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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
Revision
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Exam Instructions
Rules Academy Final Exam
Rules Academy Final Exam
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A ball is on the putting green when any part of it:
A
Touches the putting green or lies on or in anything and is inside the edge of the putting green.B
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.
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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When taking relief when your ball is lying on a towel in the general area, which of the following statements is true:
A
You must place your ball anywhere within one club-length of the spot immediately underneath where the ball lay on the towel, no nearer the hole.
B
You must drop your ball anywhere within one club-length of the spot immediately underneath where the ball lay on the towel, no nearer the hole.
C
You must place your ball on the spot immediately underneath where the ball lay on the towel.
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It is recommended that you make the stroke in no more than:
A
60 seconds.B
40 seconds.C
20 seconds.4/76
In which of the following situations would get a one stroke penalty for causing your ball to move:
A
When you accidentally cause your ball to move with your club when taking a practice swing.B
When you accidentally drop your putter on your ball on the putting green.C
When you accidentally cause your ball to move with a club when searching for it.5/76
A ball is not in a bunker when:
A
Any part of it touches sand on the ground inside the edge of the bunker.B
It lies on grass inside the edge of the bunker without touching sand.C
It is inside the edge of the bunker and rests on a loose impediment in the bunker.6/76
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 it anywhere within one club-length of that spot.B
You must estimate the original spot and replace the ball there, including how the ball was lying under the grass.C
You must estimate the original spot and replace the ball there, including on top of any grass growing over the spot.7/76
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?
A
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 relief options is not available for a penalty of one stroke for a yellow penalty area?
A
Back-on-the-line relief.B
Stoke-and-distance relief.C
Lateral relief.9/76
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?
A
One stroke.B
No penalty.C
Two strokes.10/76
If you lift a ball which you are required to replace without first marking its spot, you get:
A
One penalty stroke.B
No penalty.C
Two penalty strokes.