I was curious to know how much English club golfers knew about golf course architecture, in the UK and overseas, so I put together a few questions and gave them to friends. They, in turn, gave copies to their fourball when they returned to the bar and got them to fill in a survey without the use of reference books and without consulting each other. I think you'd be surprised at some of the answers and their spread. These surveys were carried out at some pretty upper-class clubs. Feel free to print it off and spring it on your friends if you wish. I'll give you the results next week. I assume you all know the answers, but feel free to e-mail me privately if anything has slipped your mind!
GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE SURVEY
Who assisted Bobby Jones in the design of Augusta National Golf Club?
 Robert Trent Jones  Alister MacKenzie  AW Tillinghast  William Flynn  Gene Sarazen
Which British architect designed Swinley Forest, St George’s Hill and Rye, among many others?
 Harry Colt  Harry Vardon  James Braid  ‘Old’ Tom Morris  Willie Park
The ‘Great Triumvirate’ won 16 Open Championships between them. Which of them also designed golf courses?
 James Braid  Harry Vardon  JH Taylor
Who was the ‘Father of American Golf Course Architecture’?
 Donald Ross  Tom Bendelow  Charles Banks  CB Macdonald  Hugh Wilson
Four Ryder Cup Matches have been staged at The Brabazon at The Belfry. Which (two) former Ryder Cup Golfers designed it?
 Dave Thomas  John Jacobs  Henry Cotton  Peter Alliss  Tony Jacklin
Which British golf architect was responsible for revealing the golfing potential of the Algarve with his course at Penina?
 James Braid  Dave Thomas  Frank Pennink  Henry Cotton  Dai Rees
The 2006 US Open Championship will be played at Winged Foot, New York. Who designed it?
 AW Tillinghast  George Thomas  Bobby Jones  Robert Trent Jones  Rees Jones
Some of Canada’s greatest courses, such as Banff Springs, Jasper Park and St George’s were laid out by whom?
 Stanley Johnson  Stanley Roberts  Stanley Davis  Stanley Philips  Stanley Thompson
Pine Valley is rated among the very best American Courses. Who was its founder, owner and part-designer?
 James W Tufts  George Arthur Crump  Howard Hughes  Henry C Fownes  Dwight D Eisenhower
Which short hole at North Berwick has been imitated on golf courses throughout the world?
 Perfection  Postage Stamp  Alps  Redan  Gibraltar
A double green on which its two levels are separated by a trough or depression is called what?
 Pau  Dunkerque  Biarritz  Strasbourg  Chamonix
The Players’ Championship, sometimes dubbed the Fifth Major, is played every year on the Stadium Course at the Tournament Players’ Club, Sawgrass, Florida. Who designed it?
 Arnold Palmer  Pete Dye  Robert Trent Jones  Tom Fazio  Jack Nicklaus
San Lorenzo in Portugal has been voted the top European Course by Golf World magazine. What nationality was its designer, Joseph Lee?
 American  British  Canadian  Australian  South African
The West Course at Royal Melbourne is one of the best courses in Australia and, indeed, in the world. Who designed it, with the assistance of Alex Russell?
 Bobby Jones  Peter Thomson  Greg Norman  Walter Hagen  Alister MacKenzie
A number of Japan’s finest courses were designed in the 1930s by an Englishman, a business partner of Harry Colt. Who was he?
 CH Alison  WH Fowler  JF Abercromby  TC Simpson  JD Harris
Which of these Spanish courses was designed by a native Spaniard?
 San Roque  Montecastillo  Sotogrande  Valderrama  El Saler
Which was Herbert Fowler’s impressive first design?
 Lahinch  St Enodoc  Royal Cinque Ports  Walton Heath Old Course  Sunningdale New Course
European Tour events have been staged at the Forest of Arden golf club. Who designed it?
 Rees Jones  Martin Hawtree  Severiano Ballesteros  Donald Steel  Jack Nicklaus
European Tour events have also been staged at The Oxfordshire. Who designed it?
 Rees Jones  Martin Hawtree  Severiano Ballesteros  Donald Steel  Jack Nicklaus
European Tour events were also held at St Mellion, in Cornwall. Who designed the Championship Course there?
 Rees Jones  Martin Hawtree  Severiano Ballesteros  Donald Steel  Jack Nicklaus
The dunhill links trophy is held jointly at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and St Andrews (Old Course). Who designed Kingsbarns in collaboration with Mark Parsinen?
 Jack Nicklaus  Tom Weiskopf  Johnny Miller  Kyle Phillips  Tom Fazio
The 2005 US Open was won by Michael Campbell on a course designed by an émigré Scotsman, Donald Ross. Which was the course?
 Pinehurst  Pine Valley  Oak Hill  Oakland Hills  Oakmont
Ross took with him (and incorporated in many of his US course designs) many of the principles of golf design he had studied at which Scottish course, where he was Professional prior to his emigration?
 Carnoustie  St Andrews  Montrose  Dornoch  Prestwick
The English Golf Union’s headquarters are at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire. Its original course is now named after its former owner and designer. Who was he?
 CK Hutchison  HG Hutchkinson  SV Hotchkin  FG Hawtree  FW Hawtree
Which colourful British golf architect, often wearing an embroidered cloak and beret, was chauffeur-driven from course to course in a Rolls-Royce? His designs include Cruden Bay, New Zealand, Fontainebleau and Royal Antwerp.
 Herbert Fowler  Charles Lawrie  Henry Cotton  Sandy Herd  Tom Simpson
The 2006 Ryder Cup Matches will be played for the first time in Ireland at the K-Club. There are two courses there. Who designed the course that will stage the event?
 Tom Doak  Tom Fazio  Ben Crenshaw  Arnold Palmer  Jack Nicklaus
Whose ‘Confidential Guide’, one of the most perceptive guides to the best courses worldwide, was written by a leading contemporary golf architect?
 Tom Fazio  Pete Dye  Tom Doak  Mark Fine  Ben Crenshaw
Which British architect wrote a famous handbook on the planning, design, construction and maintenance of a golf course, The Golf Course, first published in 1983?
 Donald Steel  FW Hawtree  Tom McAuley  Peter Alliss  John Jacobs
English-educated Percy Clifford was the leading designer of golf courses in which country?
 Mexico  Brazil  Peru  Chile  Bahamas
Which British-born architect, who emigrated to the USA, had had (at the time of his death) 20 US Opens, 12 USPGA Championships and 47 other national championships played on courses designed or remodelled by him?
 Alister MacKenzie  Willie Park  ‘Young’ Willie Dunn  Robert Trent Jones  Donald Ross
The 2005 Australian Open will be played later this month at Moonah Links. Who designed the course in association with Wolveridge and Perrett?
 Michael Clayton  Greg Norman  Peter Senior  Wayne Grady  Peter Thomson