Quiz – So You Think You Know The Rules Of Golf.

Rules of Golf Quiz……

If you think you know the Rules of Golf then try this quiz.  Grab a pen and a piece of paper and jot down your answers as you go.

1. A player, resuming play from where it was discontinued discovered that the lie where his ball was to be placed had been significantly altered by natural causes. What is the ruling?

a) The player must accept the condition of the lie where his ball shall be placed.

b) The player is entitled to recreate the lie he had prior to the discontinuance.

c) The player may recreate the lie incurring a penalty of one stroke.

Leading golf photographer, Stuart Adams was right on the spot when Lee Westwood found his ball buried under the lip of a bunker on day one of this year’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and posing a rules dilemna for officials. (Photo – Stuart Adams/www.golftourimages.com)

2. In match play, a player’s ball lies on a bridge over a water hazard and he grounds his club. What is the ruling?

a) There is no penalty.

b) The player loses the hole.

c) The player is penalised two strokes.

3. In stroke play, a player bends long grass near his ball so that he can see the ball when playing his stroke.

a) No penalty is incurred.

b) The player incurs a one stroke penalty.

c) The player incurs a two stroke penalty.

4. In match play, a player observes a breach of the Rules by his opponent but decides to disregard it. What is the ruling?

a) Both the player and his opponent are disqualified.

b) The player is disqualified.

c) There is no penalty as a player may overlook an opponent’s breach of the Rules.

5. A ball is behind a tree so that sideways stroke is the only option for the player but to do so, he must stand in a rabbit scrape. The player is entitled to relief from the rabbit scrape.

a) True

b) False

6. In a match between A and B, A has played 3 strokes and B has holed out for 5. A putts and his ball apparently comes to rest, but is overhanging the hole. Within five seconds, B concedes A’s next stroke and knocks his ball away. What is the ruling?

a) Since B infringed A’s rights, in equity (Rule 1-4), B lost the hole

b) Player B incurs a one stroke penalty for moving a ball at rest and the ball must be replaced by A without penalty.

c) The concession stands and the hole is halved.

7. In stroke play, instead of recording his usual signature on his score card, a competitor records his initials. What is the ruling?

a) The competitor is disqualified.

b) The penalty is disqualification but this may be waived by the Committee under Rule 33-7.

c) There is no penalty.

8. A player’s ball is lying on a slope. When he addresses the ball it moves and comes to rest out of bounds. What is the ruling?

a) The player’s ball is out of bounds and therefore he must proceed under Rule 27-1.

b) The player incurs no penalty.

c) The player incurs a one stroke penalty and must replace the ball.

9. In a match, player A requests player B to lift B’s ball that is on A’s line of play. B refuses to do so. What is the ruling?

a) A does not have the right to make this request, so loses the hole.

b) B does not have to comply to the request and can leave the ball on A’s line of play.

c) B loses the hole for failing to comply with A’s request.

10. In foursomes match play, a player whose turn it is to play plays first from the tee then his partner plays from the tee as though it is a fourball event. What is the ruling?

a) There is no penalty.

b) There is a one stroke penalty and the partner’s ball is in play.

c) There is a loss of hole penalty.

 

Questions – Thanks to Graeme Lennie, Head Professional, Crail Golfing Society, Crail, Scotland.   (World’s 7th Oldest Club)

Answers – scroll down this page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. A 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.A 6A 7.C 8.C 9.C 10.B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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