1) As Arnold prepares to putt, his caddie advises him that he should aim toward a water bottle on the fringe, which was left there by the previous group. His caddie inadvertently stands on an extension of Arnold’s line of putt behind the ball, watching a group play from the next tee. In stroke play, Arnold incurs __ penalty strokes.
a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 d) 8
2) In which one of the following circumstances must a player abandon a properly played provisional ball and continue with the original ball?
a) The player’s original ball is found after a search of more than five minutes. b) The player’s original ball is out of bounds. c) The player makes a stroke with the provisional ball from a place nearer the hole than where the original is likely to be. d) The player’s original ball, which could have been lost outside a water hazard, is found in less than five minutes in a water hazard.
3) In stroke play, a player plays his ball onto the putting green. A member of the maintenance staff is blowing leaves off the back of the putting surface and air from the blower causes the player’s ball to move off the green further from the hole. It comes to rest on the fringe of the green. Knowing wind is not an outside agency, the player plays the ball from its new location and completes play of the hole. What is the ruling?
a) The player proceeded correctly and the hole stands as played, without penalty. b) The player incurs no penalty, provided he corrects his error before playing from the next tee, otherwise he is disqualified. c) The player incurs the general penalty (two strokes) under Rule 18 for playing from a wrong place. d) The player is disqualified.
4) Arnold, who has the honor at the fifth hole of his single match against Paul, makes his first stroke. The ball is headed right towards an out-of-bounds area. Arnold immediately announces he will play a provisional ball, which he plays out of order and it comes to rest in the fairway. His opponent, Paul, then makes his first stroke from the teeing ground, and the two players walk off the tee toward the fairway. The referee then realizes the error. What is the ruling?
a) There is no penalty - both players proceeded in accordance with the Rules. b) There is no penalty. Paul is no longer permitted to recall Arnold's stroke with the provisional ball. c) Arnold loses the hole for playing his provisional ball out of turn. d) The referee must correct the error and require Arnold to replay his provisional ball in the correct order.
5) On the par-3 12th hole, Arnold’s ball played from the teeing ground plugged in the face of a bunker. He can see a small part of a ball but is unable to identify it as his. What are Arnold’s options?
a) He must play the ball as it lies, and then identify it after playing out of the bunker. b) He may lift the ball under penalty of one stroke to identify it. c) He may lift the ball without penalty to identify it. d) He must proceed under Rule 28, Ball Unplayable.
6) During a stroke-play competition, Kerry, Nicole and Lisa are fellow-competitors. Kerry plays from the sixth tee but before Nicole and Lisa play their tee shots the Committee suspends play for darkness. All of the following are correct EXCEPT:
a) Nicole and Lisa may play tee shots and the group may then discontinue play. b) The group may discontinue play immediately, without Nicole and Lisa having played their tee shots. c) As play of the sixth hole has begun, all players in the group must complete play of the hole. d) Nicole and Lisa play tee shots. All three players make their respective second shots onto the putting green but Kerry and Nicole choose to discontinue play. Lisa may complete play of the hole provided her marker observes Lisa's play.
7) In stroke play, while making his backswing for a stroke at his ball lying in a hazard, Arnold accidentally brushes stones in the hazard with his club. What is the ruling?
a) There is no penalty. b) Arnold incurs one penalty stroke. c) Arnold incurs two penalty strokes. d) Arnold is disqualified.
8) Arnold lifts his ball from inside a lateral water hazard and drops it in accordance with Rule 26-1. Before the ball strikes the ground it first hits his club that he had placed on the ground to measure two club-lengths from the hazard margin. In addition to the one-stroke penalty under Rule 26-1:
a) Arnold incurs no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies. b) Arnold incurs no penalty, provided he re-drops the ball before making his next stroke. c) Arnold incurs a one-stroke penalty and the ball must be played as it lies. d) Arnold incurs a one-stroke penalty and he must place the ball as near as possible to where it first struck the club.
9) With no Local Rules in effect, during play of the second hole, Arnold's ball comes to rest just off the putting green of the third hole. His stance is on the third putting green for his next stroke. Arnold must:
a) Play the ball as it lies without penalty. b) Drop the ball two club-lengths from the edge of the third putting green. c) Determine his nearest point of relief from interference by the third putting green for the lie of the ball, area of intended stance and swing; then drop the ball within one club-length of that point, not nearer the second hole. d) Drop the ball at the nearest point not nearer the second hole where there is no interference from the third putting green for the lie of the ball, area of intended stance and swing.
10) In stroke play, a competitor's 250-yard tee shot on the fourth hole heads towards a pump house. The ball is not found within five minutes of searching the pump house. The competitor thinks, but it is not certain, that his ball is in the pump house. He proceeds to determine his nearest point of relief from the spot he estimates the ball last crossed the outermost margin of the pump house and drops within one club-length of that point, not nearer the hole. He then plays his next shot onto the green and two putts. The player proceeds to tee off on the fifth hole. What is the players score for the hole?
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) he is disqualified
11) A and B are playing C and D in a mixed foursome match-play competition. A and C are sharing a cart; B and D are sharing another cart. B’s second shot accidentally strikes A and C’s cart, which is being moved by D. What is the ruling?
a) The cart is A’s equipment and A-B lose the hole. b) The cart is B’s equipment and A-B incur a penalty of one stroke. c) The cart is C’s equipment and B may cancel and replay the stroke. d) The cart is D’s equipment and C-D may require B to replay the stroke.
12) Arnold's ball lies on the fringe of the putting green and his caddie attends the flagstick for him. The caddie suggests, before the stroke, that Arnold aim at his (the caddie's) right foot, which the caddie has purposely positioned to point out the line to Arnold. What is the ruling?
a) There is no penalty, and the caddie may leave his foot in position when the stroke is made. b) There is no penalty provided the caddie moves his right foot to another position prior to Arnold making the stroke. c) Arnold incurred a two-stroke penalty as soon as the caddie placed his foot in position for the purpose of pointing out the line. d) Arnold is disqualified for a serious breach of the Rules by his caddie.
13) Which one of the following actions is prohibited and results in the general penalty?
a) Removing leaves from a spot through the green where a ball is to be placed. b) Breaking a tree branch while fairly taking a stance to play a ball under a tree. c) Removing sand from the putting green that is on the line of play before playing a ball that lies through the green. d) Removing a boundary stake from the line of play and then replacing it before the stroke is made.
14) After Arnold's third stroke the ball overhangs the hole. He walks to the hole without unreasonable delay and counts ten seconds without the ball falling into the hole. Before he can address it, the ball begins to roll into the hole and without thinking, Arnold taps the ball in. Arnold's score for the hole in stroke play is:
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) Arnold incurs a two-stroke penalty and must correct his error by placing the ball as nearly as possible at the spot where the ball was when he struck it while it was in rolling into the hole.
15) In stroke play, John’s ball lies in a bunker with a branch overhanging the position of his ball. He makes the stroke and his ball comes to rest out of bounds. Before dropping a ball under penalty of stroke and distance, he smoothes the area where his ball originally lay along with the footprints he made in the bunker. He drops a ball where his previous stroke was made and the ball strikes the overhanging branch then it lands and comes to rest in the bunker not nearer the hole. John makes his next stroke onto the putting green. What is the ruling?
a) John proceeded correctly and incurs only the stroke and distance penalty under Rule 27-1. b) John incurs three total penalty strokes; stroke and distance, plus the general penalty under Rule 13-2. c) John incurs three total penalty strokes; stroke and distance (Rule 27-1), plus the general penalty under Rule 20-5. d) John incurs four total penalty strokes; stroke and distance (Rule 27-1), the general penalty under Rule 13-2 and a one-stroke penalty under Rule 20-2a.
16) On the putting green a competitor marks his ball by pushing a tee into the surface of the green and lifts the ball. When he replaces his ball, he leaves the tee. After assessing the break of his putt he reaches down and realigns the aiming line drawn on his ball, then removes the tee. For his actions the player incurs:
a) no penalty. b) a one-stroke penalty under Rule 18-2a or 20-1 for purposely touching his ball in play without properly marking the ball before relifting it. c) three penalty strokes - one stroke under Rule 18-2a or 20-1 for purposely touching the ball to realign it without first marking it and two under Rule 8-2b for putting an aiming mark on his golf ball. d) a penalty of disqualification under Rule 14-3 for placing an aiming mark on his golf ball.
17) A and B are partners in a four-ball stroke-play competition. A plays his ball onto the putting green from 50 yards away. B marks the position of A's ball and moves the ball-marker two putterhead-lengths to the side and off player C’s line of putt. Without moving the ball-marker back, A places a new ball in front of the marker placed by B and holes the putt. He proceeds to play from the next tee. What is the ruling?
a) Both A and B incur a one-stroke penalty. b) A incurs a two-stroke penalty. c) A incurs a total penalty of four strokes. d) A is disqualified.
18) In stroke play, Arnold starts his stipulated round with 15 clubs. He counts his clubs while waiting to play from the second tee and immediately declares one of the clubs (his 9-iron, which he did not use on the first hole) out of play. When Arnold gets to the scoring area following his round, he asks a member of the Committee to help sort out his score. What is the ruling?
a) Arnold incurs no penalty strokes as he did not use the 9-iron. b) Arnold must add two penalty strokes to his score on the first hole and two penalty strokes to his score for the second hole. c) Arnold must add two penalty strokes to his score on the first hole and no penalty strokes to his score on the second hole. d) Arnold is disqualified for starting his stipulated round with more than 14 clubs.
