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View R&A: Definition: relief area
View USGA Definition: relief area

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1. 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?

True

False

View R&A Clarification: moved/2
View R&A: Definition: wrong green
View R&A: Definition: penalty area
View R&A: Definition: foursomes
View USGA: Clarification moved/2
View USGA Definition: wrong green
View USGA Definition: penalty area
View USGA Definition: foursomes

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

If a Committee determines, based on all of the evidence it has available, that a ball changed its position by an amount that was reasonably discernible to the naked eye at the time, the ball will be determined to have moved even though no-one actually saw it move

A Wrong green does not include practice greens for pitching, unless the Committee includes them by Local Rule

The edge of a penalty area should be defined by stakes, lines or physical features, when defined by physical features (such as a beach or desert area or a retaining wall), the Committee should say how the edge of the penalty area is defined

Foursomes may be played as a match-play competition between one side of two partners and another side of two partners or a stroke-play competition among multiple sides of two partners

View R&A: Definition: no play zone
View R&A Rule: 17.2a(1) in Range: 17.2a(1) - (2)
View R&A Rule: 17.1d(2) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View R&A Rule: 16.1f(1) in Range: 16.1f(1) - (2)
View R&A Rule: 16.1d
View USGA Definition: no play zone
View USGA: Rule 17.2a(1) in Range: 17.2a(1) - (2)
View USGA: Rule 17.1d(2) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View USGA: Rule 16.1f(1) in Range: 16.1f(1) - (2)
View USGA: Rule 16.1d

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3. In Which of the Following Scenarios does a Penalty Apply?

In stroke play, a player finds their ball at rest on the putting green and realises their stance for the next stroke has interference from an area of ground under repair that is marked as a no play zone. The player estimates their nearest point of complete relief lies on the green, places another ball on that spot and proceeds to play their next stroke.

In stroke play, a player finds their ball at rest on the putting green and realises their stance for the next stroke has interference from an area of ground under repair that is marked as a no play zone. The player estimates their nearest point of complete relief lies on the fringe, places another ball on that spot and proceeds to play their next stroke.

In stroke play, a player finds their ball at rest on the putting green and realises their stance for the next stroke has interference from an area of ground under repair that is marked as a no play zone. The player estimates their nearest point of complete relief lies on the green, places another ball on that spot and proceeds to play their next stroke that runs through the no play zone.

A player's stroke from a red penalty area comes to rest in the same red penalty area without having exited and re-entered the penalty area. The player proceeds to take back on the line relief using the point the ball last crossed the penalty area, they drop the ball correctly and play their next stroke.

View R&A Rule: 19.3a
View R&A Rule: 19.2c
View R&A Rule: 19.2b
View R&A Rule: 19.2a
View R&A Rule: 14.6a
View R&A Rule: 3.3b(4) in Range: 3.3b(1) - (4)
View USGA: Rule 19.3a
View USGA: Rule 19.2c
View USGA: Rule 19.2b
View USGA: Rule 19.2a
View USGA: Rule 14.6a
View USGA: Rule 3.3b(4) in Range: 3.3b(1) - (4)

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4. In Which of the Following Scenarios does the Player NOT get 1 Penalty Stroke?

A player returns a scorecard with a miscalculated Net score.

In stroke play, a player finds their ball in a deep foot print in a bunker and declare it unplayable. They choose to take back-on-the-line relief, drop a ball in the bunker on the line that comes to rest within 1 club-length, no nearer the hole and proceed to play their next stroke.

In stroke play, a player finds their ball in a deep divot on the fairway and declare it unplayable. They choose to take lateral relief, drop a ball just inside the 2 club-lengths extremity on the right hand side of the reference point but the ball rolls nearly 4 club-lengths toward the left hand side of the reference point and comes to rest in the relief area from where the player proceeds to play their next stroke.

In stroke play, a player finds their tee shot in a deep foot print in a bunker and declare it unplayable. They choose to replay their last stroke from the tee, tee a ball up in the teeing area and proceed to play their next stroke.

View R&A Rule: 17.2b
View R&A Rule: 17.1d(1) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View R&A Rule: 17.2b
View R&A Rule: 17.1d(2) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View R&A Rule: 5.2b
View R&A Rule: 17.2b
View R&A Rule: 17.1d(3) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View R&A Clarification: 17.2b/1
View R&A Clarification: 17.2b/1
View USGA: Rule 17.2b
View USGA: Rule 17.1d(1) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View USGA: Rule 17.2b
View USGA: Rule 17.1d(2) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View USGA: Rule 5.2b
View USGA: Rule 17.2b
View USGA: Rule 17.1d(3) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View USGA Clarification: 17.2b/1
View USGA Clarification: 17.2b/1

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

In stroke play, a player finds their tee stroke in a yellow penalty area. They have a good lie and choose to play it as it lies but their next stroke comes to rest out of bounds. They decide to drop under stroke and distance at the spot they last played from in the penalty area, but the ball they correctly dropped lands in an even worse lie. The player now chooses to return to the teeing area and proceeds to play their next stroke.

In stroke play, a player finds their tee stroke in a yellow penalty area. They have a good lie and choose to play it as it lies, but their next stroke comes to rest out of bounds. Choosing not to take stroke-and-distance relief, the player now chooses to take back-on-the-line relief in the fairway. They drop another ball on the line based on the spot their ball crossed the penalty area, which comes to rest within 1 club-length of where it struck the line and proceed to play their next stroke.

Prior to commencing play in a stroke play competition a player practices putting on the practice putting green.

In stroke play, a player finds their tee stroke in a red penalty area. They have a good lie and choose to play it as it lies, but their next stroke comes to rest out of bounds. Choosing not to take stroke-and-distance relief, the player now chooses to take lateral relief in the fairway. They drop a ball within 2 club-lengths of the hole, no nearer to the hole than the spot the original ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area, and proceed to play their next stroke.

View R&A Rule: 18.1
View R&A Rule: 17.2b
View R&A Rule: 17.2a(1) in Range: 17.2a(1) - (2)
View R&A Rule: 17.1d(3) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View R&A Rule: 14.7a
View R&A Rule: 4.3a(6) in Range: 4.3a(1) - (6)
View USGA: Rule 18.1
View USGA: Rule 17.2b
View USGA: Rule 17.2a(1) in Range: 17.2a(1) - (2)
View USGA: Rule 17.1d(3) in Range: 17.1d(1) - (3)
View USGA: Rule 14.7a
View USGA: Rule 4.3a(6) in Range: 4.3a(1) - (6)

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

During the round a player uses an alignment rod to help stretch their shoulders.

In stroke play, a player finds their tee stroke in a red penalty area. They have a good lie and choose to play it as it lies but only succeed in moving the ball 10 yards forward where it comes to rest in another penalty area in a very poor lie. They decide to drop under stroke and distance at the spot they last played from in the penalty area, but the ball they correctly dropped lands in an awful lie. The player now chooses to take lateral relief, they drop a ball within 2 club-lengths no nearer the hole from the spot the ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area their ball first came to rest in from their tee stroke, and proceed to play their next stroke.

In stroke play, a player finds their tee stroke in a yellow penalty area. They have a good lie and choose to play it as it lies but only succeed in moving the ball 10 yards forward in the same penalty where it isn't found after a 3 minute search. They decide to drop under stroke and distance at the spot they last played from in the penalty area, but the ball they correctly dropped lands in an even worse lie. The player now chooses to take back-on-the-line relief in the fairway, they drop another ball on the line based on the spot their ball crossed the penalty area which comes to rest within 1 club-length of where it struck the line and proceed to play their next stroke.

In stroke play, a player finds their tee stroke in a red penalty area. They have a good lie and choose to play it as it lies but only succeed in moving the ball 10 yards forward in the same penalty where it isn't found after a 3 minute search. They decide to drop under stroke and distance at the spot they last played from in the penalty area, but the ball they correctly dropped lands in an even worse lie. The player now chooses to take lateral relief in the fairway, they drop a ball within 2 club-lengths no nearer the hole from the spot the original ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area and proceed to play their next stroke.

View R&A Rule: 1.3c(2) in Range: 1.3c(1) - (4)
View USGA: Rule 1.3c(2) in Range: 1.3c(1) - (4)

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7. 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?

True

False

View R&A Clarification: 8.2b/1
View USGA Clarification: 8.2b/1

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View R&A Rule: 19.3b
View R&A Rule: 19.2b
View R&A Rule: 14.7a
View R&A Rule: 9.4b
View R&A Rule: 1.3c(4) in Range: 1.3c(1) - (4)
View USGA: Rule 19.3b
View USGA: Rule 19.2b
View USGA: Rule 14.7a
View USGA: Rule 9.4b
View USGA: Rule 1.3c(4) in Range: 1.3c(1) - (4)

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9. Your tee shot on a par-3 just carries a yellow penalty area and comes to rest in a greenside bunker. You treat the ball as unplayable and take back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker in a narrow strip of land between the bunker and the penalty area. Your chosen reference point on the line behind the bunker is a few inches in front of the penalty area. You drop a ball that lands on the yellow line and it rolls less than one club-length from the reference point, coming to rest inside the penalty area. You lift that ball to drop it again and this time it lands in the general area, rolls less than one club-length and comes to rest in the penalty area. You then lift the ball and place it on the spot in the general area where the ball landed on the second drop and play onto the putting green. At that point, another player questions your procedure and you consult a referee. What is the correct ruling?

You lie four on the putting green, including two penalty strokes under Rule 19.3b for taking back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker.

You get two penalty strokes for taking back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker under Rule 19.3b, plus two more penalty strokes for lifting your ball when not allowed and playing it from a wrong place. You lie six on the putting green.

You get two penalty strokes for taking back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker under Rule 19.3b. When you lifted that ball, you were considered to be taking penalty relief under Rule 17.1, getting one more penalty stroke. You lie five on the putting green.

You get two penalty strokes for taking back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker under Rule 19.3b. When you lifted that ball, the only Rule that applied was 17.1d. Because you had no reference point for taking relief under Rule 17.1d(2), your only option was to take stroke-and-distance relief. You get one penalty stroke under Rule 17.1d(1), plus two more penalty strokes for playing from a wrong place, which is also a serious breach. You must return to the tee where you will be playing your 7th stroke.

View R&A Clarification: 1.3c/2
View R&A Rule: 1.3c(2) in Range: 1.3c(1) - (4)
View USGA Clarification: 1.3c/2
View USGA: Rule 1.3c(2) in Range: 1.3c(1) - (4)

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10. 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 entitled to any prize that may have been won in the
competition itself?

True

False

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