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Etiquette
100
What color stakes define a lateral hazard? Water hazard?
Red - Yellow
100
Walking towards the ball, but looking at the green, a player accidentally kicks their ball forward 4 yards. What is the proper procedure and penalty?
1 stroke penalty. Replace the ball as close as possible to the original spot.
100
The starting place for the hole to be played.
Teeing Ground - Bonus question how far behind the tee markers may a player tee the ball?
100
What is the term when a player is allowed to pick up a ball and clean the mud off of it before playing it?
Lift clean and place
100
You are all but certain your ball is lost or out of bounds. What is the proper procedure? Include the proper way to implement such procedure
Play a provisional ball from that spot. You must verbally declare that the ball is a provisional.
200
A ball comes to rest just outside a hazard. The player's stance is in the hazard. What is the proper procedure?
Play the ball as it lies. - Bonus question how does this situation change in an environmentally sensitive area?
200
Player A accidentally hits Player B's ball, and subsequently Player B hits Player A's ball. On the next shot both players realize that they have played each other's golf ball. What is the proper penalty and procedure?
2 stroke penalty - Players must return to the original spot and play their own golf ball. Bonus question - What if they tee off on the next hole before correcting the mistake?
200
A hazard consisting of sand.
Bunker
200
A sprinkler head is within 2 clublengths of the green. A player's ball rests just on the other side of the sprinkler head, so that the sprinkler rests in the player's intended line of play. Otherwise, the sprinkler head is not in the way of the player's stance or swing. Can the player take relief? Be sure you can explain why or why not.
Yes. 1) The sprinkler head is within 2 clublenghths of the green. 2) The ball is within 2 clublengths of the sprinkler. 3) The sprinkler is in the intended line of play
200
There are 4 players on the green putting. What is the proper etiquette to take in relation to their intended line?
Do not step on the line. It is also proper etiquette to not step on a player's "through" line
300
On Marsh Hawk Hole #8 - A player hits the ball from the teeing ground and it crosses over the water hazard, landing on the other side of the water, it then rolls back down into the water. From where should the player play the next shot - assuming they can't hit it from the hazard?
2 options - From the original spot, or back on the other side of the hazard, keeping the point where the ball crossed in between the player and the hole.
300
Player A asks player B to tend the flag when putting on the green. Player A hits a magnificent putt from 40 feet and makes it. However, player B forgot to pull the flag out, and the ball strikes the flag. What is the penalty? Who receives the penalty?
Player A receives a 2 stroke penalty
300
When has a player "addressed" the ball?
When they ground the club behind the ball.
300
A ball is resting, in play, up against an out of bounds stake. What is the proper relief procedure?
There is no relief from being against a device that marks out of bounds
300
You hit a ball and notice it's heading right for someone walking down the cartpath. What should you do?
Yell "FORE"
400
A player's ball enters a hazard and she decides she would like to play the ball from the hazard. When in the hazard she loses her balance, and places her club head on the ground to catch herself. What is the penalty?
There is no penalty. A player will be penalized in a hazard for grounding their club when addressing the ball, improving their lie, or taking a practice swing that contacts the ground. 1 Stroke Penalty
400
A player realizes on the 6th hole that she is carrying 15 clubs. What is the penalty?
2 strokes per hole, with a maximum of 4 strokes penalty. If the player continues to knowingly play with 15 clubs, she is disqualified.
400
Define "through the green."
The whole area of the course except - putting greens, teeing ground, and water hazards
400
A ball rests on the cart path. How do you find the nearest point of relief? What club should you use?
The nearest point of relief is found by determining the CLOSEST point where a player can take full relief (ball and stance). The player must use the intended club for their next shot to find that point. From there a player can go 1 clublength (any club) no closer to the hole and drop the ball.
400
It is proper etiquette to rake the bunker after use. The group in front of you fails to rake the bunker, and your ball falls in a footprint. What is the proper procedure?
Play the ball as it lies
500
A ball comes to rest in a lateral hazard. What are the player's options?
1. Play the ball as it lies. 2. Take a drop within 2 clublengths of the point where the ball last crossed the hazard line - no closer to the hole. 1 stroke penalty 3. Play from as close to the original spot as possible. 1 stroke penalty
500
When on the teeing ground, a player tee's up the ball. She addresses the ball and, when doing her preshot routine of a slowmotion practice swing, hits the ball off of the tee and it rolls 10 yards. What is the penalty?
There is no penalty. The player may replace the ball and play the shot as intended. This only applies on the teeing ground.
500
Any temporary accumulation of water on the course that is not in a water hazard and is visible before or after the player takes his stance.
Casual Water
500
A player's ball lies on the fringe. Just in front of the ball is a pile of sand from where someone has played from an adjacent bunker. How should the player proceed?
There is no relief in this situation. Sand and soil may only be removed from the line of play when a player is ON the green. This includes ball marks on the fringe. A player may not repair a ball mark on the fringe before making their stroke. Proper etiquette is to repair the ball mark after the stroke
500
A 4some playing 18 holes comes upon a very slow single playing 9 holes. Who has priority on the course (in other words who should continue to lead the pack)? Why?
The 4some has priority, because they are playing 18 holes. The single should let them play through if he can not keep up with their pace.