Question

Rule Number

26

Player claims relief from pile of grass cuttings abandoned and left in the rough.

25-1Abnormal Ground Condition

27

In stroke play a player tees up his provisional ball in a different position on the tee from which his first ball was played

20-5Lifting, Dropping, Placing

28

A player touches a twig lying in the sand with his club on his back swing when playing from a bunker

13-4 Ball played as it lies

29

Player replaces ball moved in the act of lifting rake resting near his ball in a bunker

24-1 Movable obstruction

30

A Player's ball is lost in a water hazard.

26-1Relief for ball in Water Hazard

31

A Player announces that he will play a provisional ball

27-2Provisional ball

32

A player breaks a small branch which is interfering with his back swing

13-2 Improving Lie

33

A player hits his ball out of bounds

27-1Out of Bounds

34

A player in stroke play plays from the wrong teeing ground

11-5Teeing ground

35

A player declared his ball unplayable through the green

28 Ball Unplayable

36

A player declares his ball unplayable in a water hazard

28Ball Unplayable

37

A player plays out of turn in a match play

10-1Order of play Match Play

38

A player ball breaks into pieces as a result of a stroke

5-3Ball unfit for play

39

A player removes a blade of grass adhering to his ball

23Loose Impediments

40

A player's caddie shelters him from the rain with an umbrella while he plays a stroke

14-2
Assistance

41

In foursome match play, a player plays when his partner should have played

29-2 Threesomes Foursomes

42

A player moves sand and soil from the apron of the green

13-2 I

43

The caddie moved the position of the ball

1-2Exerting Influence on Ball

44

A player spat on the face of his club and did not wipe the saliva off before playing his next stroke.

4-2Foreign Material

45

A player starts in the group arranged by the committee but sees his friends and decided to join them

6-3Player. Time of Starting & Groups

46

A competitor who had the highest score on the previous hole teed off first at the next teeing ground

10-2Order of Play Stroke Play

47

There was reasonable evidence that the ball was lost in the obstruction

24-3
Obstructions Ball Lost

48

A player asked his opponent the number of strokes he had taken at the last hole

9-2Information Match Play

49

In a stroke play a player decided to play first rather than lift his ball as requested by the other player.

22-2Ball interfering with Play

50

A player and opponent or fellow competitor agree to repair spike marks on one another's line of putt

1-3Agreement to Waive Rules