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25th February 2020
24th February 2020
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Golf Rules Quiz - 18 holes
Level:
Beginner
1. In match play, a player's correct handicap is 11, but he mistakenly advises his opponent on the first tee that his handicap is 10. After his opponent hits her first tee shot, he realises his mistake. What is the ruling?
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The player must play the match using a handicap of 11.
The player is disqualified.
The player must play the match using a handicap of 10.
2. A player may stand out of bounds to play a ball lying in bounds.
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True
False
3. A ball is out of bounds when any part of it lies out of bounds.
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True
False
4. Red penalty areas give a player an extra lateral relief option, in addition to the two options available from a yellow penalty area.
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True
False
5. In foursomes match play, each player plays their own ball.
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True
False
6. On the putting green, a player marks and lifts her ball. After replacing it, a strong gust of wind causes the ball to move. The player must replace her ball on the original spot.
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True
False
7. A player in stroke play started a round with 13 clubs. During the front nine, she broke her putter in anger. After the ninth hole, she bought another putter in the Pro Shop and used it for the remainder of the round. What is the ruling?
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There is no penalty.
The player is disqualified.
The player gets a two stroke penalty at the 10th and 11th holes.
8. A player's ball lies in a hole made by a rabbit in a bunker. The player is entitled to free relief.
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True
False
9. A player addresses his ball on the fairway, but before playing his shot, changes his mind on his club selection. He returns to his bag, and when changing his club, a gust of wind causes his ball to roll down a slope several feet from its original position. What is the ruling?
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The player gets a penalty of one stroke and must replace the ball.
There is no penalty and the ball must be replaced.
There is no penalty and the ball must be played from its new position.
10. Foursomes is a form of play where one player plays against two other players
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True
False
11. A player finds her ball by stepping on it in thick rough after searching for it for 2 minutes, causing it to move. What is the ruling?
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There is no penalty and the player must drop the ball as near as possible to the estimated spot.
There is no penalty and the player must place the ball on the estimated spot. If the ball was under the growing grass it must be replaced under that grass.
The player gets a penalty of one stroke and must place the ball on the estimated spot. If the ball was under the growing grass it must be replaced under that grass.
12. The stroke includes the backward movement of the club.
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True
False
13. When dropping a ball under a Rule, a player drops the ball in the right way twice and both times the ball comes to rest just outside the relief area, no nearer the hole. What is the ruling?
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The player must place a ball anywhere in the relief area.
The player must place a ball on the spot where the ball dropped the second time, first touched the ground.
The player must continue dropping until a ball comes to rest in the relief area.
14. In stroke play, a player's ball lies on the putting green. Before playing his next stroke, he taps down spike marks in the vicinity of the hole. What is the ruling?
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There is no penalty.
The player gets two penalty strokes.
The player gets one penalty stroke.
15. In match play, a player hits a shot in a bunker and his ball rebounds off the face of the bunker. The player does not have time to get out of the way and the ball hits his body. The player must play the ball as it lies, but what is the penalty?
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There is no penalty.
The player loses the hole.
The player gets one penalty stroke.
16. A player may remove a half-eaten apple from a bunker when it is lying next to his ball in the bunker, without penalty.
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True
False
17. In match play, a player's ball lies in a penalty area and she takes a practice swing in the penalty area, grounding her club in the process. What is the ruling?
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There is no penalty.
The player loses the hole.
The player gets one penalty stroke.
18. In match play, if a player plays a ball from outside the teeing area when starting a hole, the penalty is loss of hole.
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True
False
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