Now You Know Golf

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  • Author: Lennox, Doug
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    Everybody seems to be a golfer or at least knows someone who is. The game is one of the world’s most popular sports, and now Doug Lennox, the links pro of Q&A, hits the green with a barrage of golfing trivia on everything from albatrosses and barkies to Vardon grips and zingers. All the titans, male and female, take a swing, including Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Kathy Whitworth, Vijay Singh, Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie, and, of course, Tiger Woods.What is the oldest playing golf course in the world?Where was golf invented?How does the term sandbagger connect golf with criminals?What member of British royalty introducedgolf to Continental Europe?Who was the first female golfer to compete in a major men’s professional match?What type of golf club did astronaut Alan Shepard use on the moon?

    Genre: Informational works, Sports and recreation
    Original Publisher: Toronto , Dundurn
    Language(s): English

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Everybody seems to be a golfer or at least knows someone who is. The game is one of the world’s most popular sports, and now Doug Lennox, the links pro of Q&A, hits the green with a barrage of golfing trivia on everything from albatrosses and barkies to Vardon grips and zingers. All the titans, male and female, take a swing, including Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Kathy Whitworth, Vijay Singh, Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie, and, of course, Tiger Woods.What is the oldest playing golf course in the world?Where was golf invented?How does the term sandbagger connect golf with criminals?What member of British royalty introducedgolf to Continental Europe?Who was the first female golfer to compete in a major men’s professional match?What type of golf club did astronaut Alan Shepard use on the moon?

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Informational works
Sports and recreation
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Toronto

Dundurn

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