Manzella's Utimate Trivia Test - With a Prize!

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Brian Manzella

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Prize:

All the web versions of all the the MANZELLA VIDEO COLLECTION, and one of the next one out (whatever it is!)...​

Ready?

....here we go.....

Winner is the first one to post all 10 correct answers...I will limit my comments to just enough to keep it going. ;)


1. A Perfectly straight ball looks like what to the golfer?

2. Which golfer who won two majors in one year with illegal balls and irons?

3. Who designed and built the "St. John's" old #1 course at City Park in New Orleans?

4. He shares City Park South Course record of 59 (9 under par) with Brian Manzella...

5. He beat Runner-Up Michael Finney to win "Junior Major"...

6. The first golf ball with Hex dimples was...

7. Who else wrote part of "The Golfing Machines" Chapter 2?

8. Who invented "Feather Light" golf clubs?

9. TGM AI who did win a "Junior Major"...

10. Two Famous Golfers who's names appeared on Ping Putters are...​
 
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jjmule

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Somebody's gotta be first...

1. - Knuckleball
2. - Jackie Burke Jr.
3. - Joseph Bartholomew
4. - Larry Griffin
5. - David Toms
6. - Maxfli DDH
7. - Ben Doyle
8. - Dave Pelz
9. - Gregg McHatton
10.- Tom Watson & Mark Calcavecchia (trick question)
 
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junkilo

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I'm pretty sure you are off on 6 jjmule, confessing that you helped me on a few though! here's my guess:

1- knuckle ball
2- jackie burke
3- joseph bartholomew
4- griffin
5- toms in 84'
6- uniroyal
7- ben doyle, carl johnson probably helped with the 1st ed.
8- david pelz
9- mchatton in 63
10- watson, calcavecchia, or possibly a few from the putter vault
 
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jjmule

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Jackie Burke, Jr

1. - Won the Masters and PGA Championships in 1956
2. - Founded Houston Champions Golf Club (U.S. Open site 1969) with good friend Jimmy Demeret
3. - One of the great teaching and philosophical minds in golf (particularly short game)
4. - Among many plyers he has helped are Phil Mickelson and Steve Elkington
5. - Hal Sutton's Ryder Cup assistant captain
6. - Authored excellent book 'Its Only a Game'
7. - His wife Robin is one of the best women amateurs in the country
8. - His Dad - Jackie Burke Sr - was a great teacher back in the 20's
 
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Brian Manzella

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Hints:

1. Not a knukle ball
2. Happened after 1970
3. Not Joe
4. AI
5. roommate
6. need the model as well
7. not Ben
8. FM
9. AI
10.sold with the names on the putter
 
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Chris Sturgess

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It's when a baseball is thrown with no spin on it, which results in the ball wobbling around in the air. So they are saying that applies to a straight golf shot, which makes no sense.

A straight shot appears to be a very slight fade because of the perspective of the golfer being inside the line of flight. I know this because I hit used to hit draws and now hit a lot of straight shots that I think are slight fades but other people seeing them swear the shot was straight.

That quiz is very local.
 
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Jared Willerson

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I always thought an absolute straight ball appeared as a slight pull, because of the way we view the target line. You look DOWN a push but ACROSS a straight ball.
 
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aaron_lohan

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Chris Sturgess said:
It's when a baseball is thrown with no spin on it, which results in the ball wobbling around in the air. So they are saying that applies to a straight golf shot, which makes no sense.

A straight shot appears to be a very slight fade because of the perspective of the golfer being inside the line of flight. I know this because I hit used to hit draws and now hit a lot of straight shots that I think are slight fades but other people seeing them swear the shot was straight.

That quiz is very local.
Click to expand...

Oh right, i heard johhny miller say it about faldo's ball flight so wondered what it looks like, is it good or bad
 
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junkilo

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I'm going to have to bow out of the hunt. I've come pretty close though I think. I need to get some work done!

1- fade

2- Probably Lee Trevino (could also have been Price, Faldo, O'Meara or Woods)

3- John Charles Olmsted

4- Tom Bartlett (maybe Laville, who knows, all the records were destroyed in Katrina)

5- David Toms

6- uniroyal plus six in 71

7- My guess is that the Italian Stallion had a hand in it! Runner up guess is Daniels!

8- Dave Pelz DP1 frequency matched featherlite irons 1984

*9- gregg mchatton

*10- 0 putter models ever done with a pros name incorporated into the mode of the putter. Special edition putters exist with jack nicklaus, gary player and steve elkington's names stamped on them however, most being anser putter models.
names stamped on them.
 
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jpvegas1

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Answers to Quiz

1) Cut shot
2) Tom Watson
3) Olmstead
4) Stan Stopa
5) Greg Lesher
6) Royal +6
7) Carl Johnson
8)Dave Pelz
9) McHatton
10)Watson, Calcavechia
 
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pndyer32

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Trivia Test Answers

1. Slight fade
2. Tom Watson
3. WPA
4. Tom Bartlett
5. David Toms
6. Uniroyal Royal Plus 6
7. Joe Daniels
8. Dave Pelz
9. Greg McHatton
10. Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus
 
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Chris Sturgess

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For clarity I should say that when I say a slight fade I mean a slight left to right shot, a pull fade, not a straight to right shot. So it starts with the look of a slight pull but appears to fade back to the target. It couldn't just be a pull because a straight shot doesn't end up left of the target. Plus in my own experience, I have hit many shots with people standing directly behind the ball that swear it went dead straight but I would always say it was a 5 yard fade.

Aaron, it's good to hit a knuckleball into the wind because it has no spin and won't balloon up short with backspin. That is probably what Johnny Miller was talking about with Faldo, he used to swing at almost half speed to reduce spin into the wind. But if your not into the wind you don't want to hit a knuckleball because it won't hold any greens. Off the tee low spin is good for distance though.
 
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armourall

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I'll try...

1. A Perfectly straight ball looks like what to the golfer? right to left

2. Which golfer who won two majors in one year with illegal balls and irons? Watson

3. Who designed and built the "St. John's" old #1 course at City Park in New Orleans? Olmstead

4. He shares City Park South Course record of 59 (9 under par) with Brian Manzella... Trick question, Manzella did it twice. (edit: change to Stopa)

5. He beat Runner-Up Michael Finney to win "Junior Major"... Some guy named David Toms(?) finished with a 3-over-par 75, but it was enough to give him a three-stroke victory over Michael Finney of New Orleans in the 1984 PGA Junior Championship

6. The first golf ball with Hex dimples was... uniroyal plus six

7. Who else wrote part of "The Golfing Machines" Chapter 2? Tomasello (edit: change to Don Shaw)

8. Who invented "Feather Light" golf clubs? Pelz (edit: change to Barney Adams)

9. TGM AI who did win a "Junior Major"... McHatton (http://www.usjunioram.org/2004/images/past-champs/1963_g_mchatton.gif)

10. Two Famous Golfers who's names appeared on Ping Putters are... Nicklaus, Player
 
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