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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
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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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In which of the following situations are you not entitled to free relief from a sprinkler head?
A
When your ball is not touching the sprinkler head but your club would touch the sprinkler head when you take your backswing.
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 the sprinkler head interferes with your stance.
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When your ball is in a bunker, the penalty for taking back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker is:
A
One stroke.B
Stroke and distance.C
Two strokes.3/76
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?
A
One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.4/76
The front edge of the teeing area is defined by:
A
The back-edge part of the two tee-markers.B
The front-most part of the two tee-markers.C
The middle of the two tee-markers.5/76
In stroke play, Grant plays his ball from outside the teeing area by mistake. He realises his error so corrects it by playing a ball from inside the teeing area. How many penalty strokes does he get?
A
Two strokes.B
No penalty.
C
One stroke.6/76
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?
A
One stroke.
B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.7/76
After marking, lifting and replacing your ball on the putting green, if the wind moves the ball you must:
A
Replace the ball adding one penalty stroke.B
Replace the ball without penalty.C
Play the ball from its new location.8/76
When your ball lies in the general area, in which one of the following situations may you clean your ball?
A
When lifting a ball to see if it is cut or cracked.
B
When lifting a ball because it interferes with the play of another ball.
C
Before replacing your ball when you accidentally caused your ball to move during a search.
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Which of the following is the reference point when taking lateral relief from a red penalty area:
A
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.10/76
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
One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.