Rules Quiz Number Two – Intermediate 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. If there is an artificial wall around the base of a tree is the wall an obstruction?

True

False

Question 1 of 25

2. In Stroke Play, a player uses equipment (such as a brace on his or her wrist) to help with a medical condition. What is the ruling?

There is no penalty because of the player’s medical condition.

he player has a medical reason to use the equipment and the Committee finds that this use des not give the player an unfair advantage over other players.

The player is disqualified.

Question 2 of 25

3. Which is correct concerning obstructions?

An artificially surfaced road is not an obstruction.

A paved car park or parking lot is not an obstruction.

Wooden steps that have been constructed on a steep bank within and exiting a bunker are obstructions.

Question 3 of 25

4. In Match Play, a hole may be tied when, after the hole has begun, you and your opponent agree to consider the hole tied. There is no penalty for doing so.

True

False

Question 4 of 25

5. Your ball lies in the general area outside an area on the course that is marked as ground under repair (GUR). High grass growing within the GUR interferes with your swing, but not with the lie of your ball, or with your stance. What is the ruling?

You are not allowed relief because your ball does not lie in the GUR.

You are not allowed relief because your stance is not in the GUR.

You are allowed relief because the high grass within the GUR is part of the GUR and the grass interfres with your swing.

Question 5 of 25

6. In Stroke Play, to free his hands while attending the flagstick, a player's caddie places the player's sand wedge on the putting green,bt not to indicate a line of lay. After the player putts and the ball nears the hole, the caddie removes the flagstick. The caddie also removes the sand wedge from the putting green, fearing that the player's ball might strike it. What is the ruling?

There is no penalty.

The player gets a one-stroke penalty.

The player gets the general penalty.

Question 6 of 25

7. In Match Play, which of the following is incorrect?

If your opponent knew that you had a penalty, such as when seeing you obviously take relief under penalty, there is no penalty for you failing to tell your opponent about it.

If you make a timely request for a ruling, and it is found that your opponent gave the wrong number of strokes taken, the wrong match score must be corrected.

If you give the wrong number of strokes taken after a hole has been completed and this affects your opponent’s understanding of whether the hole was won or lost, there is no penalty.

Question 7 of 25

8. In Four-ball play, either partner may take any allowed action for the side, such as to mark, lift, replace or drop a ball.

True

False

Question 8 of 25

9. Which of the following is incorrect?

During a round, an outside influence accidentally breaks the shaft of your driver by driving a golf cart over it; you may replace your driver with any club.

During a round and between the play of two holes, you discover an excess club not allowed by the rules. The penalty applies to the next hole.

In the case of an allowed repair of a damaged club, you may not build a club from parts carried by anyone for you during your round.

Question 9 of 25

10. In Stroke Play, a player begins taking his or her stance while his or her caddie stands on the fringe of the putting green on an extension of the line of play behind the ball. What is the ruling?

There is no penalty since the caddie was not standing on the putting green.

There is no penalty if the caddie accidentally stands on an extension of the player's line of play behind the ball.

The player gets the general penalty regardless of the circumstances.

Question 10 of 25

11. Your ball at rest is treated as having moved only if it is known or virtually certain that it did.

True

False

Question 11 of 25

12. Your ball lies in a bunker in an unplayable position. You take relief by dropping a ball under the lateral relief option of the unplayable ball rule, 19.3a, in the bunker but mistakenly drop it in the bunker closer to the hole than where your original ball lay. To correct your mistake, you lift the ball and take relief under back-on-the-line option, dropping your ball in the bunker. Which is the correct ruling?

You are allowed to correct your mistake of dropping your ball nearer the hole,. However you must also correct your mistake of changing options by continuing with the unplayable ball option initiall chosen.

By taking relief under the back-on-the-line option when cirrecting your mistake of dropping your ball nearer the hole, you took relief correctly.

The Committee must decide which correction procedure you may use.

Question 12 of 25

13. In Stroke Play, after resuming play that was suspended due to a rainstorm, a player's ball comes to rest near a large bush. In making several practice swings, the player causes water on the branch of the bush to be removed, thus eliminating the distraction from the water during his or her next stroke. What is the ruling?

There is no penalty.

There is a one-stroke penalty.

The player gets the general penalty.

Question 13 of 25

14. In Stroke Play, a player plays a wrong ball from deep rough onto the putting green. When the player reaches the putting green, the mistake is discovered. The player returns to the rough and plays another ball that s/he believes to be his or hers. Then the player discovers he or she has played a second wrong ball. What is the ruling?

The player gets the general penalty

There is a total penalty of four strokes.

The player is disqualified.

Question 14 of 25

15. In Match Play, during a search for your ball your opponent kicks a ball into deep rough that is identified as your ball. Your opponent replaces your ball. What is the ruling?

There is no penalty.

Your opponent gets a 1-stroke penalty and only your opponent can replace your ball.

Your opponent gets a 1-stroke penalty and either you or your opponent can replace the ball.

Question 15 of 25

16. Which is correct?

Another ball may be played without penalty from the estimated spot where the original ball lay when it is virtually certain that the original ball that was not found had been taken by an outside influence.

A ball is put into play under penalty of stroke and distance but a stroke is not made at the ball. If the original ball is found within the three-minute search period, the original ball may be played.

A provisional ball is played from a spot nearer the hole than where the original ball is estimated to be. The original ball, if found, may then be played.

Question 16 of 25

17. Which is incorrect regarding a marker in Stroke Play?

The Committee may choose your marker or tell the players how they may choose a marker.

If you had more than one marker, only the last marker is responsible for certifying your scorecard.

You must use the same marker for the entire round, unless the Committee approves a change either before or after it happens.

Question 17 of 25

18. You play a provisional ball into the same general location as your original ball and both balls are found. You are, however, unable to identify either ball. What is the ruling?

If both balls are found on the course, the Committee must decide.

If only one of the balls are found on the course, that ball is treated as the provisional ball that is now in play. The other ball is out of play, and MUST NOT be played.

You must return to the spot of your previous stroke and play a ball under penalty of Stroke and Distance.

Question 18 of 25

19. In Stroke Play, a player’s ball lies in a bunker. The ball is accidentally moved as a direct result of his or her removal of a small acorn, lying in the bunker. The player replaces the ball before his or her next stroke. What is th ruling?

There is a one-stroke penalty.

The player gets the general penalty.

Question 19 of 25

20. The Committee may not make a Local Rule prohibiting, restricting or allowing practise before or between rounds,

True

False

Question 20 of 25

21. Your ball after a stroke comes to rest against the Flagstick in the hole, but no part of the ball is below the surface of the putting green. You remove the Flagstick and your ball moves. What is the ruling?

If your ball falls into the hole, there is no penalty and your ball is holed.

If your ball moves away from the hole, there is no penalty and your ball must be played from where it comes to rest.

If your ball moves away from the hole, there is no penalty and the ball must be replaced on the lip of the hole.

Question 21 of 25

22. Your original ball is out of play when you put another ball into play under penalty of Stroke and Distance.

True

False

Question 22 of 25

23. In Four-ball Match Play not during a search, a player by mistake lifted an opponent’s ball in a penalty area without authority. What is the ruling?

There is no penalty.

The player gets a one-stroke penalty but the partner is not penalised.

The player and his/her partner each get a on-Stroke penalty.

Question 23 of 25

24.

In individual Stroke Play there is never a penalty if two players agree to play out of turn.

True

False

Question 24 of 25

25. You concede a hole, then realise you get a handicap stroke on the hole and request a ruling; the Committee should revoke the concession.

True

False

Question 25 of 25

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