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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
Revision
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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
Revision
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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:
A
Taking unplayable relief.B
Removing loose impediments.C
Touching the ground in the penalty area with your backswing.2/76
When taking lateral relief from a red penalty area, what is the size of the relief area?
A
Three club-lengths from the reference point.B
Two club-lengths from the reference point.C
One club-length from the reference point.3/76
Which of the following statements is true:
A
Players should show consideration to others, for example by playing at a prompt pace.B
Players do not have to take care of the course. C
Players have no obligation to be honest in all aspects of play.4/76
When replacing a ball that was accidentally moved during search in thick grass, which of the following is true:
A
You must estimate the original spot and replace the ball there, including how the ball was lying under the grass.B
You must estimate the original spot and replace it anywhere within one club-length of that spot.C
You must estimate the original spot and replace the ball there, including on top of any grass growing over the spot.5/76
Grant's ball lies in ground under repair and he decides to take free relief. He drops the ball in the correct relief area with his arm at shoulder height and the ball rolls out of the relief area. He corrects this and re-drops the ball at knee height and the ball comes to rest in the relief area. Grant plays his ball onto the green. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
A
Two strokes.B
No penalty.C
One stroke.6/76
Which of the following is the player responsible for on the scorecard:
A
His or her signature.B
The total score.C
The correct handicap.7/76
In which of the following situations are you not entitled to free relief from a sprinkler head?
A
When the sprinkler head interferes with your stance.
B
When your ball lies off the putting green and a sprinkler head on the putting green is on your line of play.
C
When your ball is not touching the sprinkler head but your club would touch the sprinkler head when you take your backswing.
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Which of the following statements is true:
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There are five areas of the course – the general area, teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers and the putting green.B
There are six areas of the course – the general area, teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers, abnormal course conditions and the putting green.C
There are four areas of the course – teeing area, all penalty areas, all bunkers and the putting green.9/76
A ball is not in a bunker when:
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It is inside the edge of the bunker and rests on a loose impediment in the bunker.B
It lies on grass inside the edge of the bunker without touching sand.C
Any part of it touches sand on the ground inside the edge of the bunker.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 find your original ball in a penalty area before the end of the three minute search time.
B
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.
C
When your original ball is found in the general area before the end of the three minute search time.