Conference 7.286::golf

    Situation A
    
    Playing in a stroke play competition, Bob pushed his drive into heavy
    rough. After taking several practice swings about a foot to the side of
    his ball, he took his statnce and touched the grass behind the ball but
    without grounding his club. At that point the ball moved. Bob played it
    as it lay, and the ball struck a tree and bounced into a fairway
    bunker. As he approached the bunker, a branch from an overhanging tree
    fell and came to rest behind his ball. Bob concluded he was entitled to
    the lie his stroke had given him, so he removed the branch and played
    his third shot.
    
    Next his ball came to rest behind a shallow bunker to the right of the
    green. He tested the condition of the bunker (but not on his line of
    play) to determine whether it was feasible to putt through it, found it
    was firm, and then he putted onto the green. Sizing up his putt, he
    found a small pebble on his line, and since it wasn't solidly embedded,
    he removed it and repaired the small depression it had created. Then
    Bob putted, and his ball came to rest overhanging the hole. He walked
    up to the hole, waited about 30 seconds, and the ball fell into the
    hole. Bob considered he had holed out, so he did not replace the ball
    on the lip of the hole and hole out. What score did he have, if indeed
    he had a score?
    
    Regards

    
    I have him in with an 18.
    
  pete

    Nope...
    
    I'm glad someone is giving it a try though.

    
    It could be a D.Q. but if you want a score I'll say 8. 

    No, on both counts.
    
    If I get enough replies by 3pm (4 EST) I'll post the correct score with
    the breakdown of strokes, else I'll post the answer next week. To keep
    you busy over the long weekend here's another one:

    Situation B

    In a stroke play tournament, Tim drove into the rough, and accidentally
    kicked his ball as he searched for it. Since he couldn't determine
    where his ball lay originally, he placed it as near as possible to
    where it had lain, then played his second shot. His ball came to rest
    in an area of ground under repair short of the green, he dropped it
    properly, under Rule 25-1b(i), and then it rolled back towards the
    ground under repair. While it didn't roll all the way back in, it was
    so close Tim had to take his stance in the ground under repair. He
    palyed the ball from that spot and skulled it over the green onto the
    concrete base of a boundary fence post. Tim treated the concrete base
    as an immovable obstruction, dropped his ball in accordance with Rule
    24-2b(i) and played a shot just short of the green.

    A ball mark on the green was on his line of play, so he repaired it,
    chipped onto the green, marked the position of his ball, and replaced
    it. The ball wouldn't remain in place, so Tim pressed it into the
    green, then putted.

    The putt was a little off line but it struck a beetle crawling across
    the green and deflected into the hole. Tim considered he had holed out
    and he didn't replay the stroke. His score, if any?
    

    Have a great weekend!!!

    

    re: Situation A
    
    I have him playing 5 strokes and then a 2 stroke penalty for removing
    the branch in the bunker and another 2 strokes for repairing something
    other than a ball mark on the green (removing the losse impediment on
    the green being ok but not repairing the indentation). For a total of
    9 on the hole. I believe that as long as your ball is not *IN* the bunker, 
    you can walk into it and even ground your club etc. Not sure what you meant
    by 'testing the condition' of the bunker. That's a penalty if you do so
    outside of taking your normal stance, but if your ball is not *IN* the
    bunker at the time I don't think it would be a penalty unless you hit
    the next shot into that same bumker.
    
    You can, for example, actually lay your club in a bunker that you are
    not currently in without penalty. However, if your next shot happens to
    end up in that same bunker, then the penalty is incurred.
    
    I'm not sure of the stroke penalty for the violations, but I only saw
    two infractions.
                      -Joe

    
    
    re: .6
    
    I take that back, make it four infractions. Even though he did not
    'ground' his club, if he touched anything that caused the ball to move
    (the grass) that's a penalty, and then another penalty for not moving 
    it back to original position.
    
    If he did not ground the club, and the ball moved on it's own without
    the club touching grass or twigs etc., then no penalty. I revise my
    guess (and it's only that) to a score of 12.
    
    Good topic, but keep the situations a little simpler. Too many strokes,
    let alone penalty possibilities to keep track of!   ;-)
    
                            -Joe

    
    RE: Situation B
    
    I'l say he got a 9, with 3 infractions:
    
    o Hitting the ball with his foot (1 stroke, but he properly replaced
      it back to as close to original as possible)
    
    o Improper drop from Boundry fence (2 strokes, no relief from boundry
      fence, concrete base being part of it)
    
    o Pressing ball into green (1 stroke for altering condition of the
      green, outside of ball mark repair. I think he should have placed
      the ball to nearest point it would have stayed - no closer to hole) 
    
                       -Joe

    I'd vote for:
    
    	A - 13
    
    	B - 15
    
    Sounds like a couple of my normal holes!
    
    Pete

    Well, somebody got the right number for situation A, but not quite
    right in the way the number was compiled. (but VERY close).
    Here's the rundown of the situation A:
    
    Strokes    comment
    -------    -----------------------------------------------
       1       Tee shot into rough
       2       Two-stroke penalty because ball moved and was
               not replaced (Decision 18-2a/30)
       1       Second shot into bunker
       2       Two-stroke penalty for removing branch in bunker
               (Decision 13-4/18.5)
       1       Third shot
       0       No penalty for testing condition of bunker 
               (Decision 13-2/30)
       1       Forth shot onto green
       2       Two-stroke penalty for repairing depression on
               line of putt (Decision 16-1a/7)
       1       First putt
       1       One-stroke penalty when ball fell into hole
               (Decision 16-2/1)

               SCORE: 12
    
    Re: .7

    Joe, thanks for the comment about making the questions simpler. BUT
    like I said in the original note, this is to test your knowledge of the 
    rules of golf (and if it was simpler, you probably wouldn't spend time
    responding to these. right?)
    And even though you may not see these infractions by a single
    player on a single hole, if you're officiating a tournament you got to
    be able to correctly penalize these infractions.
    
    Regards

    
    Why did it count another stroke for the ball to drop in the hole?
    Is 30 seconds too long to wait? Have they finally defined 'a reasonable
    time'?
    
    Isn't it interesting how you see a pro take almost a full minute, or
    more, to line up a difficult putt, and that's ok, but if they wait 
    30 seconds for one to drop that's too long? 
    
    Good topic, I miss 'Joseph Dey on the Rules' in Golf Digest.
    
                         -Joe

    
    I think the rule on the ball dropping is this (from memory when 
    Woosie left one on the lip in the Masters).
    
    You have 10 seconds from the time you get to the ball for it to either
    drop, mark it or start playing your next shot.  Now you can take your 
    time getting to the ball, but you can't go overboard about it, you 
    can walk slow etc, but you can't do anything like stop for coffee
    on the way (the announcers were a bit vague, could be the rule is
    vague.)
    
    A person taking a minute over a putt is different, they are then in the
    act of taking the next shot, not waiting to see if it falls.
    
    --Bob
    

    16-2. Ball Overhanging Hole.
    
    When any part of the ball overhangs the lip of the hole, the player is
    allowed reasonable time to reach the hole without unreasonable delay
    and an additional ten seconds to determine whether the ball is at rest.
    If by then the ball has not fallen into the hole, it is deemed to be at 
    rest. If the ball subsequently falls into the hole, the player is
    deemed to have holed out with his last stroke, and he shall add a
    penalty stroke to his score for the hole; otherwise there is no penalty
    under this Rule.
    	(Undue delay - see Rule 6-7.)
    
    Just happened to have ny rulebook with me!
    
    Pete

    re: .11 - .13
    
    Whew!!! I was beginning to worry that noone cared for this topic (or
    liked). I've been thinking about what Joe said in .7 about keeping the
    questions simple and...I'm going to put some single situation question
    here and there in the future.
    
    Although, there hasn't been many tries for the situation B here's the
    solution:
    
    
    Strokes    comment
    -------    -----------------------------------------------
       1       Tee shot into rough
       2       Two penalty strokes for accidentally moving his
               ball and improper procedure thereafter
               (Decision 18-2a/21.5)
       1       Second shot short of green
       2       Two penalty strokes for not redropping ball
               dropped from ground under repair
               (Decision 20-2c/0.5)
       1       Third shot over green
       2       Two-stroke penalty for dropping from concrete base 
               without authority in Rules to do so and playing ball
               (Decisions 24/3 and 18-2a/3)
       1       Fourth shot short of green
       0       No penalty for repairing ball mark
       1       Chip onto green
       2       Two-stroke penalty for pressing ball into green
               (Decision 18-2a/6)
       1       Putt
       0       Ball deflected by beetle is not replayed

               SCORE: 14
    
            

    Now, if you can correctly solve this one you're ready to officiate for 
    your club championship.
    
           
    
    Situation C

    Once again in a stroke play event, Ken hooked his drive near a boundary
    fence, but a guy wire attached to the fence would interfere with his
    next stroke. He treated the guy wire, which was in bounds, as an
    immovable obstruction, and dropped his ball in accordance with Rule
    24-2b(i). The ball rolled onto an ant hill. Ken took relief in
    accordance with Rule 25-1b(i), and played his second shot into the
    fairway, just in front of a divot that was folded over but not
    completely detached. Since the divot would interfere with Ken's
    backswing, he flipped it back into the divot hole, but he didn't press
    it down.

    When he hit his third shot over the green into a water hazard and found
    a ball in that hazard, he removed some loose impediments partially
    covering it, and then discovered it was not his ball. Looking further,
    he found his own ball in the hazard. He took his stance and
    accidentally touched the ball with his club, but the ball didn't move.

    After barely getting his ball out of the water hazard, he believed he
    may have cut the ball, and he announced to his marker he was going to
    pick up his ball to determine if it was unfit for play. The marker told
    him to go ahead.

    He marked the position of the ball, lifted it, and found it was covered
    with mud. He cleaned the ball to the extent necessary to determine if
    the ball was cut - it wasn't - replaced the ball, and chipped onto the
    green.

    After walking onto the green, he accidentally kicked his ball as he
    removed a loose impediments on his line of putt. He replaced the ball,
    and putted within one inch of the hole.

    Angered by leaving his putt short, Ken holed out with the handle(grip)
    end of his putter. What was his score?

    Regards
    

    
    I have know idea what his score was. My guess is 13.

    
    I'd call another official......
    
    I'll guess a 10 with 3 infractions: 
    
    1. since divot was still attached to ground, he altered condition 
       of turf outside the teeing area
    
    2. kicking his ball
    
    3. hitting the ball with something other than the club-head (putter
       handle), I remember Andy Bean doing this. 
    
               -Joe

    
    Up to the point where he 'holed out', I'd give him a 10 with 2
    infractions:
    
    	- 2 shot penalty for replacing the divot
    
    	- 2 shot penalty for playing a stroke with the handle
    
    Then, I'd say he never holed out properly and should be disqualified.
    
    Pete
    

    Can I put in a trivia question, too?
    
    Under what condition can you hit a moving golf ball and not incur a
    penalty stroke?
    
    -Dotti_newcomer_to_Golf_notes

    Dotti,
    
    There are two instances that you can hit a moving ball without a penalty.
    The first is if the ball is falling off the tee. The second is when the
    ball is moving in water, such as a stream that runs through the golf
    course.
    Rich
    

    Oh, you're too good for me.  Actually, my friend, a professional
    golfer, told me to ask you guys that one!
    
    I'll tell him to get tougher!!
    
    -Dotti.
    

    Dotti, I'm curious. Print three situations I've entered and ask your
    professional golfer for his answers.
    
    I'm curious to see how knowledgeable a professional golfer is on the
    rules of golf.
    
    Thanks.
    

    Ok, which three do you want me to ask him about?   I'll be seeing him
    later on this evening and I think he'll get a kick out of this.  Just
    tell me which ones you want me to ask him.
    
    -Dotti.

    re:15
    
    I vote for a DQ, this sap either needs a stiff drink or a frontal
    lobotomy.  Take a DQ with a Stolle's chaser.
    
    SCD

    Re: .23
    
    There are only three questions in this topic (excluding yours), they
    are situation A, B, & C.
    
    Regards.

	To the best of my knowlege, I play by the rules.  But I certainly don't
agree with all of them.  Especially a rule like the one where a tree branch
broke off, after a ball was hit into a trap, and fell upon it leaving the golfer
with no choice but to take an unplayable lie and drop back in the trap again.
My thoughts on this are, the branch in the trap was "not meant to be a hazard"
so should be allowed to be moved.  It's the same as animal or even another
golfers old foot prints in traps.  No course intends these to be hazards.  The
trap itself was meant to be a hazard itself.  All courses tell you to rake the
trap when your done, and provide rakes to do this.  If they wanted foot prints
and such to be hazards, they wouldn't supply rakes.  To bad the USGA doesn't
understand this.  It's tough enough getting out of traps without having to
work around and through obstacles such as fallen branches and footprints within
the trap.
	I also don't like the rule about not allowing golfers to fix spike marks.
No golfer should be penalized for what another golfer did.

Beak

    
    Re .26
    
    See note 1080 for Rules you'd like to see changed.

    
    The general rule for whether you get one or two club length relief 
    on a drop, is one if it's a free drop and two if it involves a 
    penalty stroke.
    
    Is there a general rule for whether you incur a one or two stroke
    penalty for a rules infraction?
                                     -Joe

    I'm going to be out-of-town for two weeks. When I return I'll enter the
    solution for the situation C. So far, no correct answer has been turned
    in, but I'm hoping there's someone out there who can figure out the
    right answer.
    
    Regards

    
    How 'bout a 15 for situation "C"??????
    

    Re: .28
    
    Rule of thumb for relief.
    
    If you are incurring a penalty, you get two club lengths. If you do not
    incur a penalty, you get one club length. This applies to most every
    ruling in the book. 
    
    Penalties would include water hazards, and un-playable lies.
    Non-penalty relief would include ground under repair, immovable
    obstructions. 
    
    Hope this helps,
    Ken 

    
    RE: 31
    
    Thanks, but the rule of thumb for relief I knew, I was looking for a
    rule of thumb for incurring one verses two strokes penalty.
    
                                -Joe

Heard this on the radio this morning.

The Kabul Golf Club has requested a ruling from the R&A on the following 
situation. What happens if the ball is blown to smithereens by an anti
personell mine ?

Play a new ball ?
Take two penalty strokes ?
Attempt to play any of the remains ?

Regards,
Wayne

    
> What happens if the ball is blown to smithereens by an anti
>personell mine ?
    
    Personally, I'd drop the rest of the round and stay right where I 
    was currently standing, don't want to join the ball. :-)
    
    

    
    From what I can remember if the ball is damaged in the course of a hole
    it can be replaced without penalty. If it should break up in flight
    then the shot shall be replayed from the original spot again without
    penalty.
    
    I don't know what the penalty for having to change your pants is
    though!!!  (could be called under delay of game penalty)
    
    POL.

    Does the bunker that is created constitute a hazard or "ground under
    Disrepair"?  If allowed a free drop, and you drop close to another
    mine, do you get relief(no Pun intended)? 
    
    SCD

    RE: .36
    
    Hey SCD that's through the green, you play it as is....
    (unless someone is brave enough to go mark the area as G.U.R.)

    As I promised, here are several short (& easy) questions.
    
    Every golfer enjoys hitting practice shots, particularly before a big
    match, but there are restrictions about when and where you can
    practice.
    
    
    PUTTING ON FAIRWAY WHILE WAITING TO PLAY TO GREEN
    
    Q. While waiting to play to the putting green, a player dropped a ball
       on the fairway and struck it several times with his putter. When
       questioned, he stated that he was not practicing but was "killing
       time." What is the ruling?
    
    HITTING RANGE BALL BACK TO RANGE
    
    Q. During play of a hole, a player saw some balls from the adjoining
       practice range lying on the course and flicked one back to the range
       with his club. Is there a penalty under Rule 7-2?
    
    Regards

    Re:              <<< Note 1297.38 by SCAACT::ONAKA "Born to Golf" >>>

    My guess is that both are penalized as "hitting the wrong ball"
    
    TD

    Re: .39
    
    Sorry, you gotta do better than that. 
    
    BTW are these still too hard of questions? or people don't care about
    the rules?  Should I not bother listing questions? Somebody say
    something.

I'm just relunctant to show my ignorance. I'd say they were
disqualified in both instances for practicing during a match.

    re: .38
    
    rule 7-2...prohibits practice during play of a hole....
    
    the first situation is a penality situation...the second could or
    could not be it is not than well elaborated upon in the decisions
    on the rule of golg...page 92 1990 edition....

    Re: .41
    
    Hey, way I look at it is by NOT participating, you're showing your
    ignorance of the rules. keep'em coming.
    
    
    Re: .42
    
    WE HAVE A WINNER!
    
    Answers to the quiz follows:
    
    PUTTING ON FAIRWAY WHILE WAITING TO PLAY TO GREEN
    
    A. The player was in breach of Rule 7-2 - i.e., "A player shall not
       play a practice stroke either during the play of a hole or between
       the play of two holes except that, between the play of two holes,
       the player may practice putting or chipping on or near the putting
       green of the hole last played, any practice putting green or the
       teeing ground of the next hole to be played in the round, provided
       such practice stroke is not played from a hazard and DOES NOT unduly
       delay play(Rule 6-7)
    
       DECISION 7-2/2
    
    HITTING RANGE BALL BACK TO RANGE
    
    A. In some circumstances the hitting of a practice range ball back
       toward the range during the play of a hole would be a breach of Rule
       7-2, but the casual flicking of a range ball, apparently only for
       the purpose of tidying up the course, is not a breach.
    
       DECISION 7-2/5
    
    

    Here another one regarding the practice shot.
    
    First off, a player may practice on the competition course before
    playing a match on that course. On the day of a stroke-play
    competition, however, a competitor is prohibited from practicing on the
    competition course before a round.
    
    Rule 6-4 provides in part "for any breach of a Rule on his caddie, the
    player incurs the applicable penalty." Knowing that rule here's the
    question that involved a player in a stroke-play competition, whose
    caddie practiced on the competition course before his competitor teed
    off. The Committee felt the competitor should be disqualified for his
    caddie's action, a breach of Rule 7-1b. Follwing question was sent to
    the USGA's Rules Committee.
    
    
    In a stroke play, a competitor's caddie practices on or tests the
    putting green surfaces of the course before the competitor tees off. In
    view of the second paragraph of Rule 6-4, is the competitor
    disqualified under Rule 7-1b?
    
    
    What do you think?
    

    Have you ever wondered if you are required to make any comment before
    lifting or moving a ball other than your own?
    
    Let's pick a hypothetical situation. Joe and Moe was playing in a match
    play. Both players had hit their shots to an elevated green. Joe went
    immediately to what he thought was his ball, marked it, and lifted the
    ball only to discover he had actually lifted Moe's ball.
    
    Q1. Is Joe subject to penalty?
    
    Q2. If this was a stroke-play competition, what's the ruling?
    
    Regards

re: .44

This makes sense, but is violated all the time. It was very common at the Mass
AM of a couple years ago to have 2 players from the same club caddy for each
other. That is, a player done with his morning round and stuck hanging around
would caddy for his friend in the afternoon. Maybe there's an understanding
that this is simply practical and that the caddy is not to give advice on club
selection or putts??

re: .45

Good one! The ball is on the putting green, but I'd say the proper penalty
applies (tough break Joe!). There's always the chance that Moe doesn't see
what's happening and Joe makes his putt a little longer ;-). Joe needs to
speak up so everyone is clear as to what he's doing.

I know somebody who took a 10 on a hole last year because he hit an obvious
provisional without saying anything, at which point his first ball was declared
lost (even though he found it in the rough)!


Eric

    Well it's been three weeks and only few tried (with no one guessing
    right) so here's the solution to Situation C (note .15)
    
    Strokes    comment
    -------    ----------------------------------------------
       1       Tee shot near boundary.
       0       Ken entitled to relief from guy wire 
               (Decision 24/2)
       2       Two penalty strokes under Rule 18 for dropping
               from an ant hill.
       1       Second shot into fairway.
       2       Two-stroke penalty for replacing divot
               (Decision 13-2/5)
       1       Third shot over greeen into wather hazard.
       2       Two-stroke penalty for removing loose impediments 
               in water hazard
               (Decision 13-4/16)
       0       No penalty for touching ball in hazard with club.
       1       Fourth shot from water hazard.
       1       Penalty stroke for cleaning ball to determine whether
               unfit for play - Rlue 21.
       1       Chip onto green.
       1       Penalty stroke for moving ball with foot
               (Decision 18-2c/1).
       1       First putt.
       1       Second putt with handle of putter.
       2       Two-stroke penalty for putting with handle of putter
               (Decision 14-1/3)
                        
               SCORE: 17
    

    Re: .46
    
    Nice try, but no cigars.
    
    For the question on the note .44, the answer is:
    
    	No. A competitor is responsible for the actions of his caddie only
    	during a round. (Decision 7-1b/5) 
    
    So no one breached this rule at the Mass AM.
    
    
    For the questions on the note .45, the answers are:
    
    	A1. Yes. Under Rule 20-1, a player's ball may be lifted by his
    	    opponent only with the authority of the player. Since Joe was
    	    not entitled to lift Moe's ball, Joe incurred a penalty stroke -
    	    Rule 18-3b. (Decision 20-1/2)
    
    	A2. There is NO penalty, but Moe must replace the ball - Rule 18-4.
    	    (Decision 20-1/4)
    	    Decistion 20-1/4 confirms there is no penalty since Moe's ball
    	    was moved by Joe, who in this case is a fellow competitor but
    	    also an outside agengy. In MOST cases, outside agencies cannot
    	    be penalized.
    
    
    BONUS:
    
    Let's put our memory caps on and head back to Oakmont Country Club, in
    oakmont, Pennsylvania, and the playoff for the 1962 U.S. Open. The
    competitors are Jack Nicklaus, seeking his first U.S. Open
    Championship, and Arnold Palmer, hoping to win his second (he won in
    1960, at Cherry Hills, outside Denver).
    
    Nicklaus and Palmer had tied after 72 holes, with 283. On the final
    hole of the playoff Palmer holed his putt for 74 and immediately picked
    up Jack's coin lying a few inches from the hole, thus conceding
    Nicklaus's putt and the Open Championship.
    
    In stroke play, however, all players MUST hole out on each hole. Joe
    Dey, former USGA Executive Director, hurried to the green and required
    Jack to replace his ball as near as possible to where it lay originally
    and hole out, which Jack did for a winning score of 71. Should Arnold
    have been penalized for lifting Jack's marker?
    
    NO. Based on the decision 20-1/4 above, Arnold was not penalized.
    
          

   Saw the following rules test on the USENET.  I'll post the results when
   they're available.

   Bill

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Article: 6031
From: [email protected] (John Vander Borght)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: The Great Rules Test #2
Date: 16 Feb 93 21:35:44 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (usenet )
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
 
Last year I attended a USGA/PGA Rules of Golf Workshop and posted the 50
question Sample Test that they gave us before the class.  I just returned
from the USGA/PGA Advanced Rules of Golf Workshop and here is the Sample
Test for this year.  You are free to use any materials you might have to
answer these questions.  I'm willing to grade exams that are sent to me and
we can have a little contest to see how everyone does (or if you're shy,
I'll be mailing out the answers in about 2 weeks.)  If you send your
answers to me, please put them in the following form:
 
1. A
2. B
3. C
....
50. D
 
Last year the highest score was a 41 by Nick Baxter ([email protected])
(other than my 45 :-).  Just to let you know, I scored 49 on this years
test.  This years test is a little easier as there are only 4 possible
answers for each question instead of 5 and more of them can be found
without a Decisions book.  Because I'll be at a conference next week, I'll
accept answers up until 8AM PST Monday March 1.
 
If enough people respond, I have 4 other tests from the class that I will also
send out when I get the time to type them in.
 
Good luck,
 
John Vander Borght
[email protected]
 
---- Rules of Golf Workshop Sample Test ----
 
1. A player played to a blind green and putted what he thought was his
ball.  He then discovered his own ball in the hole and that the ball he had
putted was a wrong ball.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. Play of the hole was completed when the original ball was holed and the
 player was not in breach of Rule 15 for subsequently playing a stoke with a
 wrong ball.
 
 B. Play of the hole was completed when the original ball was holed but the
 player lost the hole in match play or incurs a two stroke penalty in
 stroke play for practicing between the play of two holes.
 
 C. Play of the hole was completed when the original ball was holed but the
 player lost the hole in match play or incurs a two stroke penalty in
 stroke play for playing a wrong ball.
 
 D. The player is disqualified in either match play or stroke play for
 playing a wrong ball.
 
 
2. In stroke play, a fellow-competitor lifts a competitor's ball on the
putting green without the authority of the competitor.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. The fellow-competitor incurs a one stroke penalty for lifting the
 competitor's ball without his authority and the competitor must replace
 the ball.
 
 B. The fellow-competitor incurs a two stroke penalty for lifting the
 competitor's ball without his authority and the competitor must replace
 the ball.
 
 C. There is no penalty, but the fellow-competitor must replace the ball.
 
 D. There is no penalty and the ball must be replace by either the
 competitor or fellow-competitor.
 
 
3. Which of the following is true?
 
 A. Incorrect information on the Rules of Golf is considered wrong
 information.
 
 B. A player is liable for wrong information as to the number of strokes
 taken by him even if it is given by his caddie.
 
 C. A player is not liable for wrong information as to the number of
 strokes taken by him if such information is given voluntarily.
 
 D. A player who has incurred a penalty shall inform his opponent as soon
 as practicable, even if he is obviously proceeding under a Rule involving
 a penalty and this has been observed by the opponent.
 
 
4. Through testimony of a spectator, a player is certain that his ball is
lodged high in a tree.  He can see a ball in the tree, but cannot identify
it as his ball.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. The player's ball is lost and he must proceed under Rule 27-1.
 
 B. Since there is reasonable evidence that the ball is lodged in the
 tree, the ball is not lost and the player may proceed under the Unplayable
 Ball Rule by dropping a ball withing two club-lengths of the spot on the
 ground directly beneath where the ball is believed to lay in the tree.
 
 C. Since there is reasonable evidence that the ball is lodged in the
 tree, the ball is not lost and the player may proceed under the Unplayable
 Ball Rule.  However, since the ball cannot be identified, the player's
 only option is to drop a ball behind the tree, keeping the point where the
 ball is believed to lay in the tree directly between the hole and the spot
 on which the ball is to be dropped.
 
 D. The player may proceed under the Unplayable Ball Rule if he retrieves
 the original ball from the tree.  Otherwise, the ball is lost.
 
 
5. On the putting green, a competitor moves a loose impediment lying
within a club-length of his ball which causes his ball to move.  What is
the ruling?
 
 A. The competitor loses the hole
 
 B. The competitor incurs a one stroke penalty and the ball must be
 replaced.
 
 C. The competitor incurs a two stroke penalty and the ball must be
 replaced.
 
 D. There is no penalty and the ball must be replaced.
 
 
6. After a player putts from on the putting green, the flagstick attendant
removes the flagstick and a knob attached to the top of the flagstick falls
off.  The knob strikes the player's moving ball and deflects it.  What is
the ruling?
 
 A. Since the knob was part of the flagstick and his ball struck a part of
 an attended flagstick, the player loses the hole in match play or incurs a
 two stroke penalty in stroke play and must play the ball as it lies.
 
 B. Once detached, the knob was no longer part of the flagstick.  It was an
 outside agency.  Thus, it was rub of the green and the ball is played as
 it lies with no penalty.
 
 C. Once detached, the knob was no longer part of the flagstick.  It was an
 outside agency.  The player may either play the ball as it lies, or
 without penalty cancel the stroke and replace the ball and replay the
 stroke.
 
 D. Once detached, the knob was no longer part of the flagstick.  It was an
 outside agency.  Thus, the stroke is canceled and the ball must be
 replaced.
 
 
7. Which of the following is false regarding the line of putt?
 
 A. In addressing the ball, the player may place the club in front of the
 ball without pressing anything down.
 
 B. A player is not penalized if he accidentally walks on his line of putt
 provided in so doing the line is not improved.
 
 C. A player who touches the inside of the hole is considered to have
 touched his line of putt.
 
 D. A spike mark located with an old hole plug on the player's line of putt
 may not be repaired in the course of repairing the old hole plug.
 
 
8. In match play, a player's ball lies through the green.  The player
declares the ball unplayable and in proceeding under the Unplayable Ball
Rule drops a ball in a bunker located behind the point where the ball lay
originally, keeping the point directly between the hole and the spot on
which the ball is dropped in the bunker.  The player then plays the ball.
What is the ruling?
 
 A. The player loses the hole for playing a ball from a wrong place (i.e.
 the Unplayable Ball Rule does not permit dropping a ball in a hazard.)
 
 B. The player incurs a two stroke penalty for playing a ball from a wrong
 place (i.e. the Unplayable Ball Rule does not permit dropping a ball in a
 hazard.)
 
 C. The player is disqualified for a serious breach of playing from a wrong
 place (i.e. the Unplayable Ball Rule does not permit dropping a ball in a
 hazard.)
 
 D.  There is no penalty.  The procedure is correct.
 
 
9. The use of which of the following during a stipulated round would result
in a player being disqualified?
 
 A. A putter used as a plumb line.
 
 B. A golf ball warmer.
 
 C. A hand warmer.
 
 D. A yardage booklet.
 
 
10. In stroke play, a competitor concedes his fellow-competitor a short
putt and knocks the ball away.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. There is no penalty and the ball must be replaced.
 
 B. The competitor incurs a one stroke penalty and the ball must be
 replaced without penalty by the fellow-competitor.
 
 C. The competitor incurs a two stroke penalty and the ball must be
 replaced without penalty by the fellow-competitor.
 
 D. The competitor is disqualified for a serious breach of taking an action
 to influence the movement of a ball.  The fellow-competitor must replace
 his ball without penalty?
 
 
11. The players in a match inadvertently omitted playing a hole.  The error
was discovered after the match had been played to conclusion.  What is the
ruling?
 
 A. Once the hole was inadvertently omitted, the remaining holes are
 considered to have been played out of sequence.  The holes played out of
 sequence must be disregarded and the match resumed at the hole that was
 omitted.
 
 B. Since the holes were not played in their proper sequence accidentally,
 in equity (Rule 1-4), the match should be canceled and replayed.
 
 C. Both players are disqualified for failing to play the stipulated round.
 
 D. The match stands as played.
 
 
12. During play of the second hole in a four-ball stroke play competition,
player A realizes he has 15 clubs.  Player B, A's partner, has 14 clubs.
What is the ruling?
 
 A. Player A incurs a two stroke penalty at the first two holes.  Player B
 is not penalized.
 
 B. Side A/B incurs a two stroke penalty at the first hole only, provided
 the excess club was declared out of play before the play of the second
 hole was concluded.
 
 C. Both A and B incur a two stroke penalty at the first and second hole.
 
 D. Side A/B is disqualified.
 
 
13. Which of the following is false with regard to a score card?
 
 A. A score card has no status in match play.
 
 B. In four-ball stroke play, both partners must sign the score card.
 
 C. Alterations made on a score card do not have to be initialed by the
 marker.
 
 D. A competitor is considered to have signed his score card if he only
 records his initials.
 
 
14. A player putted his ball from the green too strongly and it came to
rest in a greenside bunker.  The player declared the ball unplayable.
Which of the following procedures is correct?
 
 A. The player may drop a ball behind the bunker keeping the point where
 the ball originally lay in the bunker between the hole and the spot on
 which the ball is dropped.
 
 B. The player may drop a ball outside the bunker within two club-lengths
 of the spot the ball lay, but not nearer the hole.
 
 C. The player may drop a ball as nearly as possible at the spot on the
 putting green where the original ball was last played.
 
 D. The player may place a ball as nearly as possible at the spot on the
 putting green where the original ball was last played.
 
 
15. A competitor play his ball into a water hazard.  He finds a ball in the
hazard and removes a loose impediment partially covering it.  He then plays
a stroke with the ball onto the putting green.  Upon lifting the ball, the
competitor discovers that the ball is not his ball.  He returns to the
water hazard but cannot find his ball.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. The competitor incurs no penalty for removing a loose impediment in a
 hazard covering a wrong ball.  There is also no penalty for playing a
 wrong ball from within a hazard.  The competitor must proceed under the
 Water Hazard Rule incurring the one stroke penalty prescribed by the Rule.
 
 B. The competitor incurs no penalty for removing a loose impediment in a
 hazard covering a wrong ball.  The competitor does incur a two stroke
 penalty for playing a wrong ball and he must correct the error by
 proceeding under the Water Hazard Rule incurring the one stroke penalty
 prescribed by the Rule.
 
 C. The competitor incurs a two stroke penalty for removing a loose impediment
 in a hazard.  There is also no penalty for playing a wrong ball from within a
 hazard.  The competitor must proceed under the Water Hazard Rule incurring
 the one stroke penalty prescribed by the Rule.
 
 D. The competitor incurs a two stroke penalty for removing a loose impediment
 in a hazard.  The competitor also incurs a two stroke penalty for playing a
 wrong ball and he must correct the error by proceeding under the Water Hazard
 Rule incurring the one stroke penalty prescribed by the Rule.
 
 
16. A requests B to lift his (B's) ball because it is interfering with A's
play.  As B is walking up to his ball to lift it, he accidentally kicks it.
What is the ruling?
 
 A. B incurs a one stroke penalty and the ball must be replace.
 
 B. B incurs a two stroke penalty and the ball must be replace.
 
 C. A incurs a one stroke penalty because B was acting on A's authority.
 
 D. There is no penalty and the ball must be replaced.
 
 
17. Which of the following is not considered a loose impediment?
 
 A. An insect crawling on a player's ball.
 
 B. A worm which is partially underground.
 
 C. A solidly embedded acorn.
 
 D. A fallen tree which is not attached to its stump.
 
 
18. In four-ball stroke play, A putts too firmly and his ball is rolling
past the hole.  While the ball is rolling B, A's partner, removes A's wedge
which was lying on the putting green.  A's ball rolls past where the wedge
was when lifted by B.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. There is no penalty to either A or B.
 
 B. A incurs a two stroke penalty for allowing B to remove A's equipment
 which might have influenced the movement of A's ball.
 
 C. B incurs a two stroke penalty for taking an action to influence the
 movement of A's ball.
 
 D. Both A and B are penalized two strokes.
 
 
19. In which of the following circumstances is a player not entitled to
clean his ball?
 
 A. In taking relief from an immovable obstruction.
 
 B. In replacing a ball which was at rest before it was accidentally moved
 by an outside agency.
 
 C. In determining if the ball is unfit for play.
 
 D. In lifting his ball on the putting green because it interferes with
 another player's play.
 
 
20. In stroke play, a competitor played out of turn from the teeing ground.
He abandoned the ball and played another ball in proper order.  What is the
ruling?
 
 A. The original ball was the ball in play.  The stroke with the other ball
 was considered a practice stroke and the competitor incurs a two stroke
 penalty for practicing during the play of the hole.
 
 B. The original ball was lost and the other ball was in play under penalty
 of stroke and distance.
 
 C. The original ball was the ball in play.  The stroke with the other ball
 was considered a stroke with a wrong ball and the competitor incurs a two
 stroke penalty.
 
 D. The original ball was the ball in play and the other ball was
 considered a provisional ball.  There was no penalty in this instance.
 
 
21. In a four-ball match, A, whose ball lies on the putting green, putts
and strikes his partner's (B) ball which was at rest on the green causing
it to move.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. A is disqualified from the hole for striking his partner's equipment.
 
 B. B is disqualified from the hole for taking an action to influence the
 movement of A's ball by not lifting his (B's) ball.
 
 C. Side A/B loses the hole.
 
 D. There is no penalty to A or B.  A must play his ball as it lies and B
 must replace his ball.
 
 
22. In which of the following situations is a player not required to
re-drop?
 
 A. If a dropped ball strikes a part of the course within a specified
 ball drop area, rolls less than one club-length without going nearer to the
 hole but comes to rest outside the ball drop area.
 
 B. If the dropped ball strikes the player's equipment.
 
 C. If the dropped ball rolls into a hazard.
 
 D. If the dropped ball rolls out of a hazard.
 
 
23. Which of the following statements is false with regard to casual water?
 
 A. Dew and frost are not casual water.
 
 B. Casual water can include snow.
 
 C. A puddle of rain water located out of bounds is considered casual
 water.
 
 D. Overflow from a hazard is considered casual water.
 
 
24. Which of the following is true with regard to a Committee?
 
 A. In a match play competition, the Committee may change the location of a
 hole between matches.
 
 B. The Committee has the power to waive a Rule of Golf.
 
 C. In certain exceptional cases a Committee may modify a two stroke
 penalty to no penalty.
 
 D. The Committee may establish a Local Rule permitting the repair of spike
 damage on the putting green.
 
 
25. In a match, a player skulls his ball out of a bunker into a bush.  The
player declares the ball unplayable, lifts it and intends to drop the ball
withing two club-lengths of where the ball lies, no nearer the hole.
Before dropping the ball the player inspects the ball and realizes it has
become unfit for play as a result of the previous stroke.  Without
announcing his intention to his opponent, he substitutes a new ball for the
damage ball, drops it and plays onto the green.  The opponent questions the
player's action.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. The player incurs the one stroke penalty prescribed by the Unplayable
 Ball Rule and an additional one stroke penalty for failing to announce to
 his opponent his intention to substitute a ball for his original ball
 which was unfit for play.  The player must continue play of the hole with
 the substituted ball.
 
 B. The player incurs the one stroke penalty prescribed by the Unplayable
 Ball Rule and an additional one stroke penalty for failing to announce to
 his opponent his intention to substitute a ball for his original ball
 which was unfit for play.  The player must correct his mistake by
 replacing the original ball on the spot from which the substituted ball
 was first played.
 
 C. The player loses the hole fro failing to announce to his opponent his
 intention to substitute a ball for his original ball which was unfit for
 play.
 
 D. The player incurs the one stroke penalty prescribed by the Unplayable
 Ball Rule.  He was entitled to substitute a ball without announcing his
 intention to his opponent for the originally ball which was unfit for play
 because the Unplayable Ball Rule permits substitution of a ball.
 
 
26. A player in searching for his ball in ground under repair, accidentally
moves his ball.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. There is no penalty.  The ball must be replaced, unless the player
 elects to take relief under the Ground Under Repair Rule.
 
 B. There is no penalty.  The ball must be replaced.  After the ball has
 been replaced the player may then elect to take relief under the Ground
 Under Repair Rule.
 
 C. The player is penalized one stroke.  The ball must be replaced, unless
 the player elects to take relief under the Ground Under Repair Rule.
 
 D. The player is penalized one stroke.  The ball must be replaced.  After the
 ball has been replaced the player may then elect to take relief under the
 Ground Under Repair Rule.
 
 
27. Which of the following is not a responsibility of the player?
 
 A. In any round of a handicap stroke play competition, the competitor must
 ensure that his handicap is recorded on his score card before it is
 returned to the Committee.
 
 B. An addition error on his score card.
 
 C. Playing the proper ball.
 
 D. In match play, knowing the holes at which handicap strokes are to be
 given or received.
 
 
28. Which of the following is true with respect to movable obstructions?
 
 A. A water hazard stake that is readily movable may be removed if it
 interferes with a player's stance even if his ball is in the hazard.
 
 B. A player may not move a movable obstruction lying out of bounds if it
 interferes with his stance for a ball which lies in bounds.
 
 C. A boundary stake which has been displaced and is lying on the ground is
 not a movable obstruction.
 
 D. An abandoned ball is not a movable obstruction.
 
 
29. A player's ball lies in a bunker.  An immovable obstruction located
outside the bunker interferes with the player's area of intended swing.
What is the ruling?
 
 A. The player is not entitled to relief without penalty from the
 obstruction because his ball lies in a bunker.  The player must play the
 ball as it lies or proceed under the Unplayable Ball Rule.
 
 B. The player is entitled to relief without penalty from the obstruction.
 He must determine his nearest point of relief in the bunker, no nearer the
 hole, and place the ball at that spot.
 
 C. The player is entitled to relief without penalty from the obstruction.
 He must determine his nearest point of relief in the bunker, no nearer the
 hole, and place the ball within one club-length of this point in the
 bunker, no nearer the hole.
 
 D. The player is entitled to relief without penalty from the obstruction.
 He must determine his nearest point of relief in the bunker, no nearer the
 hole, and drop the ball within one club-length of this point in the
 bunker, no nearer the hole.
 
 
30. A player takes relief from ground under repair and correctly drops the
ball on a fairway.  The ball embeds on impact.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. The player must play the ball as it lies or declare it unplayable and
 proceed in accordance with the Unplayable Ball Rule.
 
 B. The ball is considered embedded in its own pitch-mark and the player is
 entitled to relief without penalty. He may lift it and clean the ball and
 must then drop the ball as near as possible to the spot where it lay but
 not nearer the hole.
 
 C. The ball is considered embedded in its own pitch-mark and the player is
 entitled to relief without penalty. He may lift it and clean the ball and
 must then drop the ball within one club-length of the spot where it lay but
 not nearer the hole.
 
 D. The ball is considered embedded in its own pitch-mark and the player is
 entitled to relief without penalty. He may lift it and clean the ball and
 must then place the ball within one club-length of the spot where it lay but
 not nearer the hole.
 
 
31. In match play, a player played a stroke over a water hazard and the
ball spun back into the hazard.  The player, in error, treated the hazard as
a lateral water hazard and dropped the ball within two club-lengths of
where it crossed the hazard margin when it spun back into the hazard.  At
this point, his procedure was questioned by his opponent.  What is the
ruling?
 
 A. The player must play the ball as it lies incurring a two stroke penalty
 for dropping a ball in a wrong place.  However the player was not guilty
 of a serious breach of dropping a ball in a wrong place.
 
 B. The player incurs a two stroke penalty for dropping a ball in a wrong
 place and because it is a serious breach of dropping a ball in a wrong
 place the player must correct his error by correctly dropping a ball in
 accordance with the Water Hazard Rule.
 
 C. The player loses the hole for dropping a ball in a wrong place provided
 his opponent makes a valid claim.
 
 D. The player has dropped a ball in a wrong place, but he may, without
 penalty, correct his error (Rule 20-6) by dropping a ball in accordance
 with the Water Hazard Rule.
 
 
32. Which of the following constitutes advice in  breach of Rule 8-1?
 
 A. Asking a spectator the whereabouts of an opponent's ball.
 
 B. Asking if the 150 yard marker is accurate.
 
 C. Making a statement regarding your club selection which is purposely
 misleading and was obviously intended to be overheard by your opponent,
 who has a similar shot.
 
 D. Asking an opponent which club he used at a previous hole.
 
 
33. A played B in a match.  A drove out of bounds from the wrong teeing
ground.  B did not recall the shot.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. A must drop a ball, under penalty of one stroke, as nearly as possible
 at the spot from which the original ball was last played, i.e. on the
 wrong teeing ground.
 
 B. A must put another ball into play from the wrong teeing ground,  under
 penalty of one stroke.  The ball may be teed anywhere within the wrong
 teeing ground.
 
 C. A must put another ball into play from the correct teeing ground,  under
 penalty of one stroke.  The ball may be teed anywhere within the wrong
 teeing ground.
 
 D. A must put another ball into play from the correct teeing ground,  under
 penalty of one stroke.  The ball may be teed anywhere within the wrong
 teeing ground.  Additionally, A incurs a two stroke penalty for playing a
 stroke from a wrong place, i.e. the wrong teeing ground.
 
 
34. A competitor in stroke play lifted his ball on the putting green, and by
mistake replaced it with another ball.  He holed out and drove off the next
tee.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. There is no penalty.  A competitor is entitled to substitute a ball
 after lifting his ball on the putting green.
 
 B. The competitor incurs a two stroke penalty.  He is not entitled to
 substitute a ball after lifting his ball on the putting green.
 
 C. The substituted ball was a wrong ball.  Since the competitor played a
 stroke with a wrong ball and did not correct the error before playing from
 the next tee he is disqualified.
 
 D. The substituted ball was a wrong ball.  Since the competitor played a
 stroke with a wrong ball and did not correct the error before playing from
 the next tee he is disqualified.  However, since the substitution occurred
 inadvertently, the Committee should waive the disqualification penalty and
 modify the penalty to two strokes.
 
 
35. There is reasonable evidence that a player has lost his ball in casual
water through the green.  Which of the following relief procedures is
correct?
 
 A. The point on the course nearest to where the ball last crossed the
 margin of the casual water shall be determined which is not nearer the
 hole than where the ball last crossed the maring, avoids interference
 from the casual water and is not in a hazard or on a putting green.  A
 ball shall be dropped within one club-length of this point.
 
 B. The point on the course nearest to where the ball last crossed the
 margin of the casual water shall be determined which is not nearer the
 hole than where the ball last crossed the maring, avoids interference
 from the casual water and is not in a hazard or on a putting green.  A
 ball shall be placed within one club-length of this point.
 
 C. The point on the course nearest to where the ball last crossed the
 margin of the casual water shall be determined which is not nearer the
 hole than where the ball last crossed the maring, avoids interference
 from the casual water and is not in a hazard or on a putting green.  A
 ball shall be dropped as near as possible to that spot.
 
 D. The point on the course nearest to where the ball last crossed the
 margin of the casual water shall be determined which is not nearer the
 hole than where the ball last crossed the maring, avoids interference
 from the casual water and is not in a hazard or on a putting green.  A
 ball shall be placed as near as possible to that spot.
 
 
36. After a heavy rain, a competitor plays a stroke that comes to rest
under a tree.  A branch of the tree interferes with the player's backswing.
Before playing his next stroke, the competitor shakes the water off this
branch in order to eliminate the possibility of dislodged water distracting
him.  What is the ruling?
 
 A. There is no penalty.
 
 B. The competitor loses the hole for improving the area of his intended
 swing.
 
 C. The competitor incurs a two stroke penalty for improving the area of
 his intended swing.
 
 D. Although the competitor did not improve the area of his intended swing,
 he should in equity (Rule 1-4), incur a two stroke penalty based on the
 premise of Rule 13-2.
 
 
37. Which of the following is a "rub of the green?"
 
 A. A ball which comes to rest in a divot.
 
 B. A ball which lands in a water hazard in bounds and is then carried out
 of bounds by the flow of the river.
 
 C. A ball which rolls into a foot print in a bunker.
 
 D. A ball which deflects off a bunker rake onto the green.
 
 
38. A player's ball lies behind an immovable obstruction.  The obstruction
interferes with the player's swing and also intervenes on his line of play.
What is the ruling?
 
 A. The player is entitled to relief without penalty under the Obstruction
 Rule, but he must drop the ball in such a position that intervention on
 the line of play is maintained.
 
 B. The player is entitled to relief without penalty under the Obstruction
 Rule, if in proceeding under this Rule, the player could drop the ball in
 a place which would also avoid intervention on his line of play, he is
 entitled to do so.
 
 C. The player is entitled to relief without penalty under the Obstruction
 Rule, but he must place the ball in such a position that intervention on
 the line of play is maintained.
 
 D. The player is entitled to relief without penalty under the Obstruction
 Rule, if in proceeding under this Rule, the player could place the ball in
 a place which would also avoid intervention on his line of play, he is
 entitled to do so.
 
 
39. Which of the following procedures is correct with regard to casual
water intervening on a player's line of putt?
 
 A. There is no relief without penalty from casual water which intervenes
 on the line of putt.
 
 B. The ball shall be lifted and placed without penalty on the putting
 green in the nearest position to where it lay originally which affords
 maximum relief, but no nearer the hole nor in a hazard.
 
 C. The ball shall be lifted and placed without penalty in the nearest
 position to where it lay which affords maximum available relief, even if
 such position is off the putting green, but not nearer the hole nor in a
 hazard.
 
 D. The ball shall be lifted and placed without penalty within one
 club-length of the point which affords maximum available relief, even if
 such position is off the putting green, but not nearer the hole nor in a
 hazard.
 
 
40. In which of the following cases is a player not penalized for failing
to replace his ball?
 
 A. If it was accidentally moved by his caddie during search.
 
 B. If it was at rest on the putting green and was moved by the wind prior
 to him addressing it.
 
 C. If it was at rest on the putting green and was moved by another ball.
 
 D. If it was at rest and was moved by a spectator with his knowledge.
 
 
41. Which of the following is true with regard to loose impediments?
 
 A. A player may not have assistance in removing a large loose impediment.
 
 B. A player may not break off part of a large loose impediment that
 interferes with his swing.
 
 C. A player may remove loose impediments from the area in which he is
 preparing to drop a ball.
 
 D. A player may not remove loose impediments on or around a spot on which
 he is to place a ball.
 
 
42. A player may have the flagstick attended?
 
 A. Except when the ball lies in a bunker.
 
 B. Only if the ball lies on the green.
 
 C. Only if the ball lies on the green or the fringe.
 
 D. Regardless of the location of the ball.
 
 
43. Which of the following statements is false with regard to a ball being
unfit for play?
 
 A. A ball is unfit for play if it is visibly cut, cracked or out of shape.
 
 B. Before lifting the ball the player must announce his intention to
 examine the ball to his opponent in match play or his marker or a
 fellow-competitor in stroke play and must mark the position of the ball.
 
 C. The damage rendering the ball unfit for play must have occurred during
 the play of the hole being played.
 
 D. The player may clean the ball to determine if it is unfit for play.
 
 
44. In which of the following situations is a player not permitted to
discontinue play?
 
 A. He believes there is danger from lightning.
 
 B. It begins to rain and the player has no umbrella.
 
 C. The Committee has suspended the play due to darkness.
 
 D. The player is consulting with the Committee on a ruling.
 
 
45. Which of the following is a wrong ball?
 
 A. A competitor's second ball played under Rule 3-3.
 
 B. A ball which has been substituted for the original ball that was lifted
 on the putting green.
 
 C. A ball played from out of bounds.
 
 D. A player's provisional ball.
 
 
46. Which of the following is considered an outside agency?
 
 A. The wind.
 
 B. A player's caddie.
 
 C. A player's opponent.
 
 D. A fellow-competitor.
 
 
47. A ball to be dropped under the Rules shall be dropped by:
 
 A. The player himself.
 
 B. The player or his partner.
 
 C. The player, his partner, or either of their caddies.
 
 D. Anyone authorized by the player.
 
 
48. A competitor, believing his original ball may be out of bounds, plays a
provisional ball which comes to rest in the same area.  He finds a ball
which he believes is his original ball after searching for 2 minutes,
plays it and then discovers that the ball he played was his provisional.
What is the ruling?
 
 A. The competitor may continue to search for his original ball for an
 additional 3 minutes.  If he finds the original ball he must continue play
 of the hole with that ball and abandon the provisional ball.  Otherwise,
 he must complete the hole with the provisional ball incurring the stroke
 and distance penalty under Rule 27-1.
 
 B. The competitor may continue to search for his original ball for an
 additional 3 minutes.  If he finds the original ball he must continue play
 of the hole with that ball. Otherwise, he must complete the hole with the
 provisional ball incurring the stroke and distance penalty under Rule 27-1.
 In either case the competitor incurs a two stroke penalty for an improper
 procedure because the Provisional Ball Rule does not permit a competitor
 to play a stroke with the provisional ball once the search for the original
 ball has commenced.
 
 C. The competitor may continue to search for his original ball for an
 additional 3 minutes.  If he finds his original ball he may either
 continue play of the hole with that ball or he may continue play of the
 provisional ball incurring the stroke and distance penalty under Rule
 27-1.
 
 D. The competitor must complete play of the hole with the provisional
 ball.  The original ball was lost when he played a stroke with the
 provisional ball from where the original ball was likely to be.
 
 
49. Which of the following is true with respect to out of bounds?
 
 A. A ball is out of bounds when any part of it lies out of bounds.
 
 B. A player may stand out of bounds to play a ball lying within bounds.
 
 C. The out of bounds line extends vertically upwards, but not downwards.
 
 D. When out of bounds is defined by a line on the ground, the line itself
 is in bounds.
 
 
50. Which of the following is not a responsibility of the Committee?
 
 A. Determining the method of a halved match.
 
 B. In stroke play, issuing a score card to each competitor with the
 competitor's name and date.
 
 C. Accurately defining ground under repair.
 
 D. In match play, issuing a score card for each match with the player's
 names, handicap information and date.
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"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty!"
John Vander Borght
[email protected]

    Answers to the quiz posted in -.1

    Bill

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Article: 6287
From: [email protected] (John Vander Borght)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Answers and Results of the 2nd Great Rules Quiz
Date: 1 Mar 93 22:05:12 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (usenet )
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
 
 
Below are the scores of the people who sent me their answers for the second
Rules quiz.  Also below are the the correct answers.  Questions 2 and 4
caused a lot of debate amongst the people in the class.  If you missed them
and you chose answer C for 2 or answer D for 4, I wouldn't feel too bad.
 
Only 6 people sent me answers, but I know that just like last year there were
probably a lot more who actually took the test.  I'd be glad to discuss the
answers with anyone either via e-mail or on the net.  I've also included the
number of people who missed each question alongside it and comments on the
ones that a lot of people missed.
 
I have a 100 question true and false test that I'll send out later in the
week.
 
38 Thomas F. Devlin <[email protected]>
37 [email protected] (Michael Zimmers)
36 [email protected] (Tim King)
33 Paul Lekberg <[email protected]>
30 Michael_Plowinske <SMJP%[email protected]>
30 Paul Bardak <BARDAKPJ%WS0601%[email protected]>
 
 
Q  A	Citation				Num Wrong
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1. A	Decision 1-1/4				   3 (3-C)
Once the ball is holed out the hole is complete and there can be no penalty
for playing a wrong ball.
 
2. D	Rule 20-3a				   4 (1-A, 1-B, 2-C)
Some people disputed this this saying the answer should be C because of
Decision 20-1/4, but they said that this decision was wrong and that
Rule 20-3a says: 
	"If a ball is to be replaced, the player, his partner or the person
	who lifted or moved it shall place it ..."
 
3. B	Decision 9-2/2				   4 (1-A, 3-D)
The player is responsible for knowing the rules, so giving them incorrect
information about them is not wrong information.  D is incorrect because if
the opponent sees you doing something that is obvious you don't have to
inform them.  If I'm standing on the tee and yank one OB while my opponent
is watchin, I don't have to turn to my opponent and say, "That ball is OB
and I'm playing my third stroke."
 
4. A	Decision 27/15				   5 (5-D)
This question caused the most discussion in the class.  Many people felt that
D was correct.  But, you don't have to retrieve the ball to declare it
unplayable, just identify it.  It was a little tricky because it would
appear that in the case as stated, the only way to identify it would be to
retrieve it.
 
5. D	Rule 18-2c				   0
6. D	Decision 17/9				   0
7. D	Decision 16-1a/16.5			   3 (1-B, 2-C)
 
B is wrong because you can walk on the line as long as you don't improve
the line.  C is wrong because the inside of the hole is considered to be
part of the line of putt.  You may repair a spike mark when you are
repairing an old hole plug so D is false.
 
8. D	Decision 28/4				   0
9. B	Decision 14-3/13			   1 (1-C)
10. A	Rule 18-4				   4 (1-B, 1-C, 2-D)
This is covered directly by Rule 18-4.
 
11. D	Decision 2-3/2				   5 (1-A, 1-B, 3-C)
This is an odd one, but the decision is there to cover this.  I'm not
surprised that a lot of people missed this one.  C seems to make sense and
it would be true if it was stroke play, but in match play D is correct.
 
12. C	Rule 31-3				   3 (2-A, 1-D)
In 4-ball stroke play this violation results in 2 strokes for both players.
I'd guess that both get it because that way if player A had a good score on
the first two holes and then found he had a 15th club, he couldn't hand it
to B and let B take the penalty.
 
13. B	Rule 31-4				   2 (2-C)
14. D	Rules 20-5 and 28a			   0
15. C	Decision 13-4/16 and Rules 15-3 and 26-1   4 (4-A)
Rule 13-4 says you may not remove a loose impediment in a hazard before
making a stroke at a ball which lies in the hazard.  It doesn't matter if
it was your ball or not.
 
16. D	Decision 22/4				   0
This is the one question that I missed, but you all got it right.  If you are
going to mark your ball, because you want to, and you kick it or drop a
putter on it, you would get a penalty per Decision 20-1/14.  But, if you are
doing at the request of someone else you are free from that per 22/4.
 
17. C	Decision 23/9				   0
18. A	Rule 24-1				   0
19. C	Rule 21					   1 (1-B)
20. B	Decision 10-2c/1			   5 (2-A, 2-C, 1-D)
There is no penalty for playing out of turn in stroke play.  The ball is in
play.  When he hit another one from the tee, the original ball was "lost".
 
21. D	Rule 19-5				   2 (1-A, 1-C)
22. A	Rule 20-2c and Decision 33-8/34		   2 (2-C)
23. C	Definition of "Casual Water"		   0
24. A	Rule 33-2b				   1 (1-D)
25. D	Rule 5-3 and 28				   6 (1-A, 5-C)
The player is entitled to substitute a ball under the Unplayable Ball Rule.
Notice that rule 28 says "drop a ball", not drop "the" ball.  Any time a
rule says drop or place A ball, you can substitute another ball.
 
26. A	Rule 12-1				   2 (2-B)
27. B	Rule 6-6d (Note 1)			   5 (2-A, 3-D)
You have to make sure that your handicap is on the card before you turn it
in (just like your scores must be) and you must know where you get or give
strokes in a match, otherwise you and your opponent won't know at all times
where the match stands.  You don't have to add up your score and even if
you do and it is wrong, it isn't your fault.
 
28. A	Rule 24-1				   4 (1-B, 1-C, 2-D)
You can move a stake defining a water hazard may be moved if it is readily
movable.  B is wrong because any movable obstruction is movable even if it
is out of bounds.  Decision 33-2a/20 explains C, and an abandoned ball is
just a ball that you find on the course and you can pick it up.
 
29. D	Rule 24-2b (ii)				   0
30. B	Decision 25-2/2				   1 (1-D)
31. D	Decision 26-1/11			   0
32. C	Decision 8-1/9				   2 (1-B, 1-D)
33. A	Decision 11-5/3				   3 (3-C)
As long as B did not recall the stroke, you have to play under the Out of
bounds rule so you have to play under stroke and distance from where you
hit the previous ball.  Also, since it isn't the correct tee, you can't tee
it up and must drop the ball.  If B recalled the stroke, the player could
go to the correct tee and tee off with no penalty under 11-5 and 11-4.
 
34. B	Decision 15-1/8				   6 (1-A, 5-C)
Rule 15-1 says "A player must hole out with the ball played from the teeing
ground unless a Rule permits him to substitute another ball.  If a player
substitutes another ball when proceeding under an applicable Rule which
does not permit substitution, that ball is NOT a WRONG BALL; it becomes the
ball in play and, if the error is not corrected ... the player shall incur
a penalty of ... two strokes in stroke play."  The player was allowed to
pick up the ball on the green per 16-1b, but when he substituted a ball it
was an incorrect substitution (as opposed to a wrong ball) so he gets 2
strokes under 15-1.
 
35. A	Rule 25-1c(i)				   0
36. C	Decision 13-2/23			   4 (3-A, 1-D)
Rule 13-2 says you can't improve your lie, area of intended swing or line
of play.  Shaking the branch so that the water wouldn't distract you is
improving the area of the intended swing.
 
37. D	Definition of "Rub of the Green"	   1 (1-B)
38. B	Decision 24-2b/7			   1 (1-A)
39. C	Rule 25-1b (iii)			   1 (1-B)
40. B	Decision 18-1/12			   0
41. C	Decision 23-1/6				   2 (2-D)
42. D	Rule 17-1				   0
43. D	Rule 5-3				   2 (2-C)
44. B	Rule 6-8a				   0
45. C	Decision 15/6				   4 (4-B)
See the comment on question 34 as to why B is incorrect.
 
46. D	Definition of "Outside Agency"		   2 (1-A, 1-B)
47. A	Rule 20-2a				   1 (1-B)
48. D	Decision 27-2b/7			   0
49. B	Definition of "Out of Bounds"		   0
50. D	Rule 33-5				   0
 
 
-- 
"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty!"
John Vander Borght
[email protected]

    Another interesting golf test from the USENET.

    Bill
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Article: 6439
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: [email protected] (John Vander Borght)
Subject: PJs 100 Question True and False Test
Sender: [email protected] (usenet )
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 93 01:30:11 GMT
 
The following test is a 100 question true/false test written by the late PJ
Boatwright.  We were given 30 minutes and NOT ALLOWED to use REFERENCE
MATERIALS.  I'm not going to grade this one so don't send your answers to
me this time.  I'll send out the answers on Friday.
 
1.  If the players in a match are unable to resolve a Rules problem and
therefore they agree to consider the hole halved they are in breach of Rule
1-3.
 
2. If the ball adheres to the face of the club after a stroke, the player
is required, under penalty of one stroke, to drop a ball where the incident
took place.
 
3. If a ball is lost in either a water hazard or in casual water adjacent to
the hazard, the player must proceed under the water hazard Rule.
 
4. If a player lifts his ball in the mistaken belief that his next stroke
has been conceded, he incurs a penalty stroke regardless of the
circumstances.
 
5. Concession of a match is not binding if subsequently a valid timely
claim is made.
 
6. In no circumstances may a referee penalize a player for breach of a Rule
at a hole if he does not become aware of the breach until one of the
players has played from the next tee.
 
7. In stroke play, the score with a second ball played under Rule 3-3
cannot count if the second ball was dropped in a wrong place and played.
 
8. In some circumstances a competitor is not disqualified if he fails to
hole out with a second ball played under Rule 3-3.
 
9. In match play, if a player plays a second ball under Rule 3-3, that ball
is not a wrong ball.
 
10. If a player, who starts a round with 14 clubs, changes the lie of 4 of
his clubs while play is suspended, he incurs no penalty if he discards
those clubs before play is resumed and finishes the round with the
remaining 10 clubs.
 
11. If a player, who started a round with 13 clubs, breaks his putter in
anger, he may not replace the putter.
 
12. In stroke, play if A discovers during play of the 8th hole that he is
carrying 15 clubs, he must add 2 penalty strokes to his scores at the 7th
and 8th holes.
 
13. If a ball behaves erratically in flight, the player is not allowed to
substitute another ball before playing his next stroke.
 
14. In stroke play, if a competitor lifts his ball on the putting green,
throws the ball into a lake from which the ball cannot be retrieved and
then announces that the ball is unfit for play, he incurs a penalty of two
strokes.
 
15. There is no penalty if players fail to determine one another's
handicaps before starting a handicap match.
 
16. It is permissible for a player whose clubs are transported on a
motorized cart to engage someone to drive the cart and also employ an
individual to perform all the the other duties of a caddie.
 
17. A caddie may repair old hole plugs and ball marks on the line of putt
of his employer.
 
18. A competitor has met the requirements of the Rules if, instead of
recording his usual signature on his score card, he records his initials.
 
19. If a player searches ten minutes for a lost ball, he is subjet to
disqualification under rule 6-8a for discontinuing play.
 
20. In stroke play, it is permissible for a group, which is playing a hole
when play is suspended by the Committee, to discontinue play for 10 minutes
and then to finish the hole even though the Committee has not yet announced
the resumption of play.
 
21. In match play, if A asks for advice from B and B compiles, A loses the
hole.
 
22. If a player places a club on the ground parallel to the line of play to
assist him in aligning his feet properly, he incurs a penalty whether or
not he removes the club before playing his next stroke.
 
23. The honor in a handicap match is determined by net scores, and the honor
in handicap stroke play is determined by gross scores.
 
24. In a match, if A plays out of turn, B requests A to replay after he (B)
has played and then B, after playing, withdraws the request for A to
replay, B loses the hole as a result of the improper withdrawal of the
request.
 
25. In match play, if a player who is requested to lift his ball due to
interference plays out of turn instead, the player loses the hole for a
breach of Rule 22.
 
26. In stroke play, if a competitor plays out of turn from the tee,
abandons the ball played out of turn and plays another ball in proper
order, the original ball is deemed to be lost.
 
27. A player is entitled to remove loose impediments covering a ball in a
hazard only if the ball is not visible from any angle.
 
28. If a player touches and rotates a ball in a hazard for identification
purposes, he incurs no penalty if he marks the position of the ball before
rotating it and the rotating does not result in the ball being cleaned.
 
29. If a player's club is stopped during his downswing by the branch of a
tree and therefore does not reach the ball, the player is not considered to
have made a stroke.
 
30. If a player's ball is lodged in the branch of a tree beyond his reach
and he swings at a lower part of the branch with a club for the purpose of
dislodging the ball, he is considered to have made a stroke.
 
31. A player may play a stroke with any part of the clubhead.
 
32. In stroke play, if a competitor plays a stroke with the wrong (grip)
end of his putter, the stroke counts and the competitor incurs a penalty of
two strokes.
 
33. A player may hold an umbrella over his head while making a stroke but
his caddie may not hold the umbrella.
 
34. Applying tape to a golf glove to prevent the glove from slipping is a
breach of the Rules for which the penalty is disqualification.
 
35. There is no penalty if, after a player addresses his ball which is
lying in water in a water hazard, the ball moves, presumably due to the
current, and the player plays the ball while it is moving.
 
36. If the player's ball starts moving during his backswing and he strikes
the ball while it is still moving, he incurs a penalty of loss of hole in
match play or two strokes in stroke play for playing a moving ball.
 
37. If a hole-liner is not sunk deep enough and a Committee member is not
present, the match or group should discontinue play until the problem can
be restored.
 
38. A player who holes a short putt must not retrieve the ball from the hole
until it is clearly at rest.
 
39. Under certain circumstances, a player may, before putting repair a
damaged hole if its proper dimensions have been changed materially.
 
40. If a player removes an acorn, which is not solidly embedded, from his
line of putt, he may, in equity, repair any depression in which the acorn
lay.
 
41. If a player cannot determine whether a raised tuft of grass on his line
of putt is loose or is attached to its roots, he may brush the tuft lightly
with his hand to determine whether it is loose.
 
42. If a player walks on his line of putt, he incurs a penalty regardless
of the circumstances.
 
43. A player has no right to repair a ball mark affecting his opponent's
play if the opponent requests him not to do so and it is the opponent's
turn to play.
 
44. If a player places the palm of his hand on the putting green behind his
ball to determine if the green is wet, he incurs a penalty for testing the
surface.
 
45. A live mouse is an outside agency and a dead mouse is a loose
impediment.
 
46. If a ball is moved by the wind or casual water while play is suspended,
the ball must be played from its new position when play is resumed.
 
47. If a competitor, incorrectly believing his tee shot is out of bounds,
lifts the ball and plays again from the tee, he is now lying 4.
 
48. In stroke play, if a competitor moves his ball accidentally during
search and he cannot determine the spot where the ball originally lay, he
incurs a penalty of three strokes if he places the ball as near as possible
to that spot, and plays it.
 
49. A player incurs a penalty if he touches his ball purposely, but not if
he touches it accidentally.
 
50. If a player enters a hazard without a club and positions his feet 
to determine how he wishes to play the shot, he has taken his stance and if
the ball moves, he automatically incurs a penalty.
 
51. If a player addresses his ball, steps away, lifts the ball and the
replaces it, he automatically incurs a penalty if the ball then moves.
 
52. If a player addresses his ball on the putting green, bends over and
moves the ball in attempting to brush an insect off the ball, he incurs a
penalty stroke.
 
53. In stroke play, if a competitor putts and his ball is deflected into
the hole by a moving outside agency, the competitor is disqualified if he
does not replay the stroke.
 
54. In match play, if a player lifts his ball-marker in the mistaken belief
that he has won a hole, he is considered to have conceded the hole.
 
55. A player incurs no penalty if he accidentally moves his ball when he
drops his putter on it as he is approaching his ball to mark it.
 
56. If a tee marking the position of a player's ball on the putting green
deflects the opponent's ball, the opponent has the option of replaying the
stroke.
 
57. If a player whose ball is unplayable drops the ball in accordance with
Rule 28b and the ball rolls more than two club-lengths, he may lift the
ball and proceed under Rule 28c.
 
58. A ball is in play when replace, whether or not the object used to mark
its position has been removed.
 
59. If a player whose ball is unplayable proceeds under Rule 28c, but drops
the ball in a wrong place, she may lift the ball under Rule 20-6 and
proceed under Rule 28b.
 
60. In stroke play, if a ball is declared unplayable in a water hazard and
the competitor drops the ball in the hazard and plays, the competitor
incurs a penalty of three strokes if the breach was not a serious one or
disqualification in the event of a serious breach.
 
61. If the position of a ball lifted for identification is not marked, the
intention to lift is not announced and the ball is cleaned beyond the
extent necessary to identify it, the penalty is loss of hole in match play
or two strokes in stroke play.
 
62. A player may have another ball lifted if it interferes either
physically or mentally with his play.
 
63. A loose clod of earth is a loose impediment.
 
64. Except on the line of putt, loose impediments may be removed by any
means.
 
65. If part of a large branch which has fallen from a tree interferes with
a player's swing, the player may remove the entire branch but he may not
break off the interfering part.
 
66. If a loose impediment affecting a player's lie is moved when the player
lifts his ball under a Rule which requires him to replace the ball, the
player is not required to replace the loose impediment.
 
67. If a player's ball is in a water hazard in a playable lie but it is
directly behind a stone which has broken away from a retaining wall in the
hazard, the player may remove the stone without penalty.
 
68. An abandoned ball is a movable obstruction.
 
69. If any part of an immovable obstruction is designed to be movable, it
may be moved to any position if this does not unduly delay play.
 
70. If an entire bunker is being renovated, it loses its status as a
hazard.
 
71. An aerification hole is a hole made by a greenskeeper within the
meaning of that term in the Rules.
 
72. If a ball lies outside a ground under repair area but high grass
within the ground under repair interferes with a player's swing, the player
is entitled to relief without penalty if the grass is part, or the result
of, the condition which caused the Committee to declare the are to be
ground under repair.
 
73. If a ball lies in a bunker completely covered by casual water, the
player may drop his ball without penalty in the bunker on the nearest
ground not nearer the hole providing maximum relief and then, if he wishes,
drop behind the bunker under penalty of one stroke.
 
74. If a ball spins back into its pitch-mark, it is considered embedded in
the pitch-mark.
 
75. If a player assumes his original ball to be in a water hazard although
there is not reasonable evidence to that effect, another ball played at the
spot from which the original ball was played is a wrong ball.
 
76. If a player, whose original ball from the tee may be out of bounds,
plays a provisional ball, which is not distinguishable from the original
ball, he must, if one ball is found in a water hazard and the other is
found in the rough, play another ball from the tee, playing 3.
 
77. If a player whose provisional ball comes to rest in the same area as
his original ball, plays the provisional ball in the mistaken belief that
it is his original ball, he has played a wrong ball.
 
78. If a player plays his second shot, declares the ball unplayable,
returns to the tee and puts another ball in play from there, he is guilty
of a serious breach of the Rules.
 
79. In foursome stroke play, only one of the partners is responsible for
checking the side's score card and signing it.
 
80. In foursome play, if a ball is to be dropped, either member of the side
may drop it.
 
81. If a caddie shared by the members of a side in a four-ball match
moves an opponent's ball, both members of the side incur a penalty stroke.
 
82. The Committee has the authority to reduce the number of holes of a
stipulated round after play has commenced in that round.
 
83. The Committee may not make it a condition of the competition that the
competitors are responsible for the addition of scores.
 
84. A given part of a body of water may be defined as a water hazard in
play of one hole and a lateral water hazard in play of another hole.
 
85. In stroke play, if a competitor refuses to start a round due to
inclement weather, the disqualification penalty is canceled if the round
is subsequently canceled.
 
86. A Committee has authority to make a Local Rule allowing play of a
second ball in match play when a player is in doubt as to his rights.
 
87. If a ball dropped within a "Ball Drop" area rolls and comes to rest
outside the "Ball Drop", the ball must be re-dropped.
 
88. In stroke play, if a competitor fails to countersign his score card,
the disqualification penalty is not applicable if the error is discovered
after the competition has closed.
 
89. In a 36-hole stroke play competition, if a competitor incurs a
two-stroke penalty in the 1st round but the Committee incorrectly rules
that no penalty was incurred, the Committee may correct the incorrect
ruling and apply the penalty during the play of the second round.
 
90. In stroke play, a competitor should be disqualified if, before starting
a round, he plays two practice strokes from a forward tee at the 1st hole
into an out-of-bounds area.
 
91. In stroke play, if a competitor's caddie plays a few holes of the
competition course before the competitor tees off, the competitor is
disqualified.
 
92. In match play, a player is entitled to ascertain the whereabouts of his
opponent's ball only if he can do so without unduly delaying play.
 
93. Wrong information does not include acquiescence by the player in a
misstatement by his opponent of the result of a hole or the state of the
match.
 
94. In stroke play, if a competitor tees his ball in front of the
tee-markers, hits the ball out of bounds and then plays his next stroke
from within the teeing ground, he is lying 5.
 
95. If a ball is completely embedded in the vertical lip of a bunker, i.e.,
all of the ball is beyond the surface of the lip, the ball is considered to
be lying through the green.
 
96. If part of a fence which is out of bounds but is not a boundary fence
leans across the boundary and interferes with a player's swing, the player
is entitled to relief under Rule 24-2b.
 
97. If a player plays a wrong ball in the belief that it is his provisional
ball, he incurs no penalty unless the provisional ball subsequently becomes
the ball in play.
 
98. If a tee shot on a par-5 hole is lying out of bounds, the ball is
thrown into bounds by an outside agency and neither the player nor his
caddie is aware of the action of the outside agency, the score with that
ball stands if the action of the outside agency is not discovered until the
ball has been played onto the putting green of the hole in question.
 
99. If a player lifts his ball which is resting against the flagstick but
is not below the level of the lip of the hole, he incurs a penalty stroke
and must replace the ball against the flagstick.
 
100. If the player is preparing to play a stroke from just off the green
and the flagstick is leaning away from his ball, which would be an
advantage, the opponent will incur a penalty if he centers the flagstick.
-- 
"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty!"
John Vander Borght
[email protected]

     Answers to quiz in .51

     Bill

Article: 6513
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
From: [email protected] (John Vander Borght)
Subject: Re: PJs 100 Question True and False Test (ANSWERS)
Sender: [email protected] (usenet )
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 93 22:04:12 GMT
 
Here are the answers to the 100 question true/false test I sent out earlier
this week.  This test was devised by the late PJ Boatwright who was the
leading rules official at the USGA.  Every question relates directly to a
decision in the rule book and I've included the citations.  If you has
any questions about the answers feel free to send me some e-mail or send an
article on the net.  By the way, I only got 71 right on this one (we were
under time pressure (a good excuse :-)).
 
John Vander Borght
[email protected]
 
 1. F	2-1/1
 2. F	1-4/2
 3. T	1-4/7
 4. F	2-4/3
 5. T	2-4/16
 6. F	2-5/12
 7. T	3-3/5
 8. T	3-3/8
 9. F	3-3/9
10. T	4-2/2
11. F	4-4a/4
12. F	4-4a/17
13. T	5-3/1
14. T	5-3/3.5
15. T	6-2a/1
16. F	6-4/3
17. T	6-4/10
18. T	6-6b/2
19. F	6-7/2
20. F	6-8b/1
21. T	8-1/25
22. F	8-2a/1
23. T	10-1a/1, 10-2a/1
24. F	10-1c/1
25. F	10-1c/2
26. T	10-2c/1
27. T	12-1/3
28. F	12-2/2
29. F	14/1
30. F	14/7
31. T	14-1/1
32. T	14-1/3
33. T	14-2/2
34. F	14-3/8
35. T	14-6/1
36. F	14-5/1
37. F	16/4
38. F	16/5.5
39. T	16-1a/6
40. F	16-1a/7
41. T	16-1a/11
42. F	16-1a/12
43. T	16-1c/2
44. F	16-1d/4
45. T	18/4
46. F	18-1/11
47. T	18-2a/11
48. F	18-2a/21.5
49. T	18-2a/31
50. T	18-2b/2
51. F	18-2b/8
52. F	18-2c/2
53. T	19-1/3
54. F	20-1/8
55. F	20-1/14
56. F	20-1/17
57. F	20-2c/5
58. T	20-4/1
59. T	20-6/2
60. T	20-7/2
61. F	21/4
62. T	22/1
63. T	23/13
64. T	23-1/1
65. F	23-1/4
66. F	23-1/7
67. T	24/6
68. T	24-1/2
69. T	24-2b/14
70. F	25/13
71. F	25/15
72. T	25-1a/1
73. F	25-1b/9
74. T	25-2/1
75. F	26/6
76. T	27/11
77. F	27-2b/7
78. T	28/6
79. T	29/6
80. F	29/4
81. T	30/2
82. F	33-1/2
83. T	33-1/7
84. T	33-2a/7
85. T	33-2d/3
86. F	33-8/3
87. F	33-8/34
88. T	34-1b/2
89. T	34-3/1
90. T	7-1b/1
91. F	7-1b/5
92. T	9-2/16
93. T	9-2/12
94. F	11-4b/6
95. F	13/4
96. T	13-2/20
97. F	15/7
98. F	15/10
99. T	17-4/1
100. F	17/4
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"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty!"
John Vander Borght
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