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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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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
Two strokes.C
No penalty.2/76
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 behind where the ball was embedded.B
The spot where the ball was embedded.C
The spot right beside where the ball was embedded.3/76
Before playing your ball in a bunker, you may:
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Remove loose impediments and movable obstructions.
B
Remove loose impediments only.C
Remove movable obstructions only.4/76
When you have played a provisional ball, in which of the following situations must you abandon your original ball and continue with your provisional ball?
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When you have played your provisional ball from closer to the hole than where your original ball was estimated to be, but then find your original ball within the three minute search time.
B
When you find your original ball in a penalty area before the end of the three minute search time.
C
When your original ball is found in the general area before the end of the three minute search time.
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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 four areas of the course – teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers and the putting green.C
There are five areas of the course – the general area, teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers and the putting green.6/76
Which of the following is not true?
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In stroke play, a player must hole out, and return a score, for each hole.B
In match play, a player may concede a short putt to an opponent.C
In stroke play, a player may concede a short putt to another player in the group.7/76
Which of the following is the reference point when taking lateral relief from a red penalty area:
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The estimated point where the ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area.B
The nearest edge of the penalty area to where the ball lies, no nearer the hole.C
Any point on the edge of the penalty area of the player's choosing that is no nearer the hole than where the ball lies.8/76
When taking relief, if you drop the ball in the right way but it rolls outside the relief area, what must you do?
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Play the ball from where it comes to rest outside the relief area.B
Place a ball on the spot where the ball first touched the ground inside the relief area.C
Drop a ball in the right way a second time.9/76
It is recommended that you make the stroke in no more than:
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20 seconds.B
60 seconds.C
40 seconds.10/76
It is intended that the penalties in golf:
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Should encourage players to breach the Rules.B
Are meant to cancel out any potential advantage.C
Should never be applied.