Rules of Golf Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
True or False: Sand and loose soil ARE loose impediments
False
on the putting green, BUT not elsewhere?
In match play in the general area, the opponent's ball after
a stroke strikes the player's ball at rest and moves it. What There is no penalty and the player's ball must be replaced
is the ruling?
A player's ball lies in the general area in a tree beyond the The player gets a one-stroke penalty for causing his or
reach of a club; he or she makes a swing with a club at her ball to move and must take relief under one of the
a lower branch of the tree and his or her ball falls to the applicable options of the unplayable ball rule, getting an
ground. What is the ruling? additional penalty of one stroke
True or False: Stance is the position of a player's feet but
False
NOT body in preparing for or making a stroke.
True or False: A line defining the edge of a penalty area is
True
in the penalty area
True or False: Any situation not covered by the Rules
should be decided by considering all the circumstances
and treating the situation in a way that is reasonable, True
fair and consistent with how similar situations are treated
under the Rules.
In stroke play, it is not known or virtually certain that a
player's tee shot is lost in water in a penalty area. The The second ball played from the teeing area is in play
player plays a second ball from the teeing area under the under penalty of stroke and distance and the original ball
penalty area relief Rule and then he or she finds his or her is out of play.
original ball outside the penalty area. What is the ruling?
In stroke play, a player makes a stroke at a wrong ball that
is moving in temporary water or water in a penalty area.
There is no penalty
The player does not delay in making his or her stroke.
What is the ruling?
In stroke play, a player drops a ball under a relief rule,
striking the ground in the relief area. Before it comes to
,rest, it is accidentally stopped by the player's club that
marks the outer limit of the relief area. The player removes
the club but the ball does not move and remains in the There is no penalty
relief area. The player plays the ball from where it was
stopped by the club. What is the ruling?
Because a player's ball lies in a bunker and there is no
It may be based on the line of play where the ball will
nearest point of complete relief from temporary water,
need to go through the shallowest or shortest stretch of
the player will use the point of maximum available relief.
temporary water.
Which is incorrect about this point?
In match play, before playing from the teeing area, a
player breaks off a branch of a small bush growing outside There is a loss-of-hole penalty for improving the area of
of the teeing area that interferes with his or her swing at his or her intended swing
the teed ball. What is the ruling?
A player's ball lies in the general area but a bunker is The player may remove loose impediments from the
situated between the player's ball and the hole. Which bunker and test the conditions of the bunker to determine
one of the following is correct? if it is feasible to putt through it
In match play, what is the penalty if the players fail to tell
There is no penalty
each other their handicaps before starting a match?
If a boundary fence has an angled support, any part of the
A boundary fence?
support in bounds is an obstruction.
True or False: Equipment of the player includes his or her
True
golf cart whether or not it is motorized.
True or false: In stroke play, if a player makes a stroke at an
False
incorrectly substituted ball, the mistake must be corrected.
In stroke play, a player's ball lies in bounds in the general
area. The player's swing has interference from a metal
The player gets the general penalty
chain-link fence not defining out of bounds but all of
which lies out of bounds. The player takes relief under the
, abnormal course conditions relief Rule and plays the ball.
What is the ruling?
In stroke play in the general area, a player's caddie acci-
dentally deflects the player's ball after a stroke. What is the There is no penalty and the ball is played as it lies
ruling?
In stroke play, the hole is located close to the edge of a
green side bunker that lies between a player's ball and
the putting green. The player walks 100-yards from his or
The player gets the general penalty
her ball into the bunker to assess his or her line of play.
Before the player leaves the bunker, he or she rakes his or
her footprints. What is the ruling?
In stroke play, a player is in the process of taking relief
from ground under repair in the general area. Before the
player drops the ball, he or she removes sand and loose The player gets the general penalty
soil from the area in which he or she is to drop the ball.
What is the ruling?
True or False: When two players take relief from a penalty
The relative location of the balls before relief is taken
area, the order of play is determined by:
True or false: A player starts the round with more than 14
False
clubs; the penalty is loss of a hole in match play
True or False: In the general area, a ball lifted to determine
False
if it is cut or cracked may be cleaned
Making a stroke at his or her ball and dislodging a hidden
Which does not result in the player getting a penalty?
stray ball that lay underneath it
True or False: A ball lies in ground under repair when the
True
ball touches ground under repair
True or false: The original ball is no longer in play if a
player has played a provisional ball from a spot nearer the True
hole than where the original ball is estimated to be
True or False: Sand and loose soil ARE loose impediments
False
on the putting green, BUT not elsewhere?
In match play in the general area, the opponent's ball after
a stroke strikes the player's ball at rest and moves it. What There is no penalty and the player's ball must be replaced
is the ruling?
A player's ball lies in the general area in a tree beyond the The player gets a one-stroke penalty for causing his or
reach of a club; he or she makes a swing with a club at her ball to move and must take relief under one of the
a lower branch of the tree and his or her ball falls to the applicable options of the unplayable ball rule, getting an
ground. What is the ruling? additional penalty of one stroke
True or False: Stance is the position of a player's feet but
False
NOT body in preparing for or making a stroke.
True or False: A line defining the edge of a penalty area is
True
in the penalty area
True or False: Any situation not covered by the Rules
should be decided by considering all the circumstances
and treating the situation in a way that is reasonable, True
fair and consistent with how similar situations are treated
under the Rules.
In stroke play, it is not known or virtually certain that a
player's tee shot is lost in water in a penalty area. The The second ball played from the teeing area is in play
player plays a second ball from the teeing area under the under penalty of stroke and distance and the original ball
penalty area relief Rule and then he or she finds his or her is out of play.
original ball outside the penalty area. What is the ruling?
In stroke play, a player makes a stroke at a wrong ball that
is moving in temporary water or water in a penalty area.
There is no penalty
The player does not delay in making his or her stroke.
What is the ruling?
In stroke play, a player drops a ball under a relief rule,
striking the ground in the relief area. Before it comes to
,rest, it is accidentally stopped by the player's club that
marks the outer limit of the relief area. The player removes
the club but the ball does not move and remains in the There is no penalty
relief area. The player plays the ball from where it was
stopped by the club. What is the ruling?
Because a player's ball lies in a bunker and there is no
It may be based on the line of play where the ball will
nearest point of complete relief from temporary water,
need to go through the shallowest or shortest stretch of
the player will use the point of maximum available relief.
temporary water.
Which is incorrect about this point?
In match play, before playing from the teeing area, a
player breaks off a branch of a small bush growing outside There is a loss-of-hole penalty for improving the area of
of the teeing area that interferes with his or her swing at his or her intended swing
the teed ball. What is the ruling?
A player's ball lies in the general area but a bunker is The player may remove loose impediments from the
situated between the player's ball and the hole. Which bunker and test the conditions of the bunker to determine
one of the following is correct? if it is feasible to putt through it
In match play, what is the penalty if the players fail to tell
There is no penalty
each other their handicaps before starting a match?
If a boundary fence has an angled support, any part of the
A boundary fence?
support in bounds is an obstruction.
True or False: Equipment of the player includes his or her
True
golf cart whether or not it is motorized.
True or false: In stroke play, if a player makes a stroke at an
False
incorrectly substituted ball, the mistake must be corrected.
In stroke play, a player's ball lies in bounds in the general
area. The player's swing has interference from a metal
The player gets the general penalty
chain-link fence not defining out of bounds but all of
which lies out of bounds. The player takes relief under the
, abnormal course conditions relief Rule and plays the ball.
What is the ruling?
In stroke play in the general area, a player's caddie acci-
dentally deflects the player's ball after a stroke. What is the There is no penalty and the ball is played as it lies
ruling?
In stroke play, the hole is located close to the edge of a
green side bunker that lies between a player's ball and
the putting green. The player walks 100-yards from his or
The player gets the general penalty
her ball into the bunker to assess his or her line of play.
Before the player leaves the bunker, he or she rakes his or
her footprints. What is the ruling?
In stroke play, a player is in the process of taking relief
from ground under repair in the general area. Before the
player drops the ball, he or she removes sand and loose The player gets the general penalty
soil from the area in which he or she is to drop the ball.
What is the ruling?
True or False: When two players take relief from a penalty
The relative location of the balls before relief is taken
area, the order of play is determined by:
True or false: A player starts the round with more than 14
False
clubs; the penalty is loss of a hole in match play
True or False: In the general area, a ball lifted to determine
False
if it is cut or cracked may be cleaned
Making a stroke at his or her ball and dislodging a hidden
Which does not result in the player getting a penalty?
stray ball that lay underneath it
True or False: A ball lies in ground under repair when the
True
ball touches ground under repair
True or false: The original ball is no longer in play if a
player has played a provisional ball from a spot nearer the True
hole than where the original ball is estimated to be
