Gene Sarazen Quiz Questions and Answers
Q1. What was Gene Sarazen’s birth name?
A. Eugenio Saraceni
B. Eugene Sarazen
C. Giovanni Saraceni
D. Gene Saraceni
Answer: A. Eugenio Saraceni
Q2. In which year was Gene Sarazen born?
A. 1900
B. 1902
C. 1904
D. 1898
Answer: B. 1902
Q3. Where was Gene Sarazen born?
A. Naples, Florida
B. Harrison, New York
C. Chicago, Illinois
D. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Answer: B. Harrison, New York
Q4. What was Gene Sarazen’s popular nickname?
A. The Hawk
B. The King
C. The Squire
D. The Slammer
Answer: C. The Squire
Q5. Gene Sarazen’s parents were immigrants from which country?
A. Italy (Sicily)
B. Scotland
C. Ireland
D. Germany
Answer: A. Italy (Sicily)
Q6. Approximately how old was Sarazen when he began caddying?
A. 5–6 years old
B. 8–10 years old
C. 12–13 years old
D. 15–16 years old
Answer: B. 8–10 years old
Q7. How many major championships did Gene Sarazen win in total?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 9
Answer: C. 7
Q8. In which year did Sarazen win his first U.S. Open?
A. 1920
B. 1922
C. 1925
D. 1930
Answer: B. 1922
Q9. At which course did Sarazen win the 1922 U.S. Open?
A. Oakmont Country Club
B. Augusta National
C. Fresh Meadow Country Club
D. Skokie Country Club
Answer: D. Skokie Country Club
Q10. How many PGA Championships did Sarazen win?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: C. 3
Q11. In which years did Sarazen win the PGA Championship?
A. 1922, 1923, and 1933
B. 1922, 1932, and 1935
C. 1923, 1930, and 1932
D. 1925, 1933, and 1935
Answer: A. 1922, 1923, and 1933
Q12. Sarazen won both the U.S. Open and the Open Championship in the same year. Which year was it?
A. 1922
B. 1932
C. 1935
D. 1923
Answer: B. 1932
Q13. Where did Sarazen win the 1932 Open Championship?
A. Prince’s Golf Club (Sandwich)
B. St Andrews
C. Royal Troon
D. Muirfield
Answer: A. Prince’s Golf Club (Sandwich)
Q14. In which year did Sarazen win the Masters Tournament?
A. 1932
B. 1934
C. 1935
D. 1936
Answer: C. 1935
Q15. Sarazen is recognized as the first player to achieve which historic golf feat?
A. Winning three majors in one year
B. The Career Grand Slam (all four modern majors)
C. Winning the U.S. Open as a teenager
D. Scoring a hole-in-one in a major
Answer: B. The Career Grand Slam (all four modern majors)
Q16. What famous shot did Sarazen hit during the final round of the 1935 Masters?
A. A hole-in-one on the 12th hole
B. A bunker shot for birdie on the 16th
C. An eagle on the 18th hole
D. A double eagle (albatross) on the par-5 15th hole
Answer: D. A double eagle (albatross) on the par-5 15th hole
Q17. What club did Sarazen use for his famous double-eagle shot at the 1935 Masters?
A. Driver
B. 3-iron
C. 4-wood (spoon)
D. Sand wedge
Answer: C. 4-wood (spoon)
Q18. Approximately how far was Sarazen’s famous double-eagle shot at Augusta National?
A. 230–235 yards
B. 180–190 yards
C. 150–160 yards
D. 280–290 yards
Answer: A. 230–235 yards
Q19. Whom did Sarazen defeat in a playoff to win the 1935 Masters?
A. Bobby Jones
B. Walter Hagen
C. Craig Wood
D. Horton Smith
Answer: C. Craig Wood
Q20. What significant golf club is Gene Sarazen credited with inventing or popularizing in its modern form?
A. The putter
B. The sand wedge
C. The driver
D. The hybrid
Answer: B. The sand wedge
Q21. In which major did Sarazen first debut his sand wedge?
A. 1932 U.S. Open
B. 1932 Open Championship
C. 1935 Masters
D. 1933 PGA Championship
Answer: B. 1932 Open Championship
Q22. What inspired Sarazen’s design of the modern sand wedge?
A. A tip from Walter Hagen
B. A suggestion from Ty Cobb about weighted bats only
C. Studying Bobby Jones’s clubs
D. Observing airplane flaps/tail during a flying lesson
Answer: D. Observing airplane flaps/tail during a flying lesson
Q23. Approximately how many official PGA Tour victories is Sarazen credited with?
A. 25
B. 32
C. 38
D. 50
Answer: C. 38
Q24. On how many consecutive U.S. Ryder Cup teams did Sarazen play?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Answer: D. 6
Q25. In which years did Sarazen represent the United States in the Ryder Cup?
A. 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, and 1937
B. 1925–1935
C. 1930–1940
D. Only 1927 and 1935
Answer: A. 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, and 1937