Golf Masters I Quiz

Ok, it looks rather depressingly as if Tiger is going to win yet again, but tommo has been looking up the past winners of this competition and points are on offer for a) recognition b) well-known nicknames c) nationality and d) the years the pictured player won.

Here's the first lot of 10, all non-Americans, and we start with the greatest player ever never to have won the Masters.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

That's it ! Good luck !

[CraigC]

1. Greg Norman (Australia), the great white shark, errmm, never won it. :)

2. Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain), Ollie, 1994, 1999

3. Bernard Langer (Germany), - , 1994

4.

5. Severiano Ballesteros (Spain), Seve, 1985

6. Sandy Lyle (Scotland), - , 1988

7. Sergio Garcia (Spain), never?

8. Ian Woosnam (Wales), Woosie, 1990

9.

10. Gary Player (South Africa), - , 1974

Will score you later on, Craig.
I'm otherwise engaged at the moment - watching the golf !!!! ;)
Retief Goosen in the lead at the moment, but you can never write Tiger off, and he's only half-way round.

Have amended quiz for extra points for the nationalities of non-U.S. players.

[CraigC]

No probs, I'm at work and will be here until 7 tomorrow morning!

Current leaderboard:-
R Sabbatini SA +2 13
R Goosen SA +3 12
Z Johnson +3 11
S Appleby Aus +3 9
T Woods +4 9
J Rose Eng +4 11

In between watching the golf and trying not to work I'll see if I can put together an ICC World Cup quiz.

[NigelS]

9) Is Vijay Singh - Fijian, winner in 2000 at a guess.

4) Is it Jesper Parnevik, never won it, and Swedish

Had bets on Tim Clark (150-1), and Luke Donald (50-1) both looked good to make me money at times but neither took their chances.

Okay guys, a couple of false identifications there, 4 is not Parnevik and 7 is not Garcia. All pictured are past winners, apart from no.1 who in spite of being dominant for several years, never managed to add the green jacket to his collection.

Nigel gets 3pts for his answer on Vijay Singh.
Craig gets 3pts for Norman, 5pts for Olazabal, 2pts for Langer (the year is wrong), 3pts for Ballesteros (again, wrong year), 3pts for Lyle, 3pts for Woosnam (one year out) and 3pts for Player, 1974 being correct for one of the three years he won it.

So 4) and 7) still to get, plus two years each for 3 (Langer), 5 (Seve) and 10 (Player)

Leaderboard:

1. CraigC 22pts
2. NigelS 3pts

[Mark James]

Is no.4 Nick Faldo?

And no.7 Mike Weir?

Spot on, Mark.
Extra points if you can tell me the years they won.

Leaderboard:

1. CraigC 22pts
2. NigelS 3pts
3. MarkJ 2pts

[NigelS]

Faldo won in 1996 I think and twice in a row - I am guessing here 1990/91. I remember because he couldn't award himself the green jacket. Tiger Woods also retained the title and so did Nicklaus - the only 3 players to do so.

Can score you 3pts for that, Nigel: Thats 1pt for 1996, one point for one of Faldo's other years (not saying which !) and a bonus point for the other bit of trivia.

Leaderboard:

1. CraigC 22pts
2. NigelS 6pts
3. MarkJ 2pts

A recap on what's left:

The years won by Langer (2); Faldo (1st only of 3); Ballesteros (2); Mike Weir (1); Woosnam (1) and Player (1st and 3rd time of 3); Nationality of Mike Weir. Ten points going begging.

[CraigC]

Some guesses then (plus one def)
3. 1993
4. 1989
5. 1986
7. 2002 - plus Mike Weir is Canadian
8. 1991


Yes, 200!! Only 300 to go :'(

3) correct
4) correct
5) out by a few years
7) Canadian correct, year out by one
8) correct

4 additional points there for you, Craig.

1. CraigC 26pts
2. NigelS 6pts
3. MarkJ 2pts

[WolfLord]

3. 1985
5.1980, 1983
7.2003
10.1961, 1978

All precise and entirely correct, Wolfman, for the last six available points.

Quiz finished:

1. CraigC 26pts
2= NigelS 6pts
2= Wolfman 6pts
4. MarkJ 2pts