Playing Cards - Golf Facts

In one form or another the game of golf has been enjoyed over the centuries with the form that it took and the rules that applied varying according to the terrain offered to play the game on. Tee off with our double deck of Golf Trivia Playing Cards.

Among the more interesting facts and trivia are...

Greg Norman from Queensland, Australia is known by the nickname, "The Great White Shark." He was the PGA Tour money leader in 1986, 1990 and 1995 and was the PGA Tour Player of the Year in 1995. Norman has also been a four-time member of the International Team playing in the Presidents Cup. Greg Norman and American golfer Craig Wood are the only two golfers to have lost playoffs at all four majors. For one stretch in the early 1990's he held the No. 1 world ranking for 331 weeks and won the British Open title in 1986 and 1993.

Replicas of the oldest golf clubs in existence, The Adam Wood Clubs, are on display at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Aryshire, Scotland with the real clubs exhibited at the British Golf Museum in St. Andrews. Six woods and two irons were found concealed in a cupboard at 160 High Street in Hull, England during renovations of the house in 1898. They were found wrapped in a newspaper dated 1741. The irons are thought to date from the late 17th century while the woods are from the 18th century.

To learn more about golf's colorful history and interesting trivia open a double deck Golf Trivia Playing Cards for 108 revealing golf facts. A great gift item for the golfer in your life or for your next company tournament!

Comes in two individual packages of 54 cards each.