About The Golf Rules Samaritan Website

Welcome to The Golf Rules Samaritan — the world’s largest online source of Rules of Golf quizzes and learning resources.

Our mission is simple: to make learning the Rules of Golf accessible, accurate, and enjoyable for golfers, referees, committee members, and rules-enthusiasts at every level.

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🧭 Who We Are

The Golf Rules Samaritan (TGRS) was created by a passionate rules enthusiast who saw a need for a comprehensive and practical learning hub. Whether you’re preparing for an R&A Rules exam, improving your on-course decision making, or exploring the finer points of the rule book, TGRS provides a complete environment for study and discussion.

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🎯 What Makes Us Unique

The Largest Rules of Golf Quiz Library in the World

TGRS is a private members-based website that hosts a friendly, safe environment to discuss and debate the rules alongside the world’s largest online database of Rules of Golf quiz questions, featuring:

• Over 100 Quizzes spanning 21,300 carefully structured questions
• Coverage of every Rule, Definition, Clarification, and Committee Procedure
• Scenario-based questions reflecting real on-course situations
• Multiple formats, including multiple-choice, true/false, and official-exam style
• Difficulty levels ranging from beginner to advanced referee
• Exam Study Quizzes & Mock Exams for R&A Level II & III
• Exam study Quizzes & Mock Exams for the USGA

This unparalleled scale allows golfers and officials to test their understanding more deeply and more realistically than anywhere else online.

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📚 What You’ll Find on TGRS

✔️ Personal Profile

Each Member has their own personal profile that provides an audit of all the quizzes/mock exams taken, Forum Post engagements, messages & notifications. A full overview of all your activity.

✔️ Quizzes for Every Rule and Situation

From basic questions to complex relief, penalties, and committee procedures, the library spans the entire Rule book.

✔️ Learning Tools and Explanations

Our quizzes not only test knowledge — many offer guidance and references to relevant Rules, helping you learn as you go. There is also a TGRS Resources library featuring many guides.

✔️ Discussion and Community

Members can join conversations on the Forum page, ask questions, and engage with like-minded rules students, referees, and golf enthusiasts.

✔️ Regular Updates

As the Rules evolve, so do our quizzes and explanations. TGRS continuously expands its library to stay aligned with the latest R&A and USGA publications.

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🏆 Who Uses TGRS?

• Golfers seeking clarity on everyday rulings
• Club officials and competitions committees
• R&A/USGA rules students preparing for certification exams
• National referees enhancing their advanced knowledge
• Rules educators designing study programmes
• PGA Professionals
• Curious golfers who enjoy testing their knowledge

If you’re serious about understanding the Rules of Golf, you’re in the right place.

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🌐 Our Commitment to Accuracy

All content is created with careful attention to the official Rules of Golf, including:

• The full Rules of Golf
• Definitions
• Clarifications
• New Quarterly Clarifications
• Committee Procedures

The goal is not only to provide the most extensive quiz collection in the world but also to ensure it is consistently accurate, reliable, and up to date.

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🚀 Join Us

Explore the quizzes, challenge yourself, and become confident in your Rules knowledge.
Whether you’re beginning your learning journey or preparing for an exam, The Golf Rules Samaritan is here to support you.

Start learning today — and discover why thousands of golfers and rules officials trust TGRS. Click on the Home page to see the current Subscription offers.

About the Host & Founder

Fraser Nicol (Fraz), to his friends and members of the group, is the host and founder of the Facebook group “The Golf Rules Samaritan”, an avid golfer of 50 years with a handicap of 7 and an absolute golf rules nut!

He grew up in Scotland and was born and bred in Bathgate, a West Lothian town 20 miles west of Edinburgh. He joined Bathgate Golf Club at the age of 7, a club steeped in the great heritage of the game, famed for producing some of the best golfers in Scotland.

The club has an illustrious history, producing two Ryder Cup captains (and players) in Eric Brown & Bernard Gallacher and a third Ryder Cup player in Stephen Gallacher.

Eric captained the side in 1969 (when Jack Nicklaus conceded Tony Jacklin’s putt on 18th green in an unbelievable act of sportsmanship) and 1971.

Bernard in 1991 at Kiawah Island – infamous war on the shore. In 1993 at the Belfry and then in 1995 when Europe overcame a deficit for the first time when entering the Sunday singles to win the Ryder Cup at Oak Hill in New York.

The most notable other “Bathgate Bairn” is Stephen Gallacher, who represented his country at Boys, Youths and Senior level, tours successfully as a PGA professional and represented Europe in the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. (40th Ryder Cup match which Europe won 16 1/2 to 11 1/2).

Since 1995, Fraser has lived in the beautiful “Garden of England” in a village named Wateringbury. Sadly, his golfing days are over due to chronic back issues but he still has a passion for the game and the rules.

At the time of writing, he has passed the R&A Level III Rules exam, and works as a Tournament Controller with the PGA National Tournaments team in GB&I.

In January 2025 Fraser migrated the Facebook group to this new private member website to make it accessible to more Golfers & Rules Officials across the globe (not everyone likes or uses Facebook!!!!!!).

This site is a culmination of Fraser’s passion for the game, especially the rules. Over the past 5 years, Fraser has spent over 10,000 hours managing his Facebook group and developing this website.

The website quiz collection represents the most extensive online collection of quizzes and questions on the Rules of Golf. Over 100 quizzes spanning 23,100 questions, including specific Exam study material for the R&A Level II & III exams, and the USGA Exam.

Fraser can be contacted by email at: fraz@thegolfrulessamaritan.golf

You can also call on +44 7739 038888 (But please note any UK time difference).

Fundraising

Since November 2020 Fraser has been an active fundraiser for Crohn’s & Colitis UK. 

With the incredibly generous and kind support of the TGRS group members, to date (28 Nov 25), we have raised £12,266.

If you would like to support Fraser with his fundraising please do consider donating via the JustGiving platform at:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/thegolfrulessamaritan