Player A plays a stroke from on the putting green and the ball rolls directly toward the flagstick which has been removed and is


lying on the putting green. Which of the following is TRUE?


a. The player is not permitted to move the flagstick but will not incur a penalty if his ball strikes it, since it was removed prior to the stroke being made.


b. The player is not permitted to move the flagstick and will incur a penalty if his ball strikes it.


c. The player may have the flagstick moved so his ball will not strike it.


d. Only the player himself may move the flagstick so his ball will not strike it.


In stroke play, while preparing to play a stroke from off the putting green a player repairs several ball marks on the putting green on her line of play. What is the ruling?


a. There is no penalty. b. The player incurs a two-stroke penalty.


c. The player incurs a two-stroke penalty for each ball mark he repaired.


d. The player is disqualified. Answers:


A and B are playing a Four-Ball match against players C and D. While A is making a stroke, which of the following players may stand directly behind A on an extension of the line of play behind the ball?


a. Only player B. b. Only players C and D. c. Players B, C or D. d. None of the players.


When is it permissible for a player to listen to music during a stipulated round?


a. At any time, but never using headphones. b. At any time, there is no restriction.


c. Between the play of two holes, but never during a hole.


d. Between strokes, but never during a stroke.


A player’s ball comes to rest in an unplayable position. He proceeds under Rule 28c by dropping within two club-lengths of where the ball lay, no nearer the hole. The ball when dropped rolls two feet away, no nearer the hole, but comes to rest out of bounds. What is the ruling?


a. The ball is in play and the player must play from where the previous stroke was made, incurring an additional penalty stroke.


b. The player must re-drop the ball until it comes to rest in bounds.


c. The player must place the ball at the spot where it first struck the course when dropped.


d. The player must re-drop the ball. If it rolls out of bounds on the re-drop, he must place the ball on the spot where it first struck the course when re-dropped.


In a stroke-play competition with no Local Rules regarding obstructions in effect, a player’s ball comes to rest off the putting green in a position where a sprinkler head intervenes on her line of play. The ball is within two club- lengths of the sprinkler head and the sprinkler head is within two club-lengths of the putting green, but the sprinkler head does not interfere with the lie of the ball, her area of intended stance or area of intended swing. What is the ruling?


a. The player is not entitled to relief and must play the ball as it lies.


b. The player may drop the ball, without penalty, within one club-length of the nearest point where there is no longer intervention on her line of play, no nearer the hole.


c. The player may drop the ball, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where there is no longer intervention on her line of play, no nearer the hole.


d. The player may place the ball, without penalty, at the nearest spot where there is no longer intervention on her line of play, no nearer the hole.


1: d. Rule 22-1 prohibits competitors in stroke play from agreeing to leave a ball that might assist in position, regardless of whether the ball actually assists. See also Decision 22/6.


2: a. Rule 22-1 only prohibits two competitors in stroke play from agreeing to leave an assisting ball in place. See also Decision 22/5


3: a. Rule 7-2 permits a player to practice putting on the putting green of the hole last played between the play of two holes. This applies immediately after the completion of a round as well. See Decision 7-2/8.


4: c. Rule 24-1 permits moving a removed flagstick while a ball is in motion.


5: a. Rule 16-1c permits a player to repair ball marks on the putting green prior to the stroke regardless of where the ball lies.


6: b. Rule 14-2 prohibits the player’s caddie, partner or partner’s caddie from standing on an extension of the line of play behind the ball. Opponents are permitted to do so, however, it would be poor etiquette if they do so in a manner that disrupts the player.


7: d. A player is not permitted to listen to music during a stroke. Doing so would be a violation of Rule 14-3, and doing so multiple times would result in disqualification. See Decision 14-3/17. Players must also be considerate to other players and must ensure that any music played is not disruptive or they could be subject to disqualifi- cation for a serious breach of etiquette under Rule 33-7.


8: d. Rule 20-2c requires a player to re-drop when a dropped ball rolls and comes to rest out of bounds. If it hap- pens again on the re-drop, the ball must then be placed where it first struck the course on the re-drop.


9: a. Rule 24-2 only provides relief from an obstruction if it interferes with the lie of the ball, the player’s stance or area of intended swing. Relief for intervention on the line of play by an obstruction within two club-lengths of the ball and within two club-lengths of the putting green is only granted by using a Local Rule that is de- signed for courses that have extensive closely-mown areas around the putting green (like Poppy Hills, Pinehurst or Bandon Dunes).


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