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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
Revision
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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
Revision
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Free Relief
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Relief With Penalty
Revision
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Exam Instructions
Rules Academy Final Exam
Rules Academy Final Exam
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Advice includes:
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Telling another player how far a penalty area is from the tee.B
Assisting another player with information about the Rules.C
Showing a player who is yet to play what club you used to make your stroke from a par three tee.2/76
How many relief options are available for an unplayable ball in the general area?
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Two.B
One.C
Three.3/76
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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Two strokes.B
One stroke.C
No penalty.4/76
Grant tees off but his drive was poor and it goes out of bounds. He hits a second ball down the fairway. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
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One stroke.B
No penalty.C
Two strokes.5/76
It is intended that the penalties in golf:
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Are meant to cancel out any potential advantage.B
Should encourage players to breach the Rules.C
Should never be applied.6/76
When the flagstick is left in the hole, which of the following statements is true:
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If your ball strikes the flagstick you get two penalty strokes.B
If your ball strikes the flagstick there is no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies.C
If your ball strikes the flagstick you must replay the stroke.7/76
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
No penalty.C
Two strokes.8/76
A ball is not in a bunker when:
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It lies on grass inside the edge of the bunker without touching sand.B
It is inside the edge of the bunker and rests on a loose impediment in the bunker.C
Any part of it touches sand on the ground inside the edge of the bunker.9/76
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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One stroke.B
No penalty.C
Two strokes.10/76
It is a principle of the game of golf that players should:
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Never take relief.B
Play the course as they find it.C
Take advantage of the Rules whenever possible.