PowerPin Golf #8 answers
Friday, 30 October 2026
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Ariya Jutanugarn, the first Thai golfer to win a major, at the 2016 Women's British Open, is from which capital city, where she learned the game on a course beside her parents' shop?
Answer: Bangkok, Thailand
Jutanugarn won two majors and reached world number one in 2017. Her sister Moriya also plays on the LPGA Tour.
Darren Clarke, the 2011 Open champion and 2016 Ryder Cup captain, is from which County Tyrone town?
Answer: Dungannon, County Tyrone
Clarke beat Tiger Woods in the final of the 2000 World Match Play. He now lives in the Bahamas and Portrush.
Europe won the Solheim Cup for the first time in 1992 at a Scottish hotel course, with Laura Davies winning three points. Where?
Answer: Dalmahoy, Edinburgh
Europe had been heavy underdogs and won 11½-6½. Catrin Nilsmark holed the winning putt.
Which private California course has a par-three 16th played 230 yards across the Pacific Ocean, and hosted the Walker Cup in 2025?
Answer: Cypress Point Club, California
Alister MacKenzie designed it in 1928. It dropped out of the Pebble Beach pro-am in 1991 rather than admit members it did not want.
Which Southern California club, known as Hogan's Alley after Ben Hogan won three times there in 18 months, has a short par-four 10th admired the world over?
Answer: Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles
Hogan won the 1948 US Open there. Its 10th is one of the most admired short par fours in the world.