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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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It is recommended that you make the stroke in no more than:
A
60 seconds.B
20 seconds.C
40 seconds.2/76
Grant finds a ball in thick rough but he cannot see his identification mark. He advises Shona he is going to lift the ball to identify it and lifts it without marking it. As it is his ball, he replaces the ball on the original spot and plays it. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
A
Two strokes.B
No penalty.C
One stroke.3/76
Shona's ball is lying in the general area and she moves a leaf lying very close to her ball, which causes her ball to move. She replaces the ball on the original spot before playing her shot. In stroke play, how many penalty strokes does she get?
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No penalty.B
Two strokes.C
One stroke.4/76
When taking relief for an embedded ball, where is the reference point from which the relief area is measured:
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The spot where the ball was embedded.B
The spot right behind where the ball was embedded.C
The spot right beside where the ball was embedded.5/76
When taking relief from a sprinkler head in the general area, which of the following is true:
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The ball must be dropped in and be played from the general area only.B
The ball must be dropped in and be played from any area of the course apart from a penalty area.C
The ball must be dropped in and be played from any area of the course.6/76
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 the sprinkler head interferes with your stance.
C
When your ball lies off the putting green and a sprinkler head on the putting green is on your line of play.
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Before Grant marks his ball, a gust of wind moves the ball forward. Grant holes his putt from the ball's new position. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
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One stroke.B
No penalty.C
Two strokes.8/76
Grant putts from the green with the flagstick in the hole and holes the putt. How many penalty strokes does he get?
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One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.9/76
It is intended that the penalties in golf:
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Should encourage players to breach the Rules.B
Should never be applied.C
Are meant to cancel out any potential advantage.10/76
Grant determines that his ball is unplayable in the bunker. He decides to take back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker and drops a ball outside the bunker. How many penalty strokes does he get in stroke play?
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No penalty.B
One stroke.C
Two strokes.