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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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If you lift a ball which you are required to replace without first marking its spot, you get:
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No penalty.B
Two penalty strokes.C
One penalty stroke.2/76
In stroke play, Grant plays his ball from outside the teeing area by mistake. He realises his error so corrects it by playing a ball from inside the teeing area. How many penalty strokes does he get?
A
One stroke.B
No penalty.
C
Two strokes.3/76
Before playing a ball in a bunker, touching sand is allowed when:
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Striking the sand in frustration.B
Making a practice swing.C
Deliberately testing the condition of the sand with a club.4/76
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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No penalty.B
Two strokes.C
One stroke.5/76
A ball may always be lifted under the Rules by:
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The player or caddie.B
The player or anyone authorised by the player.C
The player only.6/76
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.7/76
In playing a provisional ball, before the stroke is made, you must:
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Announce that you are going to play a provisional ball.B
Confirm which ball you will play if the original is found.C
Confirm the type of ball you are going to play.8/76
Which of the following is not allowed in a penalty area:
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Taking unplayable relief.B
Removing loose impediments.C
Touching the ground in the penalty area with your backswing.9/76
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 statements is true:
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There are six areas of the course – the general area, teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers, abnormal course conditions 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 four areas of the course – teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers and the putting green.