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replacing clubs 9 During a round, player A makes a stroke


from the teeing ground which comes to rest out of bounds, and the face of his driver caves in. Coincidentally, Player B, his fellow- competitor who was leaning on his driver, falls over because the shaft has broken un- der his weight. Both players were using new adjustable drivers from the same company. Player A happens to have a spare driver head in his car and two spare shafts in the bag he is using to carry his clubs. He retrieves the club head from his car and player B uses one of the spare shafts and proceeds to play his tee shot. This is done without undue delay. Player A uses the other spare shaft with the new club head to replace his own broken club. Before player A makes a stroke with the assembled driver, their fellow-competi- tor C, questions the proceedings.


a. B has proceeded in accordance with the Rules; however A will be disqualifi ed if he makes a stroke with the assembled club.


b. B was not entitled to replace his club as it was not broken in the normal course of play. He is disqualifi ed for a breach of 4-3b. A may use the assembled club.


c. B was entitled to replace his club, however he was not entitled to do so by assembling components carried by another player on the course. He is disqualifi ed for a breach of Rule 4-3a. A will be disqualifi ed if he makes a stroke with the assembled club.


d. Both players have proceeded in accordance with the Rules and may continue with the assembled clubs.


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a. The player incurs one penalty stroke. b. The player incurs two penalty strokes. c. The player incurs a total of three penalty strokes. d. The player is disqualifi ed.


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a. A soda can lying in the same hazard as the player’s ball. b. A closed gate in a boundary fence. c. A closed barn door that is in bounds and is on the line of play for a player’s shot. d. A leaf lying in a water hazard when the ball lies outside the hazard.


interference


Which of the following is a player NOT permitted to move without penalty if it interferes with the player’s lie, stance, swing or line of play?


lost ball A player hit her tee shot into


an area where the ball could be lost. Without saying anything she tees another ball and hits it a similar distance into the fairway. When they arrive at the spot, they fi nd a ball about 5 yards into high rough equi- distant from the hole to the second ball played from the tee. Without marking it, she lifts the ball in the rough which is, in fact, her original ball. She drops it two club-lengths into the rough from waist height and plays it to the green. She takes two more strokes to hole out, walks to the next teeing ground and tees off . What is her score for the hole?


a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. She is disqualifi ed. 10


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taking relief A player takes relief from a cart path


using a 7-iron, which was the most likely club she would have used if the cart path were not there. The ball was dropped in accordance with Rule 24-2b and came to rest in a position in which she did not have interference from the cart path for a stroke with the 7-iron. The lie turned out to be favorable and she decided to use a 3-wood for the stroke. When she took her stance with the 3-wood, she was again standing on the cart path. What is the ruling?


a. She may play the ball with the 3-wood while standing on the path without penalty.


b. She must play the stroke using the 7-iron she determined her nearest point of relief with.


c. She must re-drop the ball as she did not take complete relief.


d. She must take relief from the cart path again, using the 3-wood to determine the nearest point of relief.


taking relief


A player’s tee shot comes to rest in an area of ground under repair. He deter- mines his nearest point of relief and drops the ball within one club-length of that point, but it bounces and hits his leg. Adjusting his positioning, he drops the ball again and it fi rst strikes the course more than one club-length from his nearest point of relief. He lifts and drops the ball a third time, within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, but it rolls closer to the hole than that point. He places the ball at the spot where it fi rst struck a part of the course on the third drop and plays to the green. He takes two more strokes to complete the hole. What is his score for the hole? a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7


casual water 12 While playing the sixth hole at Riviera, a player’s ball came to rest in a small puddle


of casual water inside the bunker that is surrounded by the putting green. The player lifted the ball and placed it on the putting green at a spot on a line with the spot where the ball originally lay and the hole. He played the ball from there, completed the hole and teed off from the next teeing ground. What is the ruling?


moving ball


A player’s ball is lying on a slope. When he addresses the ball, it moves and comes to rest out of bounds He then plays the ball from out of bounds. What is the ruling?


a. The player is disqualifi ed. b. The player incurs two penalty strokes and must replace the ball on the slope where it lay prior to address.


c. The player incurs two penalty strokes and must play the ball as it lies.


d. The player incurs three penalty strokes and must replace the ball on the slope where it lay prior to address.


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