Quiz! Can You Even Call Yourself A Golfer If You Can't Answer All These Questions Correctly?

We think any true golfer will know the answer to these 10 questions. Can you answer them?

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This golf quiz is designed to test whether you can truly call yourself a golfer.

There are many ways to tell that you are a true golfer, such as how you cannot see a stretch of rolling landscape without wondering what kind of golf holes you might design over it or that every pair of trousers you own has either tees or a ball marker, or both, in the pockets.

But there are also things no self-respecting golfer would not know the answer to. There are lots of courses named the Old Course in the world, but to say the Old Course you just know that means St Andrews if you are a golfer.

You know also that the modern style of golf course has developed from this layout. You don’t think to question how the Old Course has become a template when it is quirky, and unlike modern courses, in so many ways.

For example, it has only two par 3s, and two par 5s whereas the typical par-72 layout has four of each. It has seven sprawling double greens, when it is rare to find even one on other courses. But it is why the oldest Major in the world is played over 18 holes.

Below are ten multiple choice questions. if you cannot answer them correctly, you’ll have to question yourself as to whether you can truly call yourself a golfer.

10 Questions To Determine Whether You Can Call Yourself A True Golfer

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Roderick Easdale
Roderick Easdale

Contributing Writer Roderick is the author of the critically acclaimed comic golf novel, Summer At Tangents. Golf courses and travel are Roderick’s particular interests. He writes travel articles and general features for the magazine, travel supplement and website. He also compiles the magazine's crossword. He is a member of Trevose Golf & Country Club and has played golf in around two dozen countries. Cricket is his other main sporting love. He is also the author of five non-fiction books, four of which are still in print: The Novel Life of PG Wodehouse; The Don: Beyond Boundaries; Wally Hammond: Gentleman & Player and England’s Greatest Post-War All Rounder.

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