Clubs
Etiquette + Course Management
Penalty Areas
Miscellaneous
100

This club is used for the green.

What is a putter?
100

What should you do after you use a bunker?

Rake the bunker, leave the rake outside of the bunker.

100

The different penalty areas are...

red stakes, yellow stakes, white stakes (OB)

100

Something everyone should have on their golf ball

A specific identifier or symbol

200

The biggest, longest hitting club in your bag.

What is a driver?

200

Your ball leaves a giant dent -- or divot-- in the green after you hit. What should you do?

Use a divot tool to repair the green.
200

The number of penalty strokes you must be assigned when using relief from a penalty area.

One penalty stroke

200

You notice a big chunk of dirt on your ball when it is in the fairway. Can you clean it off?

ONLY if the course conditions are bad enough that the match allows you to lift, clean, and place.

Normal conditions = you can clean your ball once you have properly marked it on the green.

300

Best for approach shots 100 yards and in; around the green; bunker shots

What is a wedge?

300

My ball lands 10 feet behind Lauren's ball. In what order should we play our shots?

Oberg should go first because she is further behind than Lauren.

300

Name the kinds of relief you can take from a red hazard.

1. Play it.

2. Drop 2 club lengths from where you entered, no closer to the hole. (lateral relief)

3. Draw a line between the pin and where you entered the hazard. Drop your ball anywhere back on that line. (on-the-line relief)

4. Replay from the previous position.

300

The label you give / thing you announce for the 2nd ball you are playing if you are not sure that you will find your 1st ball.

Provisional

400
An "in-between" club or a "mix" of two kinds of clubs that can be used for longer approach shots or tee shots. Hint: more control, less distance.

What is a hybrid?

400
A chunk of fairway comes up after Riley hits her ball. She can see it and could grab it if she wants. What should she do?

Find the grass, place it on the open mark that was left, and pat it with her club.

400

The amount of club lengths you get for relief when using lateral relief.

2 club lengths, no closer to the hole.

400

Your mom calls you in the middle of a match. It's safe to answer this call without a penalty.

NO! We only use phones to track scores. We do NOT use any other application, including phone calling, when we are in a round.

500

I have an approach shot that is 100 yards out. I want to stick the green firmly, I don't want a lot of roll once it hits the green. What would be better-- a 7 iron, or a Pitching Wedge?

Pitching Wedge

500

You finish putting before anyone else. What should you do to make the hole quicker for everyone else?

Stick around the green and tend the flag for other group members.

500

Anna's ball comes to rest in a red hazard. She will take lateral relief. When she is dropping her ball, it rolls back into the hazard. What should Anna do next?

Attempt the drop again. If it is not sticking on the 2nd drop, then place the ball.

500

You declare your ball unplayable because it is behind a tree. What are your options?

1. Go back to your last spot and re-hit.

2. Lateral relief.

3. Back-on-the-line relief.

All one penalty stroke.