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Post by Doon the Water Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:31 pm

First topic message reminder :

I'll start.

Name the only golfer in the world who has won professional tournaments in six decades?

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Post by Maverick Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:24 am

One to ponder for you a fairly simple one. A two parter

Part one: in 1986 which golfer set the record for number of birdies in oneround at the masters with a total number of 10?

Part 2: at the 2009 masters in round 2 who broke this record with 11 birdies?

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Post by Maverick Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:26 am

Ned that's where I was going wrong with my answer initially it wasn't until I googled it and the penny dropped! Still was quite impressed glad I looked as was not aware his record was what it was

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Post by NedB-H Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:35 am

Maverick wrote:Ned that's where I was going wrong with my answer initially it wasn't until I googled it and the penny dropped! Still was quite impressed glad I looked as was not aware his record was what it was
Neither was I til I chanced on it the other day! Thought it would make a good question.


Part 2 is Anthony Kim... can't remember part 1 though...

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Post by mystiroakey Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:40 am

jack nicklaus won that major- but i cant see him making 10 birdies at that age,

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Post by Maverick Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:51 am

Kim is correct... But no not Jack

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Post by kwinigolfer Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:00 am

Nick Price?

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Post by Maverick Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:08 am

Not nick price

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Post by boyhyde Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:26 am

Ned - is the answer to your question Jeff Maggert?

Re: the Columbian question, I am assuming there is somewhere in the states that is called Columbia?

Mav - totally random guess, is part one Dan Forsman??!

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Post by Maverick Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:42 am

Not Dan Forsman no!

Keep trying for part 1 guys,

Here's a couple of clues:

Clue 1: he has won a major (just the one)
Clue 2: don't get this mans name mixed up with a wrestler

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Post by Eyetoldyouso Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:44 am

I think that Kwini is correct in that Nick Price got 10 birdies in round 3.
I know that Wiki... is not definitive but
"Price set a single-round record at Augusta with ten birdies in round 3."

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Post by Maverick Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:51 am

Nick Price is a red herring because he did have 10 birdies in his 63 in the 3rd round that year but that equalled the number of birdies made the previous day by someone else who was that?

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Post by Eyetoldyouso Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:25 am

The only player that had a decent(ish) round on the 2nd day and has won 1 major is John Mahaffey. Never heard of any wrestler of that name, though.

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Post by NedB-H Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:07 am

boyhyde wrote:Ned - is the answer to your question Jeff Maggert?

Re: the Columbian question, I am assuming there is somewhere in the states that is called Columbia?

Mav - totally random guess, is part one Dan Forsman??!
Yep, Jeff Maggert was born in Columbia, Missouri


Mav's one has me totally stumped!

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Post by Maverick Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:11 am

The reason this one is stumping everyone is they are assuming 10 birdies = a low round, when you factor in the bogies he had as well you may figure out who it was...

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Post by kwinigolfer Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:20 am

Lanny Wadkins?

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Post by mystiroakey Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:32 am

arr the trick question- good one.

but are you sure that someone got 10 before nick price- cant find this anywhere?

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Post by SetupDeterminesTheMotion Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:24 pm

Most Birdies, One Round
11 - Anthony Kim, 2009, second round
10 - Nick Price, 1986, third round

From golf.com

& from sporting life

Most birdies in a round: 10 Nick Price 1986



Surely if Nick Price was just equalling someone's 10 birdies both names would be there ?
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Post by Maverick Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:32 pm

Setup totally agree and thats what baffled me, when I googled the answer I get the same thing, the question I had was taken froma trivia book mrs Mav got me

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Post by pedro Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:14 pm

They have a nice section about birdie and eagle records on the ET website.

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Post by Maverick Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:31 pm

Brilliant, just looked at the book Mrs Mav got me, and fine print on the back,"not all the facts printed in this book are 100% accurately researched at time of printing" so lets scratch the question and take Nick Price as the answer. I'm also drafting an email to the company that created it.

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Post by Diggers Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:09 pm

Maverick wrote:Brilliant, just looked at the book Mrs Mav got me, and fine print on the back,"not all the facts printed in this book are 100% accurately researched at time of printing" so lets scratch the question and take Nick Price as the answer. I'm also drafting an email to the company that created it.

Mav, why dont you ask JPX to do that for you, it would make his day ......... Whistle

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Post by kwinigolfer Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:15 pm

Mav,
Sounds like a Conservative / Republican manifesto . . . . .

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Post by Maverick Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:39 pm

Good call diggers, shame I've already hit the send button!

kwini, if i were a political man id agree, looking forward to the response that once is received will be burnt with this pointless book she bought at bluewater

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Post by NedB-H Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:19 pm

Out of interest, who did the book think it should be?

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Post by McLaren Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:30 pm

kwinigolfer wrote:Mav,
Sounds like a Conservative / Republican manifesto . . . . .

The sad thing is they do not even have the sense to question the "facts" never mind admit they might not be 100% accurate.
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Post by Maverick Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:00 pm

NedB-H wrote:Out of interest, who did the book think it should be?

The ridiculous answer in the book and one I in all honesty should have thought to question as soon as I saw it considering when he turned pro but never gave much thought was Shaun Micheel, it's not till I sat down looked again and realised what a pile of crap.

Went through the book and found some other Gems such as:

How many majors did Jack Nicklaus win - 16!!! No he won 18 everyone knows that
Who did Nick Faldo beat in a playoff to win the US Master in 1990 - Scott Hoch!! No that was 1989 in 90 he beat Floyd
and my personal favourite, Which major did Lee Trevino never win - the Open nearly died when I saw that we all know it's the masters, he certainly won the open and destroyed Jacklins career in the process

anyway...

I wrote an email to the company in quetion explaining what a kumquat I was made to look like amongst knowledgeable golfers on a forum I post on and felt aggrieved that they were making money from such tripe and palming it off as golfing trivia. Noted on there the above errors and many more that were glaring when you sat and read it properly and not skimming it at a glance as I did initially.

I just got the following response and I think sums them up perfectly for the Shysters that they clearly are.

Thankyou kindly for choosing to provide us with feedback with regards to our golfing trivia 2011 publication. As you will be aware as an owner of the publication that the period of trivia covered spans over 50years; It would be near on impossible for us to accurately check every detail and make it to print deadlines in time for distribution.

If either yourself or te fellow posters to your forum feel you have been made to look foolish we can take no responsibility for this other than to say it may have been an idea for you to check your facts with sites such as google or Wikipedia first. At this stage no action will be take to recall the books due to the high volume of sales and popularity of our product. We will also not be taking your grievence any further as we feel by responding directly to you we have met our requirements as the vendor of the product.


I nearly collapsed reading that....... Impossible to check facts, thats what most publisher pay researchers for!
Telling me to check my facts against google or wikipedia, thats openly acknowledging they know they've printed crap but trying to blame me for it!
They won't take it off sale so are happy to sell a pack of lies to the unwitting public and reap the fiscal rewards.
They've fulfilled their criteria for responding...

I don't usually condone swearing but what a bunch of merchant bankers...

Promptly responded and sent into watchdog.... mad

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Post by Davie Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:06 pm

That's an amazing reply from the publishers!

Is the book for sale on Amazon or similar? Could be worth while some "reviews" of their product Wink

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Post by mystiroakey Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:07 pm

ermm it makes you wonder doesnt it. watchdog it. even my dog knows nicklaus had 18 majors

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Post by Maverick Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:09 pm

No mate i've scoured the t'internet for it. She bought it in a little shop at bluewater that sells calenders and the little trivia book things i'm going there tomorrow demand they remove from sales..

Clearly a small company trying to make a buck the repsonse lierally made my jaw drop

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Post by Doon the Water Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:31 pm

What did Steve Webster get in 2010 that no other pro on the European tour managed?

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Post by pedro Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:01 pm

Doon the Water wrote:What did Steve Webster get in 2010 that no other pro on the European tour managed?
Albatross?

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Post by Doon the Water Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:01 am

Well done Pedro

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Post by mystiroakey Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:58 pm

I was born in america

I won 3 major championships- 2 in USA ,1 in the UK, yet i never played the british open.

my best finish in the us maters was tied for 24th

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Post by Doon the Water Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:00 pm

Dr Cary Middlecroft.

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Post by mystiroakey Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:04 pm

nope not him -

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Post by Doon the Water Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:20 pm

Frank Stranahan

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Post by mystiroakey Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:27 pm

ok clue time

2 of my major wins were US opens

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Post by Doon the Water Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:50 pm

Bobby Jones.

I thought he played in The Open?

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Post by kwinigolfer Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:57 pm

Not Jones, won several US Opens and 3 Open Championships.
Must be a catch here, most likely associated with the "UK" . . . . .
Or maybe won more than 3 Majors?

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Post by mystiroakey Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:02 pm

kwinis getting there- second line is the real clue, but dont go down the amatuer route(and no he only won 3 major championships)

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Post by NedB-H Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:03 pm

I think Doon is on the right lines, guessing they won the Amateur Championship one year.

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Post by Doon the Water Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:21 pm

Lawson Little

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Post by mystiroakey Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:25 pm

Lawson Little won 1 us open and 4 amatuer titles- you making some good stabs- but ultimately being led down the wrong path


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Post by McLaren Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:24 pm

I though about walter travis but turns out he was born in australia, and only won the britsh amateur.
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Post by McLaren Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:29 pm

mystiroakey

I take it you have not made an error in calling the open championship the british open. so either there has never been a british open, so no one can have played in it, or person did not play in an event that did exist called the british open.

Still cant get the answer.
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Post by mystiroakey Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:33 pm

he never played in the open championship or the british open which is the same thing as we know, but your thinking out of the box- which is required here

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Post by mystiroakey Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:46 pm

ok its a toughie lol.

next clues- maybe could help if you read between the lines

my best sporting decade was during the 1930's

yet my best golfing acheivements were in 1946,1951 and 1955

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Post by pedro Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:13 pm

Babe Zaharias

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Post by mystiroakey Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:14 pm

no but your getting warm Smile

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Post by princedracula Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:05 pm

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