Christmas Golf Quiz 2006

[Jason McNamara]

Well, after having so much fun with Mark Rowlinson's Christmas quiz last year, I started playing around with some questions a few months back.  I thought it would be fun to give Mark a hand this year, but somehow I wound up with the job.  Clearly there's some Tom Sawyer whitewash-the-fence dynamic here.  

So, I encourage you all to have a crack at this year's Christmas Quiz.  Much the same as last year, just without the meteorology!  Anything between France and the Faroe Islands is fair game.  It is possible a course may come up more than once.  And yes, as it turns out some of the answers have appeared recently on the forums, but one can't plan for everything.

A couple other items, then the questions.  First, if a question doesn't make sense (entirely possible), please ask here in this thread.  When you want to send me all your answers, send them to [my first name]77024 at Yahoo.  

Entries close January 2nd at 11:59pm Eastern time; I will announce the winner late on the 3d.  This gives you all time to call in sick on the 2nd -assuming you're not in Scotland- and finish those last couple niggling questions.

Now, as for a prize...  well, unlike Mark I haven't written or edited any books!  If you have a recommendation or (better yet) you're a GCA participant with any extra copy of a book you've written, please let me know.  (NB: I am not angling for a copy of The Confidential Guide.)

One final note:  Winning this year's competition doesn't mean you're on the hook for writing next year's quiz.  Necessarily.

Good luck!

Jason

[Jason McNamara]

1.  This Scottish course has a hole which shares its name with an American winner of multiple majors - yet he's not Bobby Jones or Ben Hogan.  What's the course, and who's the golfer?

2.  Which two royal clubs (one famous, one less well known) have publicly-owned lands as their home courses?

3.  (Moving up a millennium from Caesar's Camp in last year's quiz)  A centuries-old Danish embankment repels poor shots at what Home Counties par 3?

4.  The architectural features for which this town is best known were designed by Harold Finch-Hatton and (ironically) James of St. George.

5.  During a recent round, the Curlie Girdle she wore gave her Rashies on her Butt.  At what Scottish links was she playing?
   
6.  This Willie Park Jr. layout takes its name (well, one of them) from the water source just off the 8th.

7.  This compact 18-holer is located in Port Erin, and your next stop going west would be Erin itself.
   
8.  Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while, judging by my golf game. At this course you'll find a blind shot or two, and centuries ago you might have come across a fearsome wild pig as well.
   
9.  Where did Ben Hogan supposedly clean a lawnmower?

10.   The clubhouse at this course is older than any other such structure elsewhere in the Four Provinces.

11.  You can view five castles from the 15th at this Northumbrian course.
   
12.  The hosts of a European Tour stop bought this Ayrshire course and made it their own.  What's the old name, and what's the new?
   
13.  Which of the GB&I golf unions is the oldest?

14.  Two of Herbert Fowler's lesser-known but well-regarded efforts were for the Sixth Marquess of Anglesey.  Name the course -not- on Anglesey.
   
15.  It's just outside Ennis, but you won't find Snoopy (or Jimi Hendrix) there.
   
16.  There used to be a second 18 at this course, where a par 3 ranks with Pine Valley's best and peacocks rule the roost.
   
17.  The minimalist master architect of the Gaeltacht was once the head pro here
   
18.  Last year you were asked about Joyce Wethered.  The other 4-time winner of the Women's British Amateur grew up playing this course.

19.  Archie Simpson is credited with the layout for this course, which lies adjacent to what was his 'day job' at the time.
   
20.  At what par 70 course might a working knowledge of Dgernesiais come in handy?

21.  Highlands course + East Lothians course = another Highlands course (where the 10th hints at Devon)

22.  Obligatory GCA Tom Doak suck-up question.  :-)
"Somehow, the grass seems greener, the sand whiter and the heather a deeper purple than at Wentworth or Sunningdale" at this underrated London-area par 68.

23.  Every other year, American and European club pros play for a trophy cup originally contested here.

24.  Man, I'm not trying to deceive you; this course has no bunkers.

25.  Ronald Reagan wisely chose to speak to Mr. Gorbachev from Berlin, and not from the 13th at this links.

26.  The Lubbock Challenge is held not at the Texas Tech course, but rather at this London-area heathland course

27.  The Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers first played at this 5-hole course.

28.  Surprisingly, GB&I have hosted the Canada Cup (and its successors) only twice.  Once at Wentworth, and a couple years later at this classic links.

29.  Goldfinger was bested by James Bond at Royal St. Mark's (a.k.a. Stoke Poges), but Ian Fleming was a member at this inland course for more than three decades.

30.  The 7th at this Welsh course keeps religion and state separate; send your drive right of the old church wall and left of the castle ruins.
   
31.  "I have the tenderest and most sentimental association with _______, because it was there... that I began to play golf."  - Bernard Darwin

32.  The runner-up to Bobby Jones in the 1923 US Open has a hole named for him at his home course.  Who's the golfer, and which course is it?
   
33.  This Braid course has holes named Half Way (oggie, oggie, oggie!) and Finish, though you might have to translate these back into the appropriate Celtic language to figure out which course this is.

34.  Played in the Scottish University Championships, did you?  Then you were on this Old course.

35.  The R&A finally selected this course as the first Welsh venue to host Local Final Qualifying.  (You'd think it would have happened sooner, given Mark Rowlinson's pull.)

36.  Donald Steel added exactly 3 holes and one tee at this Amateur Championship venue.

37.  "New Mount Zion" has been the 17th, 1st, and 12th hole at this course.

38.  You'll find a triangle, a bridge, and pot holes at the Crucible, as well as at this area course.  (Lag it close!)
 
39.  The five-minute lost ball rule?  It originated here, in this year.

40.  Founded in 1888, this club purports to be the oldest in Wales.

41.  A century ago, this course hosted both the Open Championship and the British Amateur just days apart.

42.  Harry Vardon refused to play a challenge match against Willie Park Jr. at this links, supposedly fearing the spectators' foot-wedges on behalf of their hometown boy.

43.  To get a feel for MacKenzie's original design, it is said you should play the forward tees at this Yorkshire heathland course

44.  The first rota for the Open Championship included Prestwick, Musselburgh, and St. Andrews.  Which was the first course other than these three to host the Open?

45.  The 4th (a long par 4) at this inland Ruddy course might make one think of Tasmania, but not because it evokes images of Barnbougle Dunes.

46.  Which was the first golf club to receive royal patronage?

47.  Luke Donald was club champion here while a junior.

48.  Hitting it 320 used to be a really big deal.  What MacKenzie course has a plaque and a nationally appropriate tree to mark Seve's now ho-hum hit?  Oh, and what kind of tree is it?

49.  One of the English sites to host the Open is royal, but not Royal.  Which one?

50.  You won't find Grace Kelly at this parkland course, but Christy O'Connor Jr. was the pro here in the early 70's.

[Jason McNamara]

51.  The floral logos at these clubs represent the two halves of the Plantagenet split.
   
52.  Every year, Golf World [UK] magazine presents “The [100] greatest golf courses in Britain and Ireland.”  Which course listed could not possibly belong?  (NB: I am not referring to the K-Club!)
   
53.  This Cumbrian Braid course is among those sometimes referred to as a "mini-Gleneagles," but if it had been sited two miles farther north, we might refer to it instead as Hadrian's Fairways.

54.  ...and across the straits, you can see "Daniel's golf course across from the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave."  They're celebrating their centenary.  (And no, it's not in Maine... or Northern Ireland.)

55.  Last year a biplane commemorating the very first trans-Atlantic flight (Newfoundland - Galway) landed on the 8th fairway of this links.  Yes, it was intentional.

56.  It's only appropriate that the first president of this ecclesiastical course was a Spiritual Peer in the House of Lords.

57.  No "half a league onward" here:  this hole commemorates a successful charge; that of the Highland Brigade, in Egypt

58.  Better check the tides before heading to your tee time at this course, otherwise your day might be Washed out.

59.  Composite courses are typically set up for some grand event.  This diminutive duo has a composite course simply for winter play (which in Scotland, frankly, does not necessarily strike me as a grand event).
   
60.  Sadly, the Black Watch is no longer its own regiment as of early this year.  Among its memorable feats (off the clock) was the original layout of this course.
   
61.  The 1908 London Olympics were supposed to include golf at these three venues.
   
62.  An unplanned bunker was hastily arranged by a Luftwaffe bomber at this
quirky Scottish cliff-top course.
   
63.  The former grounds of Ipswich GC are now home to this club.
   
64.  Ireland's first professional tournament was held here, Fred Daly's original club.
   
65.  This Colt course lost half its holes to World War II, but Mackenzie Ross added a replacement 9 here - his only work in Wales.
   
66.  Where would you schedule a tee time if you wanted the reigning US Amateur Champion to caddy for you?
   
67.  The Continentals (cough, cough) have but one win in the (cough, cough) Seve Trophy.  Where did they claim their (cough, cough) victory?
   
68.  Ireland's greatest hickory-era pro golfer grew up on the grounds of this course.
   
69.  Speaking of hickories, you might want to locate some in time for the restoration of this "re-discovered" Old Tom Morris 18-holer in the Western Isles.
   
70.  Maybe it’s that goofy metric system…  This newer must-play Irish links has 20 holes, including 7a and 12a.
   
71.  It’s the Lea, not the Mersey, but you will take a ferry ‘cross the river to get the 18th green at this Alliss / Clark course.
   
72.  Which course’s mascot is the natterjack toad?
   
73.  Which course is known for two distinctive features:  the Chalk Pit and Paradise Green?
   
74.  The Witches’ Stone marks the site where the last witch in Scotland is believed to have been hanged.  If you duff your approach on the 17th at this course, don’t blame you-know-who.
   
75.  AC Doyle served as Captain at Crowborough Beacon, but before that he encouraged the founding of what Surrey course?
   
76.  Now that Ian Woosnam is done with the Ryder Cup, you might find him here, overlooking St. Ouen’s Bay.
   
77.  No Rapunzel here, but this short links was constructed around the Maiden Tower.
   
78.  (How closely were you reading the forum last month?)
“Playing a singles match / L.D. Henshaw holed in one /
J.A. Wilson holed out for a half“   Which hole is this?
   
79.  The wee Ben Sayers was an accomplished club-maker, competitor, and instructor.  He also played a large part in the layout of this wee island 18-holer, which is a Beaut.
   
80.  Sam Snead called it the “Magnificent Monster,” however the pro most closely associated with this course –did- win the U.S. Open (twice, in fact).  Which course?
   
81.  It’s pretty easy to get from the eponymous train station to this course’s clubhouse - walk across the 11th fairway.
   
82.  Over 1,000 babies were born in this clubhouse, though Tommy Bolt was somewhat older when he threw a tantrum here in 1957.
   
83.  Long before this club became Royal, it was a 9-holer at Lock’s Common
   
84.  These twin villages share a railway station, a bridge over the Thames, and of course a Tom Dunn golf course.
   
85.  Thanks to the Ice Age, there’s a ridge running across the equator of Ireland.  Which Christy O’Connor Jr. course takes its name from the generic landform?  (Please dew have a whiskey after your round.)
   
86.  The Open’s shortest hole is the Postage Stamp at Troon.  Which is now the longest Open hole?
   
87.  It’s far from Colt’s longest course, but the brilliant quintet of one-shotters makes it his best – at least that was Colt’s opinion.
   
88.  Vardon’s 18th at this course is a downhill, easily drivable par 4 with disaster lurking everywhere.  Must be why the hole is called “Death or Glory.”
   
89.  "To put it simply, __________ revealed itself to be nothing less than the finest seaside course I have ever seen."  - Herbert Warren Wind
   
90.  Don’t worry about your score – just avoid the Great Sea Rushes, and your card should take care of itself.
   
91.  A stone at this course marks the birthplace of the “great golfer… six times Open Champion.”
   
92.  This Cornish course lost the Chasm, but still has the Ravine.
   
93.  So this game drives you to drink, eh?  Play your next round at this Welsh 26(!)-holer, and you can stop at the Ty Coch for a pint.
   
94.  If Mike Weir and Phil Mickelson wanted to retire in relative obscurity, they’d probably pick this short Inverness-shire course so as not to stick out like sore thumbs.
   
95.  Which course is sometimes referred to as Fixby, though that is more properly the name of the (club)house?
   
96.  Which course’s designers include an Open champion and a local schoolteacher?
   
97.  Scotland's oldest continuing club first played here, for sure.
   
98.  Gary Player is well known for not having a bad word (ever!) to say about any golf course, but he thinks highly enough of this venue to say it’s the only inland course he thinks could host the Open.
   
99.   This course has only 12 holes, but it's not ashamed.  In fact, the club's logo rather prominently features the numerals 1 & 2.

100.  (Hat-tip to Mark Rowlinson for this one:)
While Dr. Stableford perfected his scoring system at Wallasey, he first tinkered with the idea here, where today a quirky layout has the 1st and 18th tee boxes adjacent to one another and playing in the same direction.


And if all that doesn't drive you mad, here's a tiebreaker:
At which English golf courses must golfers wear red (scarlet, etc.)?

[ForkaB]

Excellent work, Jason.  I have a clarification or two that I'll e-mail to you.

Merry Xmas

Rich

[James Bennett]

Well, I know the tie-breaker.  That should help me to avoid last palce.

James B

[cary lichtenstein]

i got a zero

[scott_wood]

Jason, after a quick read of your questions, I'm getting the same feeling I did at many of my W&L exams....

GREAT JOB!!...

can't wait for JAN 2ND....

[Adrian_Stiff]

I am so dumb I can't make double figures.

[Jay Flemma]

Is 29, by any chance, mentioned as Bond's Home course in the book Goldfinger...you know ehere he says something along the lines of "Bond was a nine at _____.  But he was also a nine at _____ and the nine there would scare Goldfinger much more than the nine at ___."  Goldfinger was also a nine...I'll pull out my copy of Goldfinger when I get back to NYC and fill in the rest.

See that way Bond's home course and Fleming's would be one in the same...also proving that MAYBE Fleming was dreaming about himself as Bond a bit:)

[Mark_Rowlinson]

It will not surprise you to know that Jason won last year's quiz by a country mile.

[Jason McNamara]

Having fun yet?  

A couple quick notes...

Jay, I must admit I haven't read Goldfinger, but I'd enjoy seeing what you find.

Rich brought up a fair point about #24.  There are indeed many possible answers here, but I do think that one answer is 'more correct' than the others.

Sean, I know you won't give up that easily!

Jason

ps to James:  Hey, it's all about not being DFL.

[Jason McNamara]

Just a housekeeping note that I will be out for a couple days (Mom's birthday), so there may be a bit of lag in any communications.  But I will have some connectivity, so feel free to post any questions here.

Jason

[Tommy Williamsen]

# 2 Royal North Devon is on common land.
#14 Beau Desert
I'll get back to you on some others.  I thought I knew something before this quiz.  Guess I was wrong.

[ForkaB]

Jason

Do you want people to send in their best shot to you, or do you want us answering and commenting on what we can on line?  I'm too busy to do the heavy lifting required for option one, but I'm happy to pass on the 25-30 answers I got at first glance, if that's OK.

Rich

[Jason McNamara]

Do you want people to send in their best shot to you, or do you want us answering and commenting on what we can on line?  I'm too busy to do the heavy lifting required for option one, but I'm happy to pass on the 25-30 answers I got at first glance, if that's OK.

Rich -

Well, last year there was some discussion of questions on the thread, but I think in general most submitted answers to Mark off line.  I'd like to do the same this year if possible, however hashing out a few here and there is OK by me.  Maybe not 25 or 30...  

How tough can it be, though?  It's not as if I asked you about Cistercian monasteries.  

Did you figure out the two you mentioned to me previously?

Jason

[Chris Kurzner]

Having fun yet?  

A couple quick notes...

Jay, I must admit I haven't read Goldfinger, but I'd enjoy seeing what you find.

Rich brought up a fair point about #24.  There are indeed many possible answers here, but I do think that one answer is 'more correct' than the others.

Sean, I know you won't give up that easily!

Jason

ps to James:  Hey, it's all about not being DFL.

James,

No worries.  I've got DFL all sewn up.

[ForkaB]

Jason

I haven't really thought about the quiz since my first look, but I will again today.  I have ideas about the two questions, but am only really interested in thinking about the second, as it has an obviously elegant clue, whereas the first is just a factotum dredging exercise.

And don't get me started on those wild and crazy Cistercians!

Happy Hogmanay

Rich

[Jason McNamara]

I have ideas about the two questions, but am only really interested in thinking about the second, as it has an obviously elegant clue,

You just haven't found the missing link yet.

If no one gets it, I'll be a monkey's uncle.

[JNC Lyon]

15) WOODSTOCK
2) Royal and Anciet Golf Club of St. Andrew's and Royal Ashdown Forest

[Tony_Muldoon]

JAson thank you for taking the time to put this together, I read the whole thing with a big smile.  I'm hoping to double my score from last year (8!) and please knkow that even if I don't send the answers in it has given a lot of pleasure.

Tony

[Bill_McBride]

# 71 - Brocket Hall?  You actually ride the ferry to the 1st tee, from 18th fairway to 18th green, and then back to the golf shop!

[Jason McNamara]

OK, folks... about 10 hours left to get in your choices.  I encourage all of you to send in answers (even partial ones), as no one has yet submitted a "curve-wrecker" entry.

Jason

[Jason McNamara]

Well, we do have a winner!  

Andy Levett came through about 5 hours before the deadline with a very good effort - I have him at 82.5 / 100, and that takes the prize.  For his efforts, he'll get a copy of Stephen Goodwin's _Dream Golf_ (Making of Bandon Dunes).  

Answers to follow shortly, with a bit of annotation.

Well done Andy!  Please contact me off-line and we can make arrangements.

Jason

[Jason McNamara]

ANSWERS:

1.  This Scottish course has a hole which shares its name with an American winner of multiple majors - yet he's not Bobby Jones or Ben Hogan.  What's the course, and who's the golfer?
   Craig Wood, at Dunkeld & Birnam

The hole is named for a forested area, not the golfer, but the hole does -share- the name with the golfer.

2.  Which two royal clubs (one famous, one less well known) have publicly-owned lands as their home courses?
   R & A, R Epping Forest

OK, this was a lousy question.  R Wimbledon and Ashdown Forest would also have been possible.

3.  (Moving up a millennium from Caesar's Camp in last year's quiz)
A centuries-old Danish embankment repels poor shots at what Home Counties par 3?
   The 7th at Woburn - Duchess

4.  The architectural features for which this town is best known were designed by Harold Finch-Hatton and (ironically) James of St. George.
   Harlech

5.  During a recent round, the Curlie Girdle she wore gave her Rashies on her Butt.  At what Scottish links was she playing?
   Montrose (Medal Course)

6.  This Willie Park Jr. layout takes its name (well, one of them) from the water source just off the 8th.
   Hollinwell

7.  This compact 18-holer is located in Port Erin, and your next stop going west would be Erin itself.
   Rowany

8.  Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while, judging by my golf game. At this course you'll find a blind shot or two, and centuries ago you might have come across a fearsome wild pig as well.
   Brancepeth Castle

9.  Where did Ben Hogan supposedly clean a lawnmower?
   Panmure

10.   The clubhouse at this course is older than any other such structure elsewhere in the Four Provinces.
   Ardglass

11.  You can view five castles from the 15th at this Northumbrian course.
   Bamburgh Castle

12.  The hosts of a European Tour stop bought this Ayrshire course and made it their own.  What's the old name, and what's the new?
   Southern Gailes / Dundonald

13.  Which of the GB&I golf unions is the oldest?
   Ireland's

14.  Two of Herbert Fowler's lesser-known but well-regarded efforts were for the Sixth Marquess of Anglesey.  Name the course -not- on Anglesey.
   Beau Desert

A great tricky question - until the Beau Desert thread from a week or two ago.  

15.  It's just outside Ennis, but you won't find Snoopy (or Jimi Hendrix) there.
   Woodstock

16.  There used to be a second 18 at this course, where a par 3 ranks with Pine Valley's best and peacocks rule the roost.
   The Addington

17.  The minimalist master architect of the Gaeltacht was once the head pro here
   Portmarnock

18.  Last year you were asked about Joyce Wethered.  The other 4-time winner of the Women's British Amateur grew up playing this course.
   Silloth-on-Solway

Cecil Leitch, for those who were wondering.

19.  Archie Simpson is credited with the layout for this course, which lies adjacent to what was his 'day job' at the time.
   Murcar

20.  At what par 70 course might a working knowledge of Dgernesiais come in handy?
   Royal Guernsey

21.  Highlands course + East Lothians course = another Highlands course (where the 10th hints at Devon)
   Nairn Dunbar

22.  Obligatory GCA Tom Doak suck-up question.  :-)
"Somehow, the grass seems greener, the sand whiter and the heather a deeper purple than at Wentworth or Sunningdale" at this underrated London-area par 68.
   West Sussex  /  Pulborough

23.  Every other year, American and European club pros play for a trophy cup originally contested here.
   Maesdu  (Llandudno)

24.  Man, I'm not trying to deceive you; this course has no bunkers.
   Piltdown

Hmmm, no one here heard of Piltdown Man, the archeological hoax?  I was hoping my subsequent "missing link" and "monkey's uncle" notes might have raised an eyebrow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown

25.  Ronald Reagan wisely chose to speak to Mr. Gorbachev from Berlin, and not from the 13th at this links.
   North Berwick West

Clever answer from Andy, who said "Siberia, the 13th at Teignmouth."  But the crux of the Berlin speech was "Tear down this wall," a fate we expect the Pit will avoid.

26.  The Lubbock Challenge is held not at the Texas Tech course, but rather at this London-area heathland course
   West Hill

27.  The Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers first played at this 5-hole course.
   Leith

28.  Surprisingly, GB&I have hosted the Canada Cup (and its successors) only twice.  Once at Wentworth, and a couple years later at this classic links.
   Portmarnock

29.  Goldfinger was bested by James Bond at Royal St. Mark's (a.k.a. Stoke Poges), but Ian Fleming was a member at this inland course for more than three decades.
   Huntercombe

Tip of the hat to Jay Flemma here, for knowing about the Huntercombe passage in Goldfinger.  I sure didn't!

30.  The 7th at this Welsh course keeps religion and state separate; send your drive right of the old church wall and left of the castle ruins.
   Pennard

31.  "I have the tenderest and most sentimental association with _______, because it was there... that I began to play golf."  - Bernard Darwin
   Felixstowe

32.  The runner-up to Bobby Jones in the 1923 US Open has a hole named for him at his home course.  Who's the golfer, and which course is it?
   Bobby Cruikshank, Granton-on-Spey

33.  This Braid course has holes named Half Way (oggie, oggie, oggie!) and Finish, though you might have to translate these back into the appropriate Celtic language to figure out which course this is.
   Perranporth

You all lucked out here - until late last year, Perranporth's web site had hole names only in Cornish.

[Jason McNamara]

34.  Played in the Scottish University Championships, did you?  Then you were on this Old course.
   Moray (Lossiemouth)

35.  The R&A finally selected this course as the first Welsh venue to host Local Final Qualifying.  (You'd think it would have happened sooner, given Mark Rowlinson's pull.)
   Conwy

36.  Donald Steel added exactly 3 holes and one tee at this Amateur Championship venue.
   Formby

37.  "New Mount Zion" has been the 17th, 1st, and 12th hole at this course.
   Machrie

38.  You'll find a triangle, a bridge, and pot holes at the Crucible, as well as at this area course.  (Lag it close!)
   Hallamshire

Triangle, Bridge, and Pot Holes are the names of holes at Hallamshire.  I probably should have capitalized them, Andy, though I couldn't give you credit.  Oh, and for any not already aware, the Crucible is a Sheffield theater which hosts the World Snooker Championships.

39.  The five-minute lost ball rule?  It originated here, in this year.
   Royal Aberdeen, 1783

40.  Founded in 1888, this club purports to be the oldest in Wales.
   Tenby

41.  A century ago, this course hosted both the Open Championship and the British Amateur just days apart.
   Royal St. George's

42.  Harry Vardon refused to play a challenge match against Willie Park Jr. at this links, supposedly fearing the spectators' foot-wedges on behalf of their hometown boy.
   Musselburgh

43.  To get a feel for MacKenzie's original design, it is said you should play the forward tees at this Yorkshire heathland course
   The Alwoodley

44.  The first rota for the Open Championship included Prestwick, Musselburgh, and St. Andrews.  Which was the first course other than these three to host the Open?
   Muirfield

45.  The 4th (a long par 4) at this inland Ruddy course might make one think of Tasmania, but not because it evokes images of Barnbougle Dunes.
   Castlecomer

The 4th at Castlecomer is called Van Diemen's Land.

46.  Which was the first golf club to receive royal patronage?
   Perth

47.  Luke Donald was club champion here while a junior.
   Beaconsfield

48.  Hitting it 320 used to be a really big deal.  What MacKenzie course has a plaque and a nationally appropriate tree to mark Seve's now ho-hum hit?  Oh, and what kind of tree is it?
   Cork / Spanish Chestnut

49.  One of the English sites to host the Open is royal, but not Royal.  Which one?
   Prince's

50.  You won't find Grace Kelly at this parkland course, but Christy O'Connor Jr. was the pro here in the early 70's.
   Carlow

51.  The floral logos at these clubs represent the two halves of the Plantagenet split.
   West Lancs, Fulford

52.  Every year, Golf World [UK] magazine presents “The [100] greatest golf courses in Britain and Ireland.”  Which course listed could not possibly belong?  (NB: I am not referring to the K-Club!)
   Castletown

Andy was again clever here with his pick of New Zealand, but Surrey is part of Britain, and the Isle of Man is not.

53.  This Cumbrian Braid course is among those sometimes referred to as a "mini-Gleneagles," but if it had been sited two miles farther north, we might refer to it instead as Hadrian's Fairways.
   Brampton

54.  ...and across the straits, you can see "Daniel's golf course across from the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave."  They're celebrating their centenary.  (And no, it's not in Maine... or Northern Ireland.)
   St. Deiniol  (Bangor)

Had to somehow work Llanfair PG into the quiz!

55.  Last year a biplane commemorating the very first trans-Atlantic flight (Newfoundland - Galway) landed on the 8th fairway of this links.  Yes, it was intentional.
   Connemara

56.  It's only appropriate that the first president of this ecclesiastical course was a Spiritual Peer in the House of Lords.
   Bishop Auckland

57.  No "half a league onward" here:  this hole commemorates a successful charge; that of the Highland Brigade, in Egypt
   Tel-El-Kebir, the 7th at Royal Troon

58.  Better check the tides before heading to your tee time at this course, otherwise your day might be Washed out.
   Royal West Norfolk / Brancaster

59.  Composite courses are typically set up for some grand event.  This diminutive duo has a composite course simply for winter play (which in Scotland, frankly, does not necessarily strike me as a grand event).
   Braid Hills

60.  Sadly, the Black Watch is no longer its own regiment as of early this year.  Among its memorable feats (off the clock) was the original layout of this course.
   Lahinch

61.  The 1908 London Olympics were supposed to include golf at these three venues.
   Prince's, Sandwich, and Deal

62.  An unplanned bunker was hastily arranged by a Luftwaffe bomber at this
quirky Scottish cliff-top course.
   Stonehaven

I don't think Clydebank is (also) correct but I can be persuaded.

63.  The former grounds of Ipswich GC are now home to this club.
   Rushmere

64.  Ireland's first professional tournament was held here, Fred Daly's original club.
   Royal Portrush

65.  This Colt course lost half its holes to World War II, but Mackenzie Ross added a replacement 9 here - his only work in Wales.
   Pyle & Kenfig

66.  Where would you schedule a tee time if you wanted the reigning US Amateur Champion to caddy for you?
   Royal Aberdeen.

67.  The Continentals (cough, cough) have but one win in the (cough, cough) Seve Trophy.  Where did they claim their (cough, cough) victory?
   Sunningdale Old