Forms of Play
The form of play where partners take turns hitting a single ball.
What is Foursomes?
Abnormal Course Conditions include Animal Holes, Ground Under Repair, Immovable Obstructions, and this.
What is Temporary Water?
The Areas of the Course include the General Area, all Penalty Areas, the Teeing Area, the Putting Green, and these.
What are Bunkers?
An artificial object used to show where a ball should be placed.
What is a Ball-Marker?
The document where a player puts the amount of strokes taken on a hole.
What is a Scorecard?
What is Stroke Play?
These artificial objects define the edge of the course and free relief is not allowed.
What are Boundary Objects?
All areas outside the boundary edge of the course.
What is Out of Bounds?
The act of changing the ball a player is using by having another ball become the ball in play.
What is Substitute?
This object can only have a max length of 4 inches.
What is a Tee?
A form of play where a player is limited to the number of strokes they can take on a hole.
What is Maximum Score?
The relief procedure that must be taken if a ball is not found inside a three minute search.
What is Stroke-and-Distance?
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?
A Player will play this if they believe that their ball may be out of bounds.
What is a Provisional Ball?
These objects are considered Equipment even if held by someone other than the Player or their Caddie
What are clubs?
A form of play where a player competes against a target score set for each hole.
What is Par/Bogey?
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?
A green on the course that is not the green of the hole a player is playing.
What is a Wrong Green?
This includes the lie, stance, swing, the line of play, and potential relief area.
What are Conditions Affecting the Stroke?
The measurement standard that is based on the longest non-putter club in a player's bag.
What is a Club-Length?
A Match Play form where each player plays two other opponents simultaneously.
What is Three-Ball
A player will receive a penalty if they play a ball and their stance is in this area.
What is a No Play Zone?
This area includes all teeing areas that are not the Player's Teeing Area.
What is the General Area?
What is Moved?
Any artificial or natural object used to show the position of the hole.
What is a Flagstick