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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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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.2/76
Grant takes several practice swings close to his ball which is lying in the rough and accidentally causes it to move. He replaces the ball. How many penalty strokes does he get, in stroke play?
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Two strokes.B
No penalty.C
One stroke.3/76
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
One stroke.C
Two strokes.4/76
On the putting green, Grant repairs a ball mark on his line of play and holes his putt. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
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Two strokes.B
One stroke.C
No penalty.5/76
When your ball is accidentally moved by another player, who is not allowed to replace the ball under the Rules:
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Your caddie.B
You, the player.C
The player who caused your ball to move.6/76
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.7/76
Which of the following statements is true:
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Players have no obligation to be honest in all aspects of play.B
Players should show consideration to others, for example by playing at a prompt pace.C
Players do not have to take care of the course. 8/76
On the putting green, Shona notices a spike mark on her line of play and taps it down with her putter before holing her putt. How many penalty strokes does she get in stroke play?
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No penalty.B
One stroke.C
Two strokes.9/76
Which of the following is the player responsible for on the scorecard:
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His or her signature.B
The total score.C
The correct handicap.10/76
Shona's ball is just off the green, and the pitch-mark that her ball made is also off the green and on her line of play. As she wants to putt onto the green, she repairs the pitch-mark. How many penalty strokes does she get in stroke play?
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Two strokes.B
One stroke.C
No penalty.