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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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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?
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No penalty.B
Two strokes.C
One stroke.2/76
Shona plays her tee shot and her ball comes to rest in a penalty area. She decides to play the ball from the penalty area but in doing so, touches the water with her club on her backswing. How many penalty strokes does she get in stroke play?
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One stroke.B
No penalty.C
Two strokes.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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One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.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 right beside where the ball was embedded.B
The spot right behind where the ball was embedded.C
The spot where the ball was embedded.5/76
A ball may always be lifted under the Rules by:
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The player or anyone authorised by the player.B
The player or caddie.C
The player only.6/76
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?
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One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
No penalty.7/76
It is intended that the penalties in golf:
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Are meant to cancel out any potential advantage.B
Should encourage players to breach the Rules.C
Should never be applied.8/76
When your ball is in a bunker, the penalty for taking back-on-the-line relief outside the bunker is:
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One stroke.B
Two strokes.C
Stroke and distance.9/76
Temporary water is:
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A penalty area.B
An abnormal course condition.C
An immovable obstruction.10/76
In which of the following situations are you not entitled to free relief from a sprinkler head?
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When the sprinkler head interferes with your stance.
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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.
C
When your ball is not touching the sprinkler head but your club would touch the sprinkler head when you take your backswing.