Rules of Golf Quiz
True or False.
The answer to these questions is TRUE or FALSE
- A player is allowed to ask his fellow competitor the distance to the flag from the bunker
- A player may take free relief under Rule 25-1 if his ball comes to rest in a hole made by a bird.
- A ball is in play as soon as the player tees it up on the teeing ground.
- A ball is deemed to be in the bunker when it lies on grass covered ground within the bunker
- When his ball lies on the putting green a player may brush dew off the line of his putt, using his putter
- Stakes defining ground under repair or water hazards are obstructions.
- Grass cuttings which have been abandoned on the course are ground under repair, and free drop relief may be taken under Rule 25-1
- The line of play extends for a reasonable distance beyond the hole.
- A player may declare his ball lost if he does not wish to look for it.
- Objects defining out of bounds, such as walls, fences, stakes and railings are obstructions.
- When out of bounds is defined by a white line the ball is not out of bounds until the whole ball lies on or beyond the line.
- A player may always play a provisional ball if he considers his original ball may be lost
- A player must take relief, without penalty, if his ball comes to rest on any putting green on the course other than the putting green of the hole he is playing
- The player is the sole judge of whether his ball is unplayable.
- A player may mark and lift his ball anywhere on the course, if he considers his ball might assist the play of his opponent or fellow competitor
- When a water hazard is defined by a yellow line the ball is not in the hazard until the whole ball lies on or beyond the line
- A player may stand out of bounds to play lying in bounds
- The margins of a water hazard extend vertically upwards and downwards
- In a match between A and B, player A wins the first two holes and then discovers that he has 15 clubs in his bag. Player B is then 2 up
- When a player's ball lies in a lateral water hazard he has a maximum of four possible options open to him