2019 Rules of Golf Test

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(A score of 13 points or higher needed to pass)

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Player A hits her tee shot into a fairway bunker. Before playing her next shot, she moves several leaves that are on her line of play that are also in the bunker. She plays her next shot into a red penalty area next to the putting green. She drops a ball three club-lengths from where to ballast crossed the edge of the penalty area and takes three more strokes to complete the hole.What is her score for the hole *

1 point

In stroke play, there are only three levels of penalties; a one-stroke penalty, a two-stroke penalty (general penalty) or a disqualification penalty. *

1 point

True

False

If a tree basin has an artificial wall, the wall is an obstruction. *

1 point

Ture

False

In certain circumstances, players may play out of turn under the Rules to save time in both match play and stroke play. *

1 point

True

Falase

Which of the following is considered Temporary Water? *

1 point

Frost on the teeing area

Dew on the putting green

A puddle of water inside a dry pond that is marked as a penalty area

Snow in a bunker

A player lifted his or her ball that was out of bounds after a tee shot, and played another ball from the teeing area; he or she now lies four. *

1 point

True

False

In stroke play, a player picks up his or her ball that is overhanging the hole without holing out and plays from the next teeing area. After return of the scorecard and before the close of competition, a spectator brings this to the attention of the Committee. What is the ruling? *

1 point

The scorecard stands as returned.

The Committee must add the general penalty of two strokes to the player's score.

The player is disqualified.

A player's ball lies in a bunker. A rake has been left in another part of the same bunker. Before making a stroke at the ball in the bunker, the player retrieves the rake. The player also smoothes the footprints that he or she has just created and some other existing footprints in caring for the course. What is the ruling? *

1 point

The player does not get a penalty as he or she is allowed to smooth the bunker without restriction in caring for the course.

The player gets the general penalty. The player is not allowed to smooth any footprints until after making his or her stroke at the ball in the bunker.

There is no penalty provided the smoothing was done to care for the course, such that nothing was done to improve the conditions affecting the player's next stroke and the raking was not to test the condition of the sand to learn more information about the next stroke.

"Practising on the course" means playing a ball or testing the surface of the putting green of any hole by rolling a ball or rubbing the surface. *

1 point

True

False

Name *

What are your goals for the team this season? *

What do you think it will take for you to achieve your personal goals? *

If a player's ball has become cut during the hole being played, he or she may put another ball into play by dropping it as near as possible to where the original ball lay. *

1 point

True

False

The dimensions of the hole are 4-1/4 inches in diameter and at least 4-1/2 inches deep. *

1 point

True

False

On a par three, A player swings and misses at a ball teed up inside the teeing area when starting a hole. The player then switches the ball that is still teed up for another ball and places that ball down on a good lie inside the teeing area. The player hits that new ball onto the green and takes two putts to finish the hole. What is the player’s score for that hole? *

1 point

What are your personal goals for the season? *

A player takes proper relief from a permanent ball-washer that interferes with his or her stance. After relief, a fixed bench interferes with the player's swing. What is the ruling? *

1 point

The player must take further relief without penalty because of interference by the bench.

The player should have taken relief from both obstructions with a one-step procedure and is not allowed further relief without penalty.

The player took relief correctly and he or she is now allowed relief from the bench.

What do stakes of this color signify? *

3 points

Lateral Water Hazard

Out of Bounds

Water Hazard

White Stake

Red Stake

Yellow Stake

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