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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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Exam Instructions
Rules Academy Final Exam
Rules Academy Final Exam
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Shona's ball is lying in the general area and she moves a leaf lying very close to her ball, which causes her ball to move. She replaces the ball on the original spot before playing her shot. In stroke play, how many penalty strokes does she get?
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Two strokes.B
One stroke.C
No penalty.2/76
Which of the following is the player responsible for on the scorecard:
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The total score.B
The correct handicap.C
His or her signature.3/76
In which of the following situations are you considered to have dropped the ball in the right way when taking lateral relief:
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You stand outside the relief area when you drop the ball.B
You spin the ball when you drop it.C
The dropped ball accidentally touches part of your body before it strikes the ground.4/76
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 there is no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies.B
If your ball strikes the flagstick you must replay the stroke.C
If your ball strikes the flagstick you get two penalty strokes.5/76
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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No penalty.B
Two strokes.C
One stroke.6/76
In dropping the ball in the right way, you must:
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Allow your caddie to drop the ball from knee height.B
Drop the ball from shoulder height.C
Drop the ball from knee height.7/76
It is intended that the penalties in golf:
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Should encourage players to breach the Rules.B
Should never be applied.C
Are meant to cancel out any potential advantage.8/76
In which of the following situations is back-on-the-line relief not available under the unplayable ball Rule?
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For an unplayable ball in a bunker.
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For an unplayable ball in a red penalty area.
C
For an unplayable ball in the general area.
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Shona's ball came to rest on a sprinkler head on the fairway. She establishes her nearest point of complete relief and drops the ball but it rolls back onto the sprinkler head. Shona lifts the ball again and this time when she drops it, the ball stays in the relief area where she has no interference from the sprinkler head. How many penalty strokes does she get in stroke play?
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One stroke.B
No penalty.C
Two strokes.10/76
When taking relief for an embedded ball, where is the reference point from which the relief area is measured:
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The spot right beside where the ball was embedded.B
The spot where the ball was embedded.C
The spot right behind where the ball was embedded.