Rules Quiz 1 Answers 1 - A player is asked to lift her ball which lies just off the putting green as it is on her opponents line of play. She is allowed to clean the ball without penalty.
Correct Answer - False
Explanation
When a ball is lifted from a part of the course other than a putting green because it interferes with play, cleaning is not allowed (Rule 14.1c). 2 - In match play, a player's correct handicap is 11, but he mistakenly advises his opponent on the first tee that his handicap is 10. After his opponent hits her first tee shot, he realises his mistake. What is the ruling?
Correct Answer - The player must play the match using a handicap of 10.
Explanation
If a player declares a wrong handicap and does not correct the mistake before the opponent makes a stroke, if the declared handicap is too low, there is no penalty and the player must play off the lower handicap (Rule 3.2c). 3 - A player may remove a half-eaten apple from a bunker when it is lying next to his ball in the bunker, without penalty.
Correct Answer - True
Explanation
The half-eaten apple is a loose impediment; under Rule 15.1a, a player may remove a loose impediment lying anywhere on the course. 4 -A player may ground her club lightly behind the ball in a bunker.
Correct Answer – False
Explanation
Before a player makes a stroke at her ball in a bunker, she must not touch sand in the area right in front of or right behind her ball. See Rule 12.2b for further details. 5 - A player's ball lies in a hole made by a rabbit in a bunker. The player is entitled to free relief.
Correct Answer – True
Explanation
A hole made by an animal is an abnormal course condition 6 - In stroke play, a player's ball is half-buried in the rough. Without saying anything to any other players in the group and without marking its position, the player touches the ball and rotates it. By so doing she identifies the ball as hers. What is the ruling?
Correct Answer
The player gets one penalty stroke.
Explanation
If a ball might be a player's ball but cannot be identified as it lies, the player may lift or rotate the ball to identify it, but the spot of the ball must first be marked and the ball must not be cleaned more than needed to identify it. (Rule 7.3). The player does not need to advise anyone that she is going to lift the ball.
7 - A ball is out of bounds when any part of it lies out of bounds.
Correct Answer – False
Explanation
See Rule 18.2a.
8 - A practice putting green which is within the boundary of the course is a wrong green.
Correct Answer – True
Explanation
See definition of Wrong Green. 9 - A player addresses his ball on the fairway, but before playing his shot, changes his mind on his club selection. He returns to his bag, and when changing his club, a gust of wind causes his ball to roll down a slope several feet from its original position. What is the ruling?
Correct Answer - There is no penalty and the ball must be played from its new position.
Explanation
As natural forces caused the player's ball to move, there is no penalty and the ball must be played from its new spot (Rule 9.3). 10 - A player is entitled to free relief when his ball is embedded in the rough.
Correct Answer – True
Explanation
Relief is available for a ball that is embedded in the general area (except when it is embedded in sand in the general area, or if interference by something other than the ball being embedded makes the stroke clearly unreasonable). ‘Snorter’ - All 4 players are penalised.
Player A is disqualified for playing early, more than 5 minutes before his Start Time
Player B is penalised 2 Strokes for playing early, but less than 5 minutes before his Start Time
Player C is penalised 2 Strokes for being late on the Tee, but less than 5 minutes late
Player D is disqualified for being more 5 than minutes late on the Tee
Explanation
See Rule 5.3a
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