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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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Rules Academy Final Exam
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
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.3/76
Before playing your ball in a bunker, you may:
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Remove movable obstructions only.B
Remove loose impediments only.C
Remove loose impediments and movable obstructions.
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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
One stroke.C
No penalty.5/76
If you lift a ball which you are required to replace without first marking its spot, you get:
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One penalty stroke.B
Two penalty strokes.C
No penalty.6/76
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.7/76
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.8/76
Which of the following is not considered "damage on the putting green":
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Aeration holes.B
Scrapes caused by the flagstick.C
Old hole plugs.9/76
Which of the following relief options is not available for a penalty of one stroke for a yellow penalty area?
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Back-on-the-line relief.B
Stoke-and-distance relief.C
Lateral relief.10/76
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.
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When your original ball is found in the general area before the end of the three minute search time.
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When you find your original ball in a penalty area before the end of the three minute search time.