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debris in a bunker
A player hits her tee shot into a lateral
water hazard directly adjacent to a bunker. Prior to dropping in the bunker within two club-lengths of where the ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard, the player removes twigs and leaves from the area in the bunker where she intends to drop the ball. She drops the ball and plays to the green. She then completes the hole with two putts. What is her score for the hole?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8 6
water hazard drop
A player plays from the teeing ground
into a water hazard. He decides to proceed under Rule 26-1b and drops a ball on a line keeping the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard between the fl agstick and where the ball is dropped. The spot happens to be on the teeing ground. Without realizing this, he moves the ball out of a small depression and plays the ball from a new spot that is within the teeing ground. How many penalty strokes does the player incur?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. The player is disqualifi ed if he does not correct the mistake prior to playing from the next teeing ground.
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mark, lift and replace
A player’s tee shot on a long par-three
comes to rest overhanging the lip of the hole. He marks, lifts and replaces the ball. Before he can remove the ball- marker but after the ball was at rest, a gust of wind blows the ball into the hole. He replaces the ball on the lip and taps it into the hole. What is his score for the hole?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 9
long putter not anchored
In stroke play, a player uses a long putter and intentionally grabs his loose
sweater in his gripping hand during multiple strokes, but does not press the hand or clothing directly against his body. What is the ruling?
a. There is no penalty. b. The player incurs a single two-stroke penalty for the breach of Rule 14-1b. c. The player incurs a two-stroke penalty for each stroke made in breach of Rule 14-1b. d. The player is disqualifi ed for a breach of Rule 14-3.
Ryan Farb is the NCGA’s Manager of Rules Education WINTER 2016 /
NCGA.ORG / 65
lateral water hazard
A player’s tee shot comes to rest in a lateral water hazard in a playable position.
The player plays the ball from in the hazard over the putting green and out of bounds. The player drops a new ball at the spot of his previous stroke. The dropped ball embeds so that it is nearly unplayable. How may the player proceed?
a. The player is entitled to relief for the embedded ball and he may proceed under Rule 25-2 without penalty by dropping the ball as nearly as possible to the spot where the ball embedded, no nearer the hole.
b. The player may put a ball into play from the teeing ground, incurring only one penalty stroke.
c. The player may declare the ball unplayable and proceed under any option under Rule 28 incurring a total of two penalty strokes.
d. The player may drop a ball from within two club-lengths of where the ball last crossed the margin of the lateral water hazard on the tee shot, no nearer the hole, incurring a total of two penalty strokes.
ANSWERS: 1-c; 2-d; 3-c; 4.-b; 5-a; 6-a; 7-d; 8-b; 9-d
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