Santa Maria Golf Academy
Champions Golf Quizzes for Kids
QUIZ #1 – 20 Questions
GOOD LUCK!
1. If you score a 3 on a par 4, what did you make? 
A. Bogey
B. Par
C. Birdie
D. Eagle
2. True or False: After playing a round of golf, you should always shake hands with the people you played with.
TRUE or FALSE
3. How many holes are on a regulation golf course?
A. 10 holes
B. 16 holes
C. 18 holes
D. 22 holes
4. Who plays first:
A. The player closest to the hole.
B. The player farthest from the hole.
5. Name 3 parts of the golf club:
__________ _________ _________ Extra Credit:________________
6. True or False: Running on the putting green is okay!
TRUE or FALSE
7. True or False: A putting stroke is made with a lot of hand action, active legs, and very little shoulder motion.
TRUE or FALSE
8. When you align yourself to hit a full golf shot, what should be lined up with the flag?
A. Your Feet
B. Your Golf Club
9. True or False: Stretching before you play is not necessary.
TRUE or FALSE
10. Where do you place your coin or marker on the green when you mark your ball?
A. Directly In front of your ball
B. Directly Behind your ball
C. To the side of the ball
D. Any of the above
11. Where should you stand while someone else is putting?
A. Right behind the hole so you can watch the ball go in the hole.
B. Out of the player’s line of sight.
C. Side by side with the players putting.
12. When using a 7 iron for a full swing shot, place the ball:
A. In the middle of your feet
B. In front of your foot closest to the target
C. Next to your back foot
13. Which club should you start with when you practice on the Driving Range :
A. Full swings with the Putter
B. 2 iron
C. Pitching Wedge
14. If you score a 6 on a Par 5, what did you make?
A. Birdie
B. Double Bogey
C. Par
D. Bogey
15. True or False: It is against the rules to clean your ball off with a towel when your ball is on the putting green.
TRUE or FALSE
16. When playing golf, do you want to have the lowest score or the highest score?
A. Highest
B. Lowest
17. Who plays first on the next hole?
A. The player who made a Par
B. The player who made a Bogey
C. The player who made a Birdie
D. The player who made A Double Bogey
18. When you grip the golf club should your hands be close together or separated by at least 5 inches?
A. Separated by at least 5 inches
B. Close Together
19. How many clubs – maximum – are you allowed to carry in your golf bag?
A. 12
B. 10
C. 4
D. 14
20. Which club, when hit, should make the ball travel the furthest?
A. 7 iron
B. 6 iron
C. 8 iron
QUIZ #2
Birdie Level Exam A
20 Questions – GOOD LUCK!
1. Can you use another player’s club to hit a golf shot?
A. Yes
B. No
2. True or False: You should chip with your sand wedge and pitch with your 4 iron?
TRUE or FALSE
3. True or False: Pitching is a high lofted shot, while chipping is a low running shot?
TRUE or FALSE
4. On the 3rd tee, who has the “honor”?
A. The player who made a birdie on the second hole.
B. The player who made par on the second hole.
C. The player who made bogey on the second hole..
5. Name 3 areas on the golf course?
1. __________________ 2. __________________ 3. __________________
6. True or False: You should mark your golf ball with a bright colored tee, so you can see it from a long distance?.
TRUE or FALSE
7. True or False: When taking a penalty drop, you should hold your arm straight out in front of you and just release the ball softly?
TRUE or FALSE
8. There are two main forms of golf competition, they are:
A. Match Play and Stroke Play
B. Fast Play and Slow Play
9. True or False: In stroke play, the winner of stroke play will be the player who has the fewest strokes and the lowest total score by the end of the round of golf?
TRUE or FALSE
10. True or False: In match play, each hole is its own competition, the winner of a match will be the player who wins the most holes by the end of the round of golf?
TRUE or FALSE
11. True or False: It is okay to switch to a clean ball on the putting green of a hole, but you may only use two balls, never three on one hole?
TRUE or FALSE
12. Why are handicap strokes given to players?
A. To make the game fair for everyone to play against each other.
B. To make the person hit more shots.
C. To make the players score closer to 100.
13. True or False: When on the putting green, it is okay to repair spike marks made by your golf shoes?
TRUE or FALSE
14. True or False: When playing a tournament round, the player is responsible for his score to be correct on each hole, the overall total is of less importance?
TRUE or FALSE
15. True or False: After completion of play you should always shake hands with the people you play with and sign one anothers scorecard?
TRUE or FALSE
16. After holing out on the seventh hole during the Buick Invitational Tournament, Tiger Woods practices putting while the group on the next hole finishes teeing off. Is this okay to do?
Yes or No
17. What is more important, a 135 yard drive, or a one-foot putt?
A. A 135 yard drive
B. A one-foot putt
C. Both are equally important
18. If you are right handed and you hit your golf ball that curves from right to left, what kind of shot did you hit?
A. A Draw or Hook
B. A Fade or Slice
19. True or False: For every ball that you hit on the Driving range, you should hit at least the same amount in the short game area.
True or False
20. Who is your favorite golfer?
A. Tiger Woods
B. Sergio Garcia
C. My Dad
D. Vijay Singh
21. After you’ve finished a hole during a normal round of golf, are you allowed to drop the ball on the green and putt it again for practice? While waiting on the tee for the fairway ahead to clear, can you hit short chips to pass the time?
Yes or No
QUIZ #3
Eagle Level Exam A
GOOD LUCK!
1. Who is the last player to have won all 4 majors in his career?
A. John Daly
B. Fred Funk
C. Ernie Els
D. Tiger Woods
2. True or False: You should always have a Pre-Shot Routine?
True or False
3. True or False: While playing from the sand, you should carve a line in the sand about an inch behind the ball, so you know where to try to hit?
True or False
4. In a green side sand trap, you should use which club to escape from the sand?
A. 7 iron
B. 3 wood
C. Putter
D. Sand Wedge
5. True or False: Jack Nicklaus has won more major golf events than anyone else?
True or False
6. True or False: Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus were rivals at one time during their careers?
True or False
7. True or False: Before you decide which club you should use, you should check the wind, check the yardage of the shot to be played, and check the lie the ball has come to rest in?
True or False
8. True or False: You need to tell the person you are playing with immediately, if you have incurred a penalty stroke.
True or False
9. True or False: The teeing ground is the area from which you hit your first shot on a hole?
True or False
10. True or False: From the tee markers you can tee as far back as four club lengths behind the markers?
True or False
11. A good rule of thumb for the short game is:
A. Always slow your swing down at impact when you hit from the sand.
B. Putt when you can, chip when you can’t putt, pitch only when you have to.
C. Ground your club in the sand before you swing for better contact
12. True or False: The game of golf originated in Melbourne, Australia ?
True or False
13. True or False: You should always practice extra hard on your weaknesses, but do not neglect your strengths either.
True or False
14. How many majors has Jack Nicklaus won in his career?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 14
D. 18
15. Name the Four Major Golf Events?
1. The M_______
2. P___ Championship
3. U. S. O___
4. The O___PEN (aka B________ Open Championship)
16. What is a hazard?
A. A bunker
B. A water hazard
C. Both are hazards
17. What is the Big Junior Golf Tournament played in San Diego every year?
A. Junior World
B. Nabisco Junior Finalist Championship
C. Junior Bowl
18. How much time are you allowed to look for a ball that may be lost?
A. 10 minutes
B. 5 minutes
C. As long as you want
19. True or False: If your ball falls off the tee while you are addressing the ball, there is no penalty, but you must now play the ball on the ground and you may not remove the tee.
True or False
20. True or False: On the putting green, you may brush sand, leaves, twigs, and branches out of your line of putt.
True or False
QUIZ #4
GOOD LUCK!
THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWER!!!
1. True or False: When playing a round of golf, you should make sure you do your pre-shot routine on every shot?
True or False
2. True or False: The golf swing in a simple form – is the golf club swinging over your right shoulder on the backswing and down and thru passing over your left shoulder on the follow through.
True or False
3. While playing a round of golf what foods and drinks should you avoid?
A. Soda
B. Candy Bars
C. Water
D. Apples and Bananas
4. How much time should you take to practice and warm-up at the course before a tournament?
A. Less than 30 minutes
B. Between 30-60 minutes
C. A minimum of 60 minutes
5. Name 3 items you should always carry in your bag?
6. If you hit the ball consistently from left to right and there is water on the right side of the fairway, where should you aim your tee shot?
A. Down the left hand side
B. At the edge of the water and try to draw one.
C. Who cares, just grip it and rip it!
7. True or False: You should have a favorite and reliable shot pattern to go to when the pressure gets turned on?
True or False
8. What is the penalty for a ball struck out of bounds?
A. Stroke and Distance
B. One stroke penalty and drop where the ball went out of bounds
9. True or False: When pitching from deep, heavy rough you should grip the club tighter so the club doesn’t open or close through impact?
True or False
10. What is the penalty for playing a wrong ball out of a hazard?
A. Two Strokes
B. One Stroke
C. No Penalty
D. All of the above
11. Which one of these sayings do you believe is true?
A. Eat a cheeseburger while you play, the double bogeys will stay away.
B. For every minute you are not practicing, someone else is practicing and becoming better than you.
C. Take two weeks off and then quit, when you are playing poorly.
12. True or False: You should use a Driver on every Par 4 and every Par 5.
True or False
13. If you are not on the putting green and your ball lays next to your opponents ball, what must you do?
A. The person farthest from the hole must play the ball as it lies, you cannot move the balls.
B. Mark it, pick it up, clean it, replace it.
C. One of you must mark your ball and pick up the ball holding the ball with two fingers only. You may then replace the ball after your opponent has played.
14. True or False: You may remove a lateral water hazard stake if it interferes with your swing?
True or False
15. True or False: Water hazard stakes are painted yellow and lateral water hazard stakes are painted red?
True or False
16. Is there anything in the Rule Book that talks about casual water or embedded golf balls?
Yes or No
17. True or False: In individual stroke play, your Caddie may give you advice, but no one else.
True or False
18. Can you replace a pitch mark made from your ball on the fringe or fairway cut.
Yes or No
19. True or False: You should always swing full, never make a half or 3/4 swing?
True or False
QUIZ #5
1. What is the oldest golf championship in the world?
2. How many holes does a round of golf have?
3. Which golf shot is used for the closest range?
4. What is the oldest golf club institution in the world?
5. Which is the longest and the largest club used in golf?
6. Which country has the largest number of golf courses (per capita)?
7. What is the Golf Champions Tour?
8. What is the maximum weight of an official golf ball?
9. What is the name of the stand for a golf ball?
10. What is known as a “dogleg”?
11. What is another name for a sand trap in golf?
12. Who was the first American to win the British Open golf tournament?
13. Which Asian country is not part of the Asian Golf Tour and has a separate tournament for itself?