Rules Quiz Number Two – Intermediate 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 Stroke Play. a player's ball lies in a bunker. Before playing the ball, he or she makes several practice swings, each time touching sand in the bunker. The player alos breaks an attached branch with his or her hand , improving the area of his or her backswing. What is the ruling?

The player gets the General Penalty.

There is a total penalty of 4 strokes.

There is a total penalty of 6 strokes.

Question 1 of 9

2. 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 2 of 9

3. A player wishes to compete in a Stableford Competition and a Stroke Play event at the same time. What is the ruling?

This is allowed.

This is not allowed.

The Committee must decide, as this is not covered by the Rules of Golf.

Question 3 of 9

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 9

5. 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 5 of 9

6. 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 6 of 9

7. 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 7 of 9

8. 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 8 of 9

9. 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 9 of 9

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