake a test

  1. The Masters, the US Open and the Open.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  2. Doctors feared he might not walk again.

    Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories) · recall

  3. In 1953, his one appearance.

    Source: The Open Championship records (The R&A) · recall

  4. A record later equalled by Tiger Woods.

    Source: PGA Tour records · recall

  5. He finished second four times.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  6. Eighteen wins in the season in all.

    Source: PGA Tour records · recall

  7. For his cool, silent manner.

    Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories) · recall

  8. 1945, 1949 and 1953.

    Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories) · recall

  9. 82, 73, 64 and 62.

    Source: PGA Tour records · recall

  10. A famous photograph caught the moment.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

Test 3Europe and the worldTake a test

  1. In 1980, aged 23.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  2. Including three in a row.

    Source: The Open Championship records (The R&A) · recall

  3. He beat Tiger Woods at the 2009 PGA Championship.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  4. At the 2021 Masters.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  5. At Congressional, with a record score.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  6. He later dominated senior golf.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  7. At Royal Lytham, the first of three.

    Source: The Open Championship records (The R&A) · recall

  8. 1979, 1985, 2009 and 2021.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  9. Europe from 1979.

    Source: Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories) · recall

  10. He was given free relief and pitched close.

    Source: The Open Championship records (The R&A) · applied

Test 4Tiger Woods and afterTake a test

  1. By 12 shots, a record margin.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  2. From the 2000 US Open to the 2001 Masters.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  3. A record margin in a major.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  4. His fifth Green Jacket.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  5. After a 19-hole play-off.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  6. Team events over 54 holes.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  7. The fourth Spaniard to win it.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  8. 1997, 2000, 2008 and 2019.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · recall

  9. 2001, 2022 and 2023.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

  10. Not in one calendar year, so given its own name.

    Source: Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A) · applied

Sources

Golf histories and museum records (R&A, USGA, World Golf Hall of Fame), Open and major championship records, PGA Tour and LPGA records; only settled facts used as keys; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • Major championship records (Masters, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A)25
  • General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)4
  • Golf histories (R&A and USGA museums; World Golf Hall of Fame; club histories)4
  • The Open Championship records (The R&A)4
  • PGA Tour records3