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Bob Charles, an Uncommon card
Sir Robert James Charles is a New Zealand professional golfer who won the 1963 Open Championship, the first left-handed player to win a major championship.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 33,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Bob Charles quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bob Charles card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He won the 1954 New Zealand Open as an 18-year-old ______ and made the cut in the same event in 2007, at the age of 71.
Answer
amateur. He won the 1954 New Zealand Open as an 18-year-old amateur and made the cut in the same event in 2007, at the age of 71. From the Bob Charles article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Sir Robert James Charles is a New Zealand professional golfer who won the ____ Open Championship, the first left-handed player to win a major championship.
Answer
1960s. Sir Robert James Charles is a New Zealand professional golfer who won the 1963 Open Championship, the first left-handed player to win a major championship. From the Bob Charles article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He won the 1954 New Zealand Open as an 18-year-old amateur and made the cut in the same event in 2007, at the age of 71.
- His achievements over that period, in which he won 80 tournaments, rank him as one of the most successful New Zealand golfers of all time.
- Along with Michael Campbell and Ryan Fox, he is one of only three New Zealanders to win a men's major golf championship.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bob Charles article was read about 33,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Bob Charles
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bob Charles (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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