Forms of Play
Relief or No Relief?
The Course
The Ball
Equipment and Other Items
100

The form of play where partners take turns hitting a single ball.

What is Foursomes?

100

Abnormal Course Conditions include Animal Holes, Ground Under Repair, Immovable Obstructions, and this.

What is Temporary Water?

100

The Areas of the Course include the General Area, all Penalty Areas, the Teeing Area, the Putting Green, and these.

What are Bunkers?

100

An artificial object used to show where a ball should be placed.

What is a Ball-Marker?

100

The document where a player puts the amount of strokes taken on a hole.

What is a Scorecard?

200
The form of play where the winner is the player/side who completed the round in the least amount of shots.

What is Stroke Play?

200

These artificial objects define the edge of the course and free relief is not allowed.

What are Boundary Objects?

200

All areas outside the boundary edge of the course.

What is Out of Bounds?

200

The act of changing the ball a player is using by having another ball become the ball in play.

What is Substitute?

200

This object can only have a max length of 4 inches.

What is a Tee?

300

A form of play where a player is limited to the number of strokes they can take on a hole.

What is Maximum Score?

300

The relief procedure that must be taken if a ball is not found inside a three minute search.

What is Stroke-and-Distance?

300

Area of the hole that is defined by two club-lengths from the front edge of the designated markers of the current hole.

What is the Teeing Area?

300

A Player will play this if they believe that their ball may be out of bounds.

What is a Provisional Ball?

300

These objects are considered Equipment even if held by someone other than the Player or their Caddie

What are clubs?

400

A form of play where a player competes against a target score set for each hole.

What is Par/Bogey?

400

The reference point for free relief when in a bunker or putting green, when a Player cannot get complete relief.

What is the Point of Maximum Available Relief?

400

A green on the course that is not the green of the hole a player is playing.

What is a Wrong Green?

400

This includes the lie, stance, swing, the line of play, and potential relief area.

What are Conditions Affecting the Stroke?

400

The measurement standard that is based on the longest non-putter club in a player's bag.

What is a Club-Length?

500

A Match Play form where each player plays two other opponents simultaneously.

What is Three-Ball

500

A player will receive a penalty if they play a ball and their stance is in this area.

What is a No Play Zone?

500

This area includes all teeing areas that are not the Player's Teeing Area.

What is the General Area?

500
A ball is considered this only when this action can be seen with the naked eye

What is Moved?

500

Any artificial or natural object used to show the position of the hole.

What is a Flagstick

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