Week 5: Quiz – Famous Courses
Stage 1: Discover & Play · Golf Course Design
Week 5 — Famous Courses
Review questions covering the lessons above. Read each question aloud and discuss before selecting an answer.
Correct answers are shown in stone brown. Use this as a review and discussion tool.
Question 1
Why is Augusta National considered one of the world’s great courses?
- ○ It has the most bunkers
- ✓ Its design combines strategic variety, visual beauty, and dramatic challenge in a way that rewards both watching and playing — and its history as the home of the Masters adds cultural weight
- ○ It is the longest course in the world
Question 2
What does it mean when people say a course has ‘character’?
- ○ That it is very old
- ✓ That the course has distinct personality — memorable holes, natural features, or design ideas that make it unmistakable and irreplaceable
- ○ That the course is very difficult
Question 3
What makes Pebble Beach different from an inland course?
- ○ It uses different rules
- ✓ The Pacific Ocean is not just a backdrop but an active design element — it affects strategy on multiple holes, creates dramatic visual framing, and makes the course’s character inseparable from its coastal location