- Which is a player not permitted to do when their ball lies in a hazard?
Your answer:
Ground their club outside the hazard.
Ground their club inside the hazard.
Move a branch that is outside the hazard.
- A player's ball lies outside an area that is marked as ground under repair. High grass growing within the area marked as ground under repair interferes with their swing, but not with the lie of the ball, or with their stance. What is the ruling?
Your answer:
They are entitled to relief because the high grass within the area is part of the ground under repair and the grass interferes with their swing.
They are not entitled to relief since their ball is not in the ground under repair.
They are not entitled to relief since their stance is not in the ground under repair.
- A player holes a putt with a club in one hand, while holding the removed flagstick with their other hand. What is the ruling?
Your answer:
There is a two stroke penalty.
There is no penalty.
There is a one stroke penalty.
- Player A hits their ball close to the out of bounds marker. What should they do?
Your answer:
Announce they are playing a provisional ball, hit the provisional ball and then go see if their first ball is in or not.
Go see if they are in first to see if they need to play another ball.
Go check if they are out of bounds. If they are out of bounds, drop a ball and add one stroke.
- Player B is disqualified if they:
Your answer:
Mis-add the total score for their round then signs the card and turns it in.
Get a 4 on a hole but writes down a 5, then signs the card and turns it in.
Get a 5 on a hole but writes down a 4, then signs the card and turns it in.
- The correct procedure for dropping a ball is:
Your answer:
Face away from the hole and throw the ball over your shoulder.
Hold the ball at arms length, shoulder height and drop.
Place the ball wherever you want it.
- In which instance may a player touch their line of putt without penalty?
Your answer:
With their club when tapping down spike marks
With their towel in removing a loose impediment.
With their club in removing casual water.
- When is your ball “unplayable”?
Your answer:
When you say it is.
When you and your competitor both say it is.
When your competitor says it is.
- Your options for taking relief from an unplayable lie are:
Your answer:
Hit from your original spot again, or drop within 2 club lengths from the spot of the ball no closer to the hole, or keeping the obstruction between you and the hole go straight back as far as you want and drop the ball; in any case you add a one stroke penalty.
Hit from your original spot again, or drop within 2 club lengths from the spot of the ball no closer to the hole, or keeping the obstruction between you and the hole, go straight back as far as you want and drop the ball; in any case there is no penalty.
Move the ball two club lengths into the fairway and add a one stroke penalty.
- Player C takes a practice swing at their ball, which is in play, and accidentally moves the ball with their club. Which applies?
Your answer:
Return the ball to its original spot and there is no penalty.
Return the ball to its original spot with a one stroke penalty.
Hit the ball from where it stops and there is no penalty.