MISC
The Ball
The Player
Stroke play
Definitions
100
What is a players caddie considered? a. a partner b. a tour member c. an outside agency d. a assistant
What is c. an outside agency
100
What is called when a player's ball is farther from the hole than his opponent's ball, the player is said to have what?
What is "the honor"
100
In stroke play, if a competitor plays a ball from a wrong place, the penalty is one stroke.
What is False Explanation Rule 20-7c
100
In stroke play, if a player returns a score for a hole higher than he has taken, he shall be disqualified.
What is False Explanation Rule 6-6d
100
Time spent in playing a wrong ball is not counted in the five-minute period allowed for search for the original ball.
What is True according to the definition of a "lost ball"
200
If a person is standing near enough to the flagstick so that he may touch it, then he is deemed to be attending the flagstick.
What is True Explanation Decision 17-1/1
200
A player dropped his putter on his ball and moved it as he was marking the ball's position with a coin; because he was in the process of marking, there is no penalty.
What is "False"
200
Which of the following does not result in a penalty? a. Swinging at and missing a wrong ball. b. Playing a stroke with his ball and dislodging an abandoned ball that was hidden and lay underneath it. c. Playing a stroke at part of an abandoned ball which had broken into pieces.
What is B Playing a stroke with his ball and dislodging an abandoned ball that was hidden and lay underneath it. Explanation Decision 15/2
200
In stroke play, a player practices putting on the 18th green immediately after finishing the first round of a 54-hole event scheduled over consecutive days. What is the ruling? a. There is no penalty. b. He is disqualified. c. The Committee should modify the disqualification penalty to two strokes.
What is There is no penalty. Explanation Decision 7-2/8
200
The line of putt is the line which the player wishes his ball to take after a stroke on the putting green, but it does not extend beyond the hole.
What is False, the line of the putt does extend beyond the hole.
300
A given part of a body of water may be defined as a water hazard in the play of one hole and a lateral water hazard in the play of another hole.
What is True Explanation Decision 33-2a/7
300
A player touches his ball with his hand in removing loose impediments when the ball lies through the green. The ball does not move. What is the ruling? a. If the ball was touched accidentally, there is no penalty. b. If the ball was touched either accidentally or on purpose, there is no penalty. c. If the ball was touched either accidentally or on purpose, there is a penalty.
What is "A", If the ball was touched accidentally, there is no penalty.
300
In stroke play, a player returns his score card with a total score that is correct but with a score missing for one hole. What is the ruling? a. The Committee should allow him to enter the missing score. b. The Committee should enter the missing score. c. He is disqualified.
What is He is disqualified. Explanation Decision 6-6d/1
300
In stroke play, a player's ball lies in a bunker. While entering the bunker, he accidentally kicks a small stone into the bunker. Before he addresses his ball, he removes the stone, which does not affect the position of the ball. What is the ruling? a. There is no penalty. b. There is a one stroke penalty. c. There is a two stroke penalty. c. He is disqualified.
What is C There is a two stroke penalty. Explanation Rule 13-4
300
Stakes and lines defining the margins of water hazards are in the hazards.
What is True
400
A referee does not have the authority during the play of a match to declare an area as ground under repair if it was not previously marked.
What is False Explanation Decision 34-2/1
400
A player's ball lies outside an area that is marked as ground under repair. High grass growing within the area interferes with his swing, but not with the lie of the ball, or with his stance. What is the ruling? a. He is entitled to relief since his ball is not in ground under repair. b. He is not entitled to relief since his stance is not in the ground under repair. c. He is entitled to relief because the high grass within the area is part of the ground under repair and the grass interferes with his swing.
What is "C" He is entitled to relief because the high grass within the area is part of the ground under repair and the grass interferes with his swing.
400
The Rules specifically provide that a player must inform his opponent, marker or fellow-competitor that he intends to play a provisional ball. Which statement meets the requirements of the Rules for announcing a provisional ball? a. "I will never find that one. I'll play another." b. "This is a provisional ball." c. "That might be lost. I am going to re-load."
What is B "This is a provisional ball." Explanation Decision 27-2a/1
400
A player's ball is lost in a tree that is growing in an area marked as ground under repair. What is the ruling? a. He may take relief without penalty under the ground under repair Rule. b. He must find and identify his ball in order to take relief under the ground under repair Rule. c. He must proceed under the lost ball Rule.
What is A He may take relief without penalty under the ground under repair Rule. Explanation Decision 25/10
400
The margin of ground under repair extends vertically downwards and upwards.
What is False Explanation Definition of "Ground Under Repair"
500
In four-ball match play, a player absent at the beginning may join his partner between holes but not during the play of a hole.
What is True Explanation Rule 30-3a
500
A ball is holed when it is at rest within the circumference of the hole and any part of it is below the level of the lip of the hole.
What is False Explanation Definition of "Holed"
500
In stroke play, a player unwittingly carries a non-conforming club but does not use it. He discovers his mistake after completing his round and before returning his score card. What is the ruling? a. There is no penalty. b. The player's penalty is two strokes. c. The player's penalty is four strokes. d. He is disqualified.
What is C. The player's penalty is four strokes. Explanation Rule 4-1
500
In a stroke play hole-by-hole play-off, Player A gives incorrect information as to the number of strokes he has taken which causes Player B to lift his ball from the putting green without marking its position. Player A incurs a penalty.
What is False Explanation Decision 9-3/1
500
Which one of the following is correct regarding a player giving information on the Rules of Golf in match play? a. Giving information on the Rules is not considered to be advice. b. Giving incorrect information on the Rules by mistake results in a penalty. c. Knowingly giving incorrect information on the Rules results in a loss of hole penalty.
What is A Giving information on the Rules is not considered to be advice. Explanation Definition of "Advice"
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