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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
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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
Are meant to cancel out any potential advantage.C
Should never be applied.2/76
In playing a provisional ball, before the stroke is made, you must:
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Announce that you are going to play a provisional ball.B
Confirm the type of ball you are going to play.C
Confirm which ball you will play if the original is found.3/76
Before starting your round, which of the following should you do:
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Ensure you have exactly 14 clubs in your bag.B
Put an identification mark on your golf ball.C
Read the lunch menu.4/76
A ball is lost when:
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It is found in an abnormal course condition.B
It is not found in three minutes after you begin to search for it.C
It is not found in five minutes after you begin to search for it.5/76
In which of the following situations would get a one stroke penalty for causing your ball to move:
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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.6/76
A ball is not in a bunker when:
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It lies on grass inside the edge of the bunker without touching sand.B
It is inside the edge of the bunker and rests on a loose impediment in the bunker.C
Any part of it touches sand on the ground inside the edge of the bunker.7/76
Shona plays a tee shot which goes towards trees. She thinks the ball may be lost, so she announces that she is going to play a provisional ball from the tee. She finds her original ball within 3 minutes and continues the hole with it. How many penalty strokes does she get in stroke play?
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One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.8/76
Which of the following lists contains only abnormal course conditions:
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Ground under repair, rakes and cart paths.B
Ground under repair, sprinkler heads and temporary water.C
Animal holes, plastic bottles and cart paths.9/76
In which of the following situations are you not entitled to free relief from a sprinkler head?
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When your ball lies off the putting green and a sprinkler head on the putting green is on your line of play.
B
When your ball is not touching the sprinkler head but your club would touch the sprinkler head when you take your backswing.
C
When the sprinkler head interferes with your stance.
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Which of the following statements is true:
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Players do not have to take care of the course. B
Players should show consideration to others, for example by playing at a prompt pace.C
Players have no obligation to be honest in all aspects of play.