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taking relief In match play, a player’s ball came to rest on a paved cart path. Both players knew he
was entitled to relief but were unsure how to proceed, so he and his opponent agreed that he could drop the ball within two club-lengths of his nearest point of relief, no nearer the hole. He dropped the ball at the very end of the two club-length limit and played. Prior to playing from the next teeing ground, the players see a Rules Offi cial who explained that relief under Rule 24-2b only allows a player to drop within one club-length from the near- est point of relief. The opponent makes a claim, what is the ruling?
a. There is no penalty as the players agreed to the incorrect procedure. b. The player loses the hole for playing from a wrong place. c. The player is disqualifi ed for a serious breach of playing from a wrong place. d. Both players are disqualifi ed for agreeing to waive the Rules.
14 water hazard 16 On the 14th hole, a player’s ball
lies in a water hazard. In making her backswing for the stroke, she is aware that her club touched a branch in the hazard. Not realizing the branch was detached, she did not include the two-stroke penalty for a breach of Rule 13-4 in her score for the hole. The error is discovered after the competition closes. What is the ruling?
a. If it was not reasonably discernible that the branch was detached, the two-stroke penalty should be added into her score.
b. If it was reasonably discernible that the branch was detached, the player must be disqualifi ed.
c. The player must be disqualifi ed regardless of whether it was reasonably discernible that the branch was detached.
d. The player’s score stands. 15 water hazard On a par-3 hole with a carry over
water, a player hits his tee shot into the water hazard. The water hazard is marked with yellow stakes and lines, but a drop zone has also been provided as an additional option for relief. The player elects to use the drop zone and while standing outside the drop zone he drops the ball in the middle of the drop zone which then rolls forward 1 1/2 club-lengths toward the hole and outside the drop zone. He plays the ball from there to the green and takes two putts to complete the hole. What is his score for the hole?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 7 d. 8 ground under repair A player’s 200-yard tee shot comes
to rest in an area of high grass where there is also some ground under repair. After a brief search the player proceeds under Rule 25-1c as if the ball was lost in ground under repair. He plays the ball to the putting green, and as he’s walking he fi nds his original ball in the ground under repair. He lifts his original ball and walks to the green. He then holes out his next stroke from the putting green. His fellow- competitor then questions his actions. What is the ruling?
a. Since he found his original in the ground under repair, he proceeded correctly and scored a 3 for the hole.
b. Since he did not have virtual certainty that the ball was in the ground under repair when he dropped, he incurred a two-stroke penalty for playing from a wrong place and he scored a 5 for the hole.
c. Since he did not have virtual certainty that the ball was in the ground under repair when he dropped, he was required to play the original ball when he found it. He incurs a two-stroke penalty for playing from a wrong place, an additional one-stroke penalty for lifting his ball in play and he must replace the original ball and play out the hole.
d. Since he did not have virtual certainty that the ball was in the ground under repair when he dropped, when he dropped and played the substituted ball the original was lost. He incurs a two-stroke penalty for playing from a wrong place in breach of Rule 27-1, and must go back to the teeing ground and put a ball into play correctly under penalty of stroke and distance.
Rules Quiz 17
unplayable lie A player fi nds her ball in a dry
lateral water hazard very near the hazard margin. She declares the ball unplayable and drops the ball within two club-lengths of where the ball originally lay. The point where the ball is dropped is outside the hazard within one club-length of where it last crossed the margin of the hazard and no nearer the hole. What is the ruling?
a. The ball was dropped where the applicable Rule required, therefore she incurs only one penalty stroke under Rule 26-1.
b. A player may not declare the ball unplayable in a water hazard. She incurs a two-stroke penalty for lifting her ball in play and not replacing it, a breach of Rule 18.
c. A player may not declare the ball unplayable in a water hazard. She incurs a one-stroke penalty for the Unplayable Ball and an additional two stroke penalty for playing from a wrong place.
d. A player may not declare the ball unplayable in a water hazard. She incurs a one-stroke penalty for relief from the water hazard and an additional one-stroke penalty for moving her ball in play.
18 concede a putt In match play, Player A lies 4 in a
diffi cult lie just off the putting green and is surveying the chip. Player B had hit his bunker shot close and had his tap-in putt for 5 conceded. Player B, thinking he could hole the bunker shot, takes his ball back and makes another stroke from the bunker while waiting for A to play. A says nothing at the time, fl ubs his chip and rakes his ball away. When they arrive at the next tee, A claims the hole. What is the ruling?
a. A wins the hole. b. B wins the hole. c. The hole is halved. d. The status of the match is adjusted by one hole in A’s favor.
ANSWERS: 1. – B; 2 – D; 3 – C; 4 – B; 5 – D; 6 – A; 7 – C; 8 – B; 9 – C; 10 – C; 11 – A; 12 – D; 13 – A; 14 – D; 15 – B; 16 – D; 17 – A; 18 – C
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