TGRS Sample Quiz (50 Questions)

1. Wrong greens are part of the general area?

2. With back-on-the-line relief, the player must drop on the line in a location allowed by the Rule being used and the spot where the ball first touches the ground when dropped creates a relief area that is two club-lengths in any direction from that point?

3. According to the Definitions & Related Clarifications; Which One of these 4 statements is incorrect?

4. In stroke play, a player finds a stray ball in a bad lie. Mistaking it as their ball, the player decides to take lateral relief (Rule 19.2c), substitutes a ball and plays it. Which of the following is correct?

5. In a Four-Ball stroke play event, Player A who has Caddie A & Player B who has Caddie B are a side. The side share 14 clubs. 7 are carried by Caddie A & 7 are carried by Caddie B. During play of the 4th hole Player A discovers his Caddie is actually carrying 8 Clubs, and although he has ample opportunity to tell his partner he allows the side to complete the hole and then informs their partner of this at the next tee, who confirms Caddie B has 7 Clubs, so they then take a club out of play.

How Many Penalty Strokes to Side A-B Apply?

6. In a Foursomes stroke play event, Player A who has Caddie A & Player B who has Caddie B are a side. On the 4th hole Player A marks and lifts the ball from the putting green. Player B , whose turn it is to play, replaces the ball and proceeds to play their next stroke.

How Many Penalty Strokes to Side A-B Apply?

7. In stroke play, a player chooses to putt with the Flagstick unattended left in the hole. They putt and whilst their ball is in motion, to prevent the ball hitting the Flagstick, another player removes it from the hole.

What Penalty to the Other Player Applies?

8. In stroke play, a player's tee stroke lands in a buggy which is moving about 200 yards off the tee in the 2nd cut of fairway. The driver is unaware that a ball has landed in the rear of the buggy and drives 75 yards closer to the hole. The player follows the buggy to where it is now parked and estimates the point directly below the buggy as the reference point for taking relief, they drop the ball correctly in the relief area and play their next stroke.

How Many Penalty Strokes Apply?

9. A player arrives at the start point for their round in a stroke play competition 4 minutes later than the starting time assigned by the committee. How Many Penalty Strokes Apply?

10. A player declares a higher handicap which affects the number of strokes the player gets before the match and does not correct the mistake before the opponent makes their first stroke. How Many Penalty Strokes Apply?

11. In stroke play, a player has a 30 foot putt on the 4th green and they can clearly see the flagstick is in the hole and another player is standing close by it. Without saying anything, the player proceeds to putt and his ball strikes the flagstick. How Many Penalty Strokes Apply?

12. In Which of the Following Scenarios does the Player NOT get 2 Penalty Strokes?

13. In Which of the Following Scenarios does the Player NOT get Disqualified?

14. Which One of these 4 Statements for the Definition 'Teeing Area' is Incorrect?

15. In a play-off in a stroke-play competition If a player is disqualified (such as for making a stroke with a non-conforming club), the player is disqualified from the play-off only and the player is not entitled to any prize that may have been won in the competition itself?

16. Player A’s tee shot lands in the fairway. As Player A walks toward the ball, a goose comes across the fairway and picks up and swallows Player A’s ball. How must Player A proceed?

17. On the putting green, Pete, another player in Allan's group over hits their putt and it runs down a steep bank towards a bunker. Allan sticks a foot out and stops the ball. How Many Penalty Strokes Apply and What is the Governing Rule?

18. Whilst the round is suspended a player tests the surface of the sand in a greenside bunker in which their ball is at rest. Which rule governs the outcome?

19. Whilst the player's ball is in motion the player's caddie places their bag to prevent the ball from going out of bounds. The ball misses the bag and comes to rest on the course. Which rule governs the outcome?

20. In a play-off in a stroke-play competition If two players are in the play-off, none of the players may concede the play-off to the other player?

21. Which of the following is correct regarding the player's clubs?

22. In which of the following are both player A and B penalized?

23. Which of the following statements is true in terms of aeration holes?

24. Your second shot comes to rest on the putting green 20 feet from the hole. You mark the spot of your ball and lift, clean and replace it on the spot where it had come to rest. You do not lift your ball-marker. As you are 15 feet from your ball and reading your putt, the ball rolls two feet toward the hole. You see this, but go ahead and putt the ball from this new location. This putt rolls ten feet past the hole, and you then take two further putts to finish the hole. Your score for the hole is?

25. Your ball comes to rest on a cart path in the general area. You decide to take relief under Rule 16.1b. You determine your nearest point of complete relief in the general area and drop your ball in the one club-length relief area. The relief area is closely mown and on a steep slope. The ball rolls and comes to rest outside of the relief area, so you drop a second time and the ball rolls and comes to rest outside of the relief area again. You twice attempt to place the ball on the spot where it first touched the course on the second drop, but it won’t stay at rest on that spot. You begin to search for the nearest place where it will stay at rest. In finding the nearest place where your ball will remain at rest when placed, on which one of the following locations are you allowed to place your ball?