Rule Exercises
Definitions (People) and Rule 13

  1. A forecaddie is one who works for a caddie to indicate the position of balls during play.
  • True
  • False
  1. A ball lying on an obstruction in a bunker is not considered to lie in the bunker since the margin of the bunker does not extend vertically upwards.
  • True
  • False
  1. Unless a referee is assigned to accompany the players throughout a match, he has no authority to intervene in a match.
  • True
  • False
  1. Player B’s ball lies in the fairway about 180 yards from the hole. Player B replaces a divot about 3 paces in front of his ball on his line of play and plays the ball. Player B incurs the general penalty for a breach of Rule 13-2.
  • True
  • False
  1. A marker is one who is appointed by the Committee to record a player’s score and may include an opponent in match play.
  • True
  • False
  1. Your partner and fellow competitors are both an outside agency in stroke play.
  • True
  • False
  1. In stroke play, prior to taking his stance, a player removes a stake defining out of bounds that interferes with his line of play. He realizes his mistake and replaces the stake before playing his next stroke. What is the ruling?

(a)There is a no penalty.

(b)There is a one stroke penalty.

(c)There is a two stroke penalty.

  1. In stroke play, a player’s ball is embedded in its own pitch-mark in a closely mown area through the green. He takes relief under the Rule for an embedded ball, but, before dropping the ball, he repairs the pitch-mark. What is the ruling?

(a)There is no penalty

(b)There is a one-stroke penalty.

(c)There is a two-stroke penalty.

  1. A player’s ball is completely embedded in the vertical lip of a bunker that is not grass covered. What is the ruling?

(a)He is entitled to relief under the embedded ball Rule; he may lift the ball and drop it inside the bunker as near as possible to where it lay.

(b)He is entitled to relief under the embedded ball Rule; he may lift the ball and drop it outside the bunker as near as possible to where it lay.

(c)He is not entitled to relief under the embedded ball Rule; and embedded ball is considered to lie in the part of the course where in entered the ground.

  1. A player’s ball lies in a bunker. While he is assessing his stroke, a member of the green keeping staff rakes the bunker, improving his line of play. What is the ruling?

(a)If the staff member’s actions were not on the instructions, but were with the sanction of the player, there is no penalty.

(b)If the staff member’s actions were not with the sanction, but were on the instructions of the player, there is no penalty.

(c)If the staff member’s actions were not on the instructions or with the sanction of the player, there is no penalty.

  1. A competitor’s ball lies in a bunker that is covered with many leaves. In approaching his ball and taking his stance, the competitor touches and moves several loose impediments with his feet. What is the ruling?

(a)No penalty, provided the lie of the ball or area of intended stance or swing is not improved.

(b)No penalty, however, the player MUST replace the loose impediments.

(c)Two stroke penalty total.

  1. In stroke play, a player’s ball lies in a bunker. While entering the bunker, he accidentally kicks a small stone into the bunker. Before he takes his stance, he removes the stone that does not affect the position of the ball. What is the ruling?

(a)There is no penalty.

(b)There is a one-stroke penalty.

(c)There is a two-stroke penalty.

  1. Which is a player NOT PERMITTED to do when his ball lies in a hazard?

(a)Ground his club outside the hazard when addressing his ball.

(b)Ground his club on a bridge extending over a water hazard.

(c)Lightly brush sand in the hazard with his club on his backswing.

  1. In stroke play, a player’s ball lies in a water hazard. Before playing his ball, he makes several practice swings, each time touching the ground in the hazard. He also breaks a branch with his hand, improving the area of his backswing. What is the ruling?

(a)There is a two-stroke penalty.

(b)There is a total penalty of four strokes.

(c)There is a total penalty of six strokes.

  1. In stroke play, a competitor's tee shot comes to rest through the green on a grass bank behind a greenside bunker. He takes his stance in the bunker to make his next stroke. As a result of that stroke, the ball comes to rest in the same bunker, some 10 yards nearer the hole. In order to practice good etiquette, he rakes the area where he took his stance. He then proceeds to where his ball came to rest in the bunker, and plays his ball onto the green from that point. He one putts and plays from the next tee. What is the player's score for the hole?

(a)4

(b)5

(c)6

(d)The player is disqualified.