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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
Rules Academy Final Exam
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Which of the following is not allowed in a penalty area:
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Taking unplayable relief.B
Touching the ground in the penalty area with your backswing.C
Removing loose impediments.2/76
Before playing a ball in a bunker, touching sand is allowed when:
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Deliberately testing the condition of the sand with a club.B
Making a practice swing.C
Striking the sand in frustration.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 overhangs inside the edge of the putting green without touching the surface 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.4/76
Which of the following lists contains only abnormal course conditions:
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Ground under repair, rakes and cart paths.B
Animal holes, plastic bottles and cart paths.C
Ground under repair, sprinkler heads and temporary water.5/76
Temporary water is:
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An immovable obstruction.B
An abnormal course condition.C
A penalty area.6/76
A ball is lost when:
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It is found in an abnormal course condition.B
It is not found in three minutes after you begin to search for it.C
It is not found in five minutes after you begin to search for it.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 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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Two strokes.B
No penalty.C
One stroke.
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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
Two strokes.C
No penalty.10/76
Before starting your round, which of the following should you do:
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Put an identification mark on your golf ball.B
Read the lunch menu.C
Ensure you have exactly 14 clubs in your bag.