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.
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1. Which of the following is false regarding stopping play?

Players in a match, without penalty, may discontinue play by mutual agreement as long as the competition is not delayed.

If the Committee suspend play, the player may always substitute a ball when play is resumed.

Players must always discontinue play immediately, whenever the Committee suspends play.

A player may only discontinue play on her/his own if s/he believes there is danger from lighting.

Question 1 of 21

2. Which one of the following is not the player's equipment?

A towel carried by the player's caddie.

A tee used to mark the relief area in which the player will drop a ball.

A rake that the player's caddie has just used and has placed back on the ground.

The player's ball in play.

Question 2 of 21

3. Which of the following is not the player's equipment?

A towel carried by the player's caddie.

A tee used to mark the relief area in which the player will drop a ball.

A rake that the player's caddie has just used and has placed back on the ground.

The player's ball in play.

Question 3 of 21

4. 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 4 of 21

5. With regard to the line of play on the putting green, which one of the following statements is true?

A player may remove leaves or twigs from the line of playby brushing them aside with his/her cap or towel, provided nothing is pressed down.

In grounding his/her club around his/her ball on the putting green in preparation for the stroke, a player is prohibited from placing his club immediately in front of the ball and touching the line of play.

A player at his/her own discretion may remove temporary water that has collected in the hole.

a player may brush dew off his line of putt with his/her hand or club, provided nothing is pressed down.

Question 5 of 21

6. You accidentally move your ball while searching for it in the general area. You did not know its original location. The correct ruling is that you:

get no penalty and must estimate the ball's location and replace it at that spot.

get one penalty-stroke and must estimate the ball's location and replace it at that spot.

get one penalty-stroke and must drop the ball as near as possible to where it is estimated to have been.

get no penalty and must drop the ball as near as possible to where it is is estimated to have been.

Question 6 of 21

7. You are required to mark the position of your ball before lifting it in which of the following situations?

You have deemed your ball unplayable under Rule 19 (Ball Unplayable) and intend to drop within two club-lengths of where it lay.

You wish to take relief from a cart-path under Rule 16 (Abnormal Course Conditions), but have not yet determined your nearest point of complete relief.

Your ball, at rest, was moved by an outside influence and you are going to replace it under Rule 9.5 (Ball at Rest Moved, by Outside Influence).

You have been asked to lift it, under Rule 15.3, because it interferes with another player's's next stroke (Ball Interfering with Play).

Question 7 of 21

8. In a handicap Stableford competition against a fixed target score of par, a player inadvertently returns his scorecard to the Committee with a score of 6 at the 9th hole when his score for the hole was actually 7. The 9th hole is a par 4 at which the player receives a handicap stroke. What is the ruling?

The Committee should award the player zero points for the 9th hole.

The Committee should award the player one point for the 9th hole.

The Committee should deduct two points from the total points the player scored for the round.

The player is disqualified.

Question 8 of 21

9. 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 9 of 21

10. 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 10 of 21

11. 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 11 of 21

12. Which one of the following statements is true with respect to out of bounds?

The edge of out of bounds extends up above the ground, but not down below the ground.

When a boundary object is a wall, by definition, the inside face of the wall serves as the edge of the out of bounds.

When a boundary object is a line on the ground, the line itself is out of bounds.

When a boundary object is a stake, the stake is not out of bounds.

Question 12 of 21

13. A and B are partners in a four-ball match. A's ball is on the putting green 30 feet from the hole. B's ball is 20 feet from the hole on a similar line. To assist him with his own putt, B stands on an extension of the line of putt behind A's ball while A putts. What is the ruling?

Since b only stood there to help himself, there is no penalty to either player.

A was in breach of Rule 10.2b(4) by allowing B to stand there. A has no score that can count for the side on that hole. B is not penalised.

B was in breach of Rule 10.2b(4) by standing behind A. B has no score that can count for the side on that hole. A is not penalized as B was not there to help him in his play.

A was in breach of Rule 10.2b(4). Since his breach helped B, B receives the same penalty. The side has no score that can count for the hole and loses the hole.

Question 13 of 21

14. In which of the following cases may a player drop her/his ball without penalty?

Her/his ball is inside a penalty area, but her/his stance is in the general area and is in temporary water.

Her/his ball is in the general area, but her/his stance is inside the penalty area and on a stone wall that the Committee has declared to be an integral object.

Her/his ball has disappeared down an underground drain-pipe, the entrance of which is inside a penalty area.

Her/his ball is outside a penalty area, but his swing is interfered with by a penalty area stake which is not removable.

Question 14 of 21

15. In Four-ball Stroke Play, Players a and B are partners. A started the round with 14 clubs. S/he damages her/his putter in anger after missing a short putt, bending the shaft. Without penalty, A

may share B's putter for the remainder of the round.

may, without unreasonably delaying play, have a new shaft fitted to the putter and then continue to use it for the remainder of the round.

not continue to use the putter for the rest of the round.

may use the putter for the remainder of the round

Question 15 of 21

16. In taking a stance you may not do which of the following without penalty?

Knock down the side of a bunker to get a level stance.

Do some digging in to frimy place your feet in a bunker.

before kneeling to make a stroke, wrap a towel around each knee to keep your golf trousers/shorts dry

remove pebbles with your feet from the area of your intended stance in a penalty area when your ball lies in the penalty area.

Question 16 of 21

17. Which one of the following is a nearest point of complete relief as defined in the Rules of Golf?

It is the reference point for taking free relief determined when taking relief from an abnormal course condition (Rule 16.1), a dangerous animal condition (Rule 16.2), a wrong green (Rule 13.1f or a no play zone (Rules 16.1f and 17.1e).

It is the point dtermined for reference purposes after deeming an original ball unplayable (Rule 19.1).

It is the oint where a ball last crossed an edge of the penalty area or red penalty area when taking relief under Rule 17.1, (Penalty Area).

All of the above.

Question 17 of 21

18. 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 18 of 21

19. In Match Play on the 5th Hole, a player asks his/her opponent to lift their ball because the player considers that it might interfere with his/her play. The opponent says s/he does not want to lift their ball and does not. The player plays, and the hole is halved. before either player plays from the mext teeing area, the player requests a ruling. What is the ruling?

The hole stands as played, i.e. halved.

The player wins the 5th Hole.

The opponent wins the 5th Hole.

The opponent is disqualified for denying the player his/her right to have the ball lifted.

Question 19 of 21

20. A player started a round with 14 clubs. The head of his/her driver came off when making a practice swing with it while waiting to play from the 5th Tee. without penalty, the player may:

assemble a shaft and clubhead s/he was carrying in his/her bag.

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

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

re-attach the head to the shaft without unreasonably delaying pla.y

Question 20 of 21

21. You lift a ball from a cart-path without marking its position when taking relief under Rule 16.1b (Abnormal Course Conditions). You get:

no penalty.

one penalty-stroke.

one penalty-stroke, but if fail to replace it and mark before lifting again it becomes the general penalty.

the general penalty.

Question 21 of 21

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