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General Points
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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
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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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Two strokes.B
One stroke.C
No penalty.2/76
In playing a provisional ball, before the stroke is made, you must:
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Confirm the type of ball you are going to play.B
Announce that you are going to play a provisional ball.C
Confirm which ball you will play if the original is found.3/76
A ball is on the putting green when any part of it:
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Touches the putting green or lies on or in anything that a part of it is inside the edge of the putting green, even if the ball is entirely outside the edge of the putting green.
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Touches the putting green or lies on or in anything and is inside the edge of the putting green.C
Touches the putting green or overhangs inside the edge of the putting green without touching the surface of the putting green.
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Which of the following is not considered "damage on the putting green":
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Old hole plugs.B
Aeration holes.C
Scrapes caused by the flagstick.5/76
In match play, if you play your ball from the wrong tee markers before your opponent plays, which of the following is true:
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There is no penalty and your opponent can choose to cancel your stroke or allow you to play the ball as it lies.B
There is no penalty and your stroke is cancelled and must be replayed.C
You get the general penalty and lose the hole.6/76
When dropping, if your ball accidentally touches your foot after it hits the ground inside the relief area which of the following is true:
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There is no penalty and the ball must be dropped again.B
You get one penalty stroke and the ball must be played as it lies.C
There is no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies.7/76
Shona plays a tee shot which goes towards trees. She thinks the ball may be lost, so she announces that she is going to play a provisional ball from the tee. She finds her original ball within 3 minutes and continues the hole with it. How many penalty strokes does she get in stroke play?
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No penalty.B
One stroke.C
Two strokes.8/76
After marking, lifting and replacing your ball on the putting green, if the wind moves the ball you must:
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Play the ball from its new location.B
Replace the ball without penalty.C
Replace the ball adding one penalty stroke.9/76
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.10/76
The general area includes:
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All bunkers.B
All penalty areas.C
All wrong greens.