PowerPin Golf #7

Question 1

Tiger Woods used his driver only once all week to win the 2006 Open on a baked course, then wept on his caddie's shoulder in memory of his father, who had died in May. Where?

Accepted Answer

Royal Liverpool, Hoylake. It was the course's first Open since 1967. Woods won by two from Chris DiMarco.

Question 2

Scottie Scheffler won the 2025 Open by four shots for his fourth major, having said beforehand that winning golf tournaments did not fulfil him. Where?

Accepted Answer

Royal Portrush, County Antrim. Scheffler led by four after 54 holes and was never challenged. Harris English finished second.

Question 3

Dustin Johnson, the 2016 US Open and 2020 Masters champion, was born in which state capital of South Carolina?

Accepted Answer

Columbia, South Carolina. Johnson's 20 under par at the November Masters of 2020 was a tournament record. He was world number one for more than 100 weeks.

Question 4

Which Aberdeenshire links, with huge dunes and blind shots, lies below the ruins of Slains Castle, which Bram Stoker visited and which is said to have inspired Dracula?

Accepted Answer

Cruden Bay Golf Club, Aberdeenshire. The course was laid out by Old Tom Morris and Archie Simpson for a railway hotel in 1899. The hotel is gone; the course is often ranked among the best in Scotland.

Question 5

The first US Open was played over nine holes four times in one day in October 1895, in Rhode Island, and won by Horace Rawlins, a 21-year-old Englishman. Where?

Accepted Answer

Newport Country Club, Rhode Island. It was held the day after the US Amateur, which was considered the main event. Rawlins won $150.

PowerPin Golf #7 answers

Tiger Woods used his driver only once all week to win the 2006 Open on a baked course, then wept on his caddie's shoulder in memory of his father, who had died in May. Where?

Scottie Scheffler won the 2025 Open by four shots for his fourth major, having said beforehand that winning golf tournaments did not fulfil him. Where?

Dustin Johnson, the 2016 US Open and 2020 Masters champion, was born in which state capital of South Carolina?

Which Aberdeenshire links, with huge dunes and blind shots, lies below the ruins of Slains Castle, which Bram Stoker visited and which is said to have inspired Dracula?

The first US Open was played over nine holes four times in one day in October 1895, in Rhode Island, and won by Horace Rawlins, a 21-year-old Englishman. Where?