PowerPin Golf #2

Question 1

Rory McIlroy won his home Irish Open for the first time in 2016, with an eagle at the 16th and a birdie at the last, at the County Kildare course that had staged the 2006 Ryder Cup. Where?

Accepted Answer

The K Club, Straffan. McIlroy gave his winnings to charity. The club has a long-term deal to host the Irish Open in 2023, 2025 and 2027.

Question 2

Justin Leonard came from five shots behind with a closing 65 to win the 1997 Open, overtaking Jesper Parnevik and Darren Clarke, on the Ayrshire course with the Postage Stamp. Where?

Accepted Answer

Royal Troon, Ayrshire. Leonard, 25, had won the US Amateur in 1992. Two years later he holed the putt at Brookline that brought the American team running onto the green.

Question 3

Lee Westwood, who reached world number one in 2010 without a major, is from which Nottinghamshire town, where his father was a maths teacher?

Accepted Answer

Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Westwood played in 11 Ryder Cups. He finished in the top three of all four majors.

Question 4

Australia's Minjee Lee won the 2022 US Women's Open by four shots at a Donald Ross course near Pinehurst in North Carolina, hosting the championship for the fourth time. Where?

Accepted Answer

Pine Needles, North Carolina. Lee's first prize of $1.8 million was then the biggest in women's golf. Annika Sörenstam had won there in 1996.

Question 5

Sam Snead, winner of a record 82 PGA Tour events with the sweetest swing in golf, came from the hills around which Virginia spa town, where he was professional at the Homestead resort?

Accepted Answer

Hot Springs, Virginia. Snead played barefoot as a boy and shot his age dozens of times. He never won the US Open, finishing second four times.

PowerPin Golf #2 answers

Rory McIlroy won his home Irish Open for the first time in 2016, with an eagle at the 16th and a birdie at the last, at the County Kildare course that had staged the 2006 Ryder Cup. Where?

Justin Leonard came from five shots behind with a closing 65 to win the 1997 Open, overtaking Jesper Parnevik and Darren Clarke, on the Ayrshire course with the Postage Stamp. Where?

Lee Westwood, who reached world number one in 2010 without a major, is from which Nottinghamshire town, where his father was a maths teacher?

Australia's Minjee Lee won the 2022 US Women's Open by four shots at a Donald Ross course near Pinehurst in North Carolina, hosting the championship for the fourth time. Where?

Sam Snead, winner of a record 82 PGA Tour events with the sweetest swing in golf, came from the hills around which Virginia spa town, where he was professional at the Homestead resort?