RULES & HANDICAPPING


By Lorraine Thies


Ready, set, go! A


re you ready for the new year? The way you play the game is ready to change dramatically. We’ve been


keeping you up to date over the past year and have been hosting many rules workshops over the past several weeks. Let’s see where you stand with


the changes. Here’s a short quiz that illustrates the most significant changes that you will experience.


1. According to the Rules of Golf, what are the areas of the golf course? a. Through the green, teeing ground and putting green of the hole being played, all hazards on the course.


b. Through the green, penalty areas, rough, teeing ground and putting green of the hole being played.


c. General areas, penalty areas, bunkers, teeing ground and putting green of the hole being played.


d. Water hazards, bunkers, teeing grounds, putting greens and general areas.


2. In stroke play, on the putting green, a player lifts, marks and replaces his ball. He then steps away from the ball. Before he moves back into position to make his stroke, a gust of wind causes the ball to move. The ball comes to rest in the water. What penalty, if any, does the player get and what should he do? a. No penalty and he must play the ball as it lies.


b. No penalty and he must replace the ball.


c. One stroke and he must play the ball as it lies.


d. One stroke and he must replace the ball.


3. During play of the 18th hole, when a player is playing from the white tees, which of the following areas is the general area? a. The red teeing area of the 18th hole and ground under repair on the 18th fairway.


b. Bunkers next to the putting greens on hole #1.


c. A penalty area to the right of the 18th fairway.


d. The white teeing area of the 18th hole and putting green of the 18th hole.


4. A player accidentally moves his ball while searching for it in the general area. He did not know its original location. The correct ruling is that the player: a. gets no penalty and must estimate the ball’s location and replace it at that spot.


b. gets no penalty and must drop the ball as near as possible to where it is estimated to have been.


c. gets one penalty stroke and must estimate the ball’s location and replace it at that spot.


d. gets one penalty stroke and must drop the ball as near as possible to where it is estimated to have been.


5. In four-ball stroke play, players A and B are partners. A started the round with 14 clubs. He damages his putter in anger after missing a short putt, bending the shaft. Without penalty … a. may share B’s putter for the remainder of the round.


b. may, without unreasonably delaying play, have a new shaft installed on the club and then continue to use it.


c. must not use the putter for the rest of the round.


d. may use it for the remainder of that round.


Answers: 1-c; 2-b; 3-a; 4-a; 5-d; 6-a; 7-b; 8-a


6. In stroke play, a player’s ball comes to rest in a bunker He removes several leaves that are around his ball. The player gets… a. no penalties. b. a one-stroke penalty. c. a two-stroke penalty. d. two two-stroke penalties.


7. When dropping a ball, it first hit the course in the relief area. When is a player NOT required to re-drop his ball when taking relief from a penalty area? a. The ball rolls just under two club lengths, no nearer the hole, from where if first hit the course. The ball comes to rest outside the relief area.


b. The ball rolls closer to the hole than where it hit the course but is still in the relief area.


c. The ball comes to rest outside the relief area.


d. The player drops the ball from shoulder height and it comes to rest in the relief area.


8. In which of the following situations is a player NOT permitted to substitute another ball? a. In searching for her ball, the player accidentally kicks her ball in play. She lifts her ball and, for no apparent reason, substitutes another ball.


b. When taking relief from a cart path.


c. When taking relief from a penalty area.


d. When resuming play after a suspension.


34 | AZ GOLF Insider | ANNUAL 2018


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