Q 01/05
A) Every year
B) Every three years
C) Every two years
D) Every four years
Answer · why
It alternates between venues in Europe and the United States, and the Presidents Cup fills the gap years.
Q 02/05
A) Tea leaves
B) Garden seeds
C) Golf balls
D) Bicycles
Answer · why
His idea was to sell seeds in 'penny packets'. He only took up golf at 50 and became a keen sponsor of tournaments near St Albans.
Q 03/05
A) Ted Ray
B) George Duncan
C) Harry Vardon
D) Abe Mitchell
Answer · why
Mitchell played in the unofficial 1926 match at Wentworth and in the first three official Ryder Cups.
Q 04/05
A) Worcester Country Club, Massachusetts
B) Wentworth Club, England
C) Gleneagles, Scotland
D) Merion, Pennsylvania
Answer · why
Ryder himself was too ill to travel and missed the inaugural match, which the Americans won 9½–2½.
Q 05/05
A) 1931
B) 1935
C) 1947
D) 1927
Answer · why
An earlier match at Wentworth in 1926 was later ruled unofficial, partly because Walter Hagen had picked the US team himself.
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