True/False
Wind and water are outside influences.
Correct answer: False
Explanation: Definition Natural Forces; Definition Outside Influence
The status of a ball that is not found after three minutes of searching.
Definition: Lost
Which of the following is not allowed by a player's caddie in pointing out the line of play when the ball will be played from the putting green?
a) Put a water bottle off the putting green to show the line of play and removing it before the stroke.
b) Telling the player to aim at the edge of a sprinkler off the putting green.
c) Telling the player to aim at an unrepaired ball-mark on the putting green.
Correct answer: a) Put a water bottle off the putting green to show the line of play and removing it before the stroke.
Explanation Rule: 10.2b(2)
In stroke play, after a player marks, lifts and replaces his or her ball on the original spot on the putting green, the wind blows it into a bunker. The player replaces the ball, holes out and tees off on the next hole. What is the ruling?
Correct answer: There is no penalty.
Explanation Rule: 13.1d(2)
A ball is dropped in the right way and in a wrong place but not yet played. The player may lift the ball without penalty and correct the mistake.
Correct answer: True
Explanation Rule: 14.5a; Rule 14.5b(2)
Any temporary accumulation of water on the surface of the ground (such as puddles from rain or irrigation or an overflow from a body of water)
Definition: Temporary Water
Which is incorrect regarding a ball-marker?
a) A ball-marker is an artificial object that is used to mark the spot of a ball to be lifted, such as an object made to be a ball-marker or another item of equipment.
b) The spot of a ball to be lifted and replaced must be marked before lifting the ball.
c) The ball may be marked with a loose impediment.
Correct answer: c) The ball may be marked with a loose impediment.
Explanation Rule 14.1a
In stroke play, a player is in the process of taking relief from ground under repair in the general area. Before the player drops the ball, they remove sand and loose soil from the relief area. What is the ruling?
Correct answer: The player gets the general penalty.
Explanation Rule: 8.1a
If a ball breaks into pieces after a stroke, there is no penalty and the stroke does not count.
Correct answer: True
Explanation Rule: 4.2b
Any of these people or things that can affect what happens to your ball or equipment or to the course:
-Any person (including another player), except you or your caddie or your partner or opponent or any of their caddies,
-Any animal, and
- Any natural or artificial object or anything else (including another ball in motion), except for natural forces."
Definition: Outside Influence
Which use of equipment is allowed by the Rules to help play during a round?
a) Processing or interpreting playing information from the round.
b) Using equipment to measure wind speed at the course.
c) Using powders or other moisturizing or drying agents to help in gripping the club.
Correct answer: c) Using powders or other moisturizing or drying agents to help in gripping the club.
Explanation Rule: 4.3a
In stroke play, during the round of eighteen holes, a player employs a caddie for the first nine holes. For the second nine holes, they replace the caddie with a different caddie, who just competed in the same event. What is the ruling?
Correct answer: There is no penalty.
Explanation Rule: 10.3a(1)
If a player decides their ball in a bunker is unplayable, there are two options that require the ball to be dropped in the bunker and only one option that allows relief outside the bunker.
Correct answer: False
Rule: 19.3
The person or group in charge of the competition or the course.
Definition: Committee
In stroke play, a player starts their round with a non-conforming club and makes a stroke with it during play of the 1st hole. The player discovers their mistake before playing from the 2nd tee and declares the club out of play. When the player finishes their round, they consult with the Committee before returning their scorecard. What is the ruling?
a) The player gets the general penalty.
b) There is a total penalty of four strokes.
c) The player is disqualified.
Correct answer: c) The player is disqualified.
Explanation Rule: 4.1a(1)
Which one of the following disabilities is not covered by a specific modification provided by Rule 25?
Correct answer: Players who have hearing loss.
Explanation Rule: 25.1
A player removes a broken tee touching their ball in the general area causing the ball to move; there is a penalty of one stroke and the ball must be replaced on its original spot.
Correct answer: False
Explanation Rule: 15.2a(1); Rule 9.4b
When a player's ball is in its own pitch-mark as a result of the player's previous stroke and where part of the ball is below the level of the ground.
Definition: Embedded
In stroke play, a player’s ball lies in a bunker. Before playing the ball, they make two practice swings, each time touching sand in the bunker. A player in their group tells them they have incurred a penalty. The player then breaks an attached branch with their hand, improving the area of their backswing. What is the ruling?
a) The player gets the general penalty.
b) There is a total penalty of four strokes.
c) There is a total penalty of six strokes.
Correct answer: There is a total penalty of four strokes.
Explanation Rule: 12.2b(1); Rule 8.1a(1); Rule 1.3c(4)
In match play, a player removes an immovable obstruction affecting the line of play of their opponent who had requested that the player not do so. What is the ruling?
Correct answer: The player gets the general penalty.
Explanation Rule: 8.3