Rules Quiz Number Three – Advanced Level - Getting to Grips with the Rules of Golf and Handicapping

How Well do you Know the Rules of Golf 2019?
See if you can score Par (18 points) on 9 Random Questions.
The questions are aimed at an entry level until the new Rules are well under way and you have come to grips with them.
Play as many times as you like, the questions will be random each time.
Best of Luck!

1. A player started a round with 14 clubs. The head of their driver came off when they made a practice swing with it while waiting to play from the 4th Tee. Without penalty, the player may:

assemble a shaft and clubhead they were carrying in their bag.

borrow a driver that was selected for play by another player playing on the same course.

replace the club by having someone bring her/him one from the clubhouse.

stop play for 20 minutes to reattach the clubhead to the shaft with epoxy glue.

Question 1 of 9

2. A player's ball lies on a Cart Path in the General Area, from which they wish to take relief under Rule 16.1b. The Nearest Point of Complete Relief will be in a large area of shallow Temporary Water which adjoins the Cart Path and the Nearest Point of Complete Relief under Rule 16.1a would be back on the Cart Path. Each of the following is an option available to the player, except which one?

Play the ball as it lies on the Cart Path.

Lift the ball from the Cart Path and take relief from both the Cart Path and the Temporary Water with their first drop.

Lift the ball from the Cart Path and drop the ball in accordance with Rule 161b into the Temporary Water and play the ball as it lies from where it comes to rest in the relief area or take relief from the Temporary Water in accordance with Rule 16.1b

I, after taking relief from the Cart Path and then the Temporary Water, the ball again has interference from the Cart Path and the Nearest Point of Complete Relief is such that s/he would have interference from the Temporary Water, determine the Nearest Point of Complete Relief that gives relief from both conditions and drop within on club-length of that point or play the ball as it lies.

Question 2 of 9

3. A player lifts their ball from a Cart Path without marking its position when taking relief under Rule 16.1b (Abnormal Course Conditions). The player gets:

no penalty.

one penalty stroke.

one penalty stroke, but if they fail to replace it and mark it before lifting it again it becomes the General Penalty.

the General Penalty.

Question 3 of 9

4. In Match Play, player B, who is away removes the flagstick, places it on the putting green behind the hole, and putts. Player A, believing that B's ball will strike the flagstick, picks it up, allowing B's ball to roll beyond where the flagstick had been paced. Which of the following is the correct ruling?

Neither A nor B get a penalty.

A gets one penalty-stroke.

A loses the hole.

B loses the hole.

Question 4 of 9

5. Which on of the following is regarded as giving or asking for advice?

Asking an opponent which direction a hole goes.

Telling another player that their ball is 160 yards from the hole..

A player's caddie telling another player's caddie that the other player is standing too close to the ball on her/his chip-shots, even if the other player's caddie does not inform their player about what they were told.

Asking an opponent which club they just used on a par 3 after both players have teed-off and their balls are on the putting green.

Question 5 of 9

6. In Four-ball Stroke Play, the 'one-ball' condition is in effect and a player accidentally switches to a different brand of ball during the play of the 5th hole. The mistake is not discovered ubtil the 8th hole. YThe player completes play of the 8th hole and then switches back to the correct brand for the remainder of the round. What is the penalty

S/he is penalised two strokes on the 5th and 6th Holes. Her/his partner receives no penalty.

S/he is penalised two stroke on holes 5 through to 8. Her/his partner receives no penalty.

Both s/he and her/his partner are penalised two strokes for holes 5 and 6.

Both s/he and her/his partner are penalised two stroked for each of holes 5 through to 8..

Question 6 of 9

7. When is a player no longer permitted to play his/her original ball?

The player plays a provisional ball from where the original ball ws last played, and it comes to rest nearer the hole than where the original ball is likely to be.

The player finds his/her ball in an unplayable lie after a two-minute search.

The player's first stroke from the tee comes to rest in a penalty area and a second ball is teed, but not yet played.

A new ball has been dropped under Rule 17.1c (Relief for a Ball Not Found but in a Penalty Area) when the player's original ball has not been found but is known to be in the Penalty Area.

Question 7 of 9

8. In a singles match between A and B, A plays from outside the teeing area on the 5th hole. B claims, in ignorance, that A loses the hole for playing outside the teeing area. A protests but concedes the hole. Later, A, having consulted the Rule book, lodges an official protest with the Committee. What is the ruling?

A lost the hole.

B lost the hole.

The hole is halved.

A & B must replay the 5th hole.

Question 8 of 9

9. In Four-ball Stroke Play, Players A and B are partners. On the 13th hole, B accidentally chips A's ball from just short of the putting green. A sees how the ball rolls to the hole. A realises the mistake before playing B's ball. what is the ruling?

B is penalised two strokes. A gets no penalty and must place a ball on the spot from which B played A's ball. B may play her/his own ball.

B is penalised two strokes. A gets two penalty-strokes since s/he was helped by B's play and must place a ball on the spot from where B hit A's ball. B may play her/his own ball.

B is disqualified from the hole. a gets no penalty and must place a ball on the spot from where B hit A's ball.

B is disqualified from the hole. A gets two penalty-strokes since s/he was helped by B's play and must place a ball on the spot from where B played A's ball.

Question 9 of 9

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