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General Points
Revision
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Areas of the Course
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Playing The Ball
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Putting Greens
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Ball moved or deflected
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Lifting and Dropping
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Ball Helping or Interfering with Play
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Free Relief
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Relief With Penalty
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Rules Academy Final Exam
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Grant's ball lies in ground under repair and he decides to take free relief. He drops the ball in the correct relief area with his arm at shoulder height and the ball rolls out of the relief area. He corrects this and re-drops the ball at knee height and the ball comes to rest in the relief area. Grant plays his ball onto the green. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
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Two strokes.B
No penalty.C
One stroke.2/76
Which of the following statements is true:
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There are four areas of the course – teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers and the putting green.B
There are five areas of the course – the general area, teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers and the putting green.C
There are six areas of the course – the general area, teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers, abnormal course conditions and the putting green.3/76
Which of the following is not true:
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A ball is in the teeing area when any part of the ball is above part of the teeing area.B
A ball is in the teeing area when any part of it touches the teeing area.C
The teeing area is a rectangle that is one-club length deep.4/76
Before playing your ball in a bunker, you may:
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Remove loose impediments only.B
Remove loose impediments and movable obstructions.
C
Remove movable obstructions only.5/76
Grant finds his ball embedded in the rough. His ball is very dirty so he takes another ball out of his bag and drops it in the relief area. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
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No penalty.B
One stroke.C
Two strokes.6/76
In stroke play, Shona tees off and her ball comes to rest in a bunker. In making a backswing for her stroke from the bunker, she touches the sand in the bunker with her club right behind the ball. How many penalty strokes does she get?
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One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.7/76
Shona plays her tee shot and her ball comes to rest in a penalty area. She decides to play the ball from the penalty area but in doing so, touches the water with her club on her backswing. How many penalty strokes does she get in stroke play?
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One stroke.B
No penalty.C
Two strokes.8/76
Which of the following is not considered "damage on the putting green":
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Aeration holes.B
Scrapes caused by the flagstick.C
Old hole plugs.9/76
In which of the following situations would get a one stroke penalty for causing your ball to move:
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When you accidentally drop your putter on your ball on the putting green.B
When you accidentally cause your ball to move with your club when taking a practice swing.C
When you accidentally cause your ball to move with a club when searching for it.10/76
Grant finds a ball in thick rough but he cannot see his identification mark. He advises Shona he is going to lift the ball to identify it and lifts it without marking it. As it is his ball, he replaces the ball on the original spot and plays it. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
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One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.