Rules of Golf Quiz
True or False.

Answers

 

  1. A player is allowed to ask his fellow competitor the distance to the flag from the bunker

    2. TRUE (Definition of 'Advice' also Decision 8-1/1)

  2. A player may take free relief under Rule 25-1 if his ball comes to rest in a hole made by a bird.

TRUE (Definition of 'Abnormal Ground Condition')

3. A ball is in play as soon as the player tees it up on the teeing ground.

FALSE (Definition of 'Ball in Play')

  1. A ball is deemed to be in the bunker when it lies on grass covered ground within the bunker

FALSE (Definition of 'Bunker')

  1. When his ball lies on the putting green a player may brush dew off the line of his putt, using his putter

FALSE (Definition of 'Casual Water also Decision 16-1a/1

6. Stakes defining ground under repair or water hazards are obstructions.

TRUE (Definition of 'Ground under Repair and Water Hazard)

  1. Grass cuttings which have been abandoned on the course is ground under repair, and free drop relief may be taken under Rule 25-1

FALSE (Definition of 'Ground under Repair' Note 1)

8. The line of play extends for a reasonable distance beyond the hole.

FALSE (Definition 'Line of Play')

9. A player may declare his ball lost if he does not wish to look for it.

FALSE (Definition of 'Lost Ball')
  1. Objects defining out of bounds, such as walls, fences, stakes and railings are obstructions.

FALSE (Definition of 'Out of Bounds')

  1. 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.

    2. TRUE (Definition of 'Out of Bounds')

  2. A player may always play a provisional ball if he considers his original ball may be lost

FALSE (Definition of 'Provisional ball')

  1. 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

TRUE Rule25-3 'wrong Putting Green')

14. The player is the sole judge of whether his ball is unplayable.

TRUE (Rule 28 ' Unplayable Ball')

  1. 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

    2. TRUE (Rule 22 'Ball Interfering with or Assisting Play')

     

  2. 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

FALSE (Definition of 'Water Hazard')

17. A player may stand out of bounds to play lying in bounds

TRUE (Definition of 'Out of Bounds')

18. The margins of a water hazard extend vertically upwards and downwards

TRUE (Definition of 'Water Hazard')

  1. 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

    2. FALSE (Rule 4-4 Also Decision 4-4a/a Match is all square) Maximum deductions 2 Holes.

  2. When a player's ball lies in a lateral water hazard he has a maximum of four possible options open to him

FALSE (Rule26)