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

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. 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 1 of 9

2. 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 2 of 9

3. 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 3 of 9

4. In individual stroke play, in which of the following situations may Player A not ask Player B to lift his/her ball?

B's ball is just off the putting green but in a position where it could help A.

B's ball is 5 yards from A's ball and not near his/her line of paly, but A claims mental interference.

B's ball is 3 feet from the putting green, 30 yards in front of Player A and on A's line of play.

B's ball is on the putting green in a position to help C with his shot.

Question 4 of 9

5. During play of the 9th hole, a player's ball comes to rest on on a practice green near to the 10th tee. What is the ruling?

The player must play the ball as it lies.

The player must determine the nearest point of complete relief and place the original ball or another ball off the green at the nearest point of completes relief.

The player must determine the nearest point of complete relief and drop the original ball or another ball within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than that point.

The player may play the ball as it lies or may drop the original ball off the green within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of complete relief.

Question 5 of 9

6. 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 6 of 9

7. A Match Play Club Championship was scheduled over three consecutive days. The Committee has not provided in its Terms of the Competition any special provisions regarding practice. On the evening after the second match, a player played three holes at the club on the competition course with his daughter. Which of the following is true?

The player gets no penalty.

The player gets a one-hole adjustment to the state of his next match, applied after the first hole is completed.

The player gets a two-hole adjustment to the state of his next match, applied after the first hole is completed.

The player is disqualified from the competition.

Question 7 of 9

8. Which of the following is true regarding an attended flagstick?

A player may have the flagstick attended only for strokes made on the putting green.

A player may have the flagstick attended only by his or her caddie, an opponent or another player.

If a player sees someone attending the flagstick before his or her stroke, he or she is not considered to be attending the flagstick unless the player states his or her approval.

A player gets no penalty if his or her ball played from a bunker accidentally strikes the flagstick being attended by his partner.

Question 8 of 9

9. A player makes a stroke from within the teeing area, his/her ball deflects off a moving maintenance vehicle and comes to rest out of bounds. The player must,

cancel the stroke and play another ball from the teeing area, with no penalty.

drop a ball within one club-length not nearer the hole than the point where the original ball struck the vehicle without penalty.

drop a ball within two club-lengths of the point where the ball last crossed the out of bounds line with a penalty of one stroke.

proceed under penalty of stroke and distance.

Question 9 of 9

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