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USGA CERTIFIED RULES EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE 250 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
In a Four-ball competition with side A-B, Player A returns a score of 4
and Player B returns a score of 5. Player A was in breach of Rule
12.2b(1) for touching sand in making a practice swing in a bunker but
neither partner was aware of the penalty before returning the scorecard.
What is the side's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-360)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -C. 6
A player's ball lies 2 in a greenside bunker. In taking their stance the
player knocks down the side of the bunker to get a better stance. Unable
to get a good stance, the player decides to take unplayable ball relief
outside the bunker using the back-on-the-line option. The player
properly drops the ball, chips onto the green and 2 putts. What is the
player's score for the hole. (Ref. SN-362)
A.7
B.8
C.9 - Correct Answer -C. 9
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After completing a hole in 4 strokes, a player makes several practice
putts with another player's putter. What is the player's score for the hole?
(Ref. SN-365)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -A. 4
A player's ball tee shot lands in deep rough. The player lifts their ball to
identify it without marking the spot of the ball. Another player tells the
player it is a penalty for not marking the ball before it is lifted. Before
replacing the ball the player cleans the ball more than necessary to
identify it. The player replaces the ball and takes 3 more strokes. What is
the player's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-368)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -C. 6
A player's 2nd shot lands near an sprinker head next to a putting green.
The player substitutes another ball and takes relief from the sprinker
head but mistakenly drops a ball in a wrong place. Before playing the
ball, the player removes sand on their line of play in the general area.
The player putts the ball onto the green and takes 2 additional strokes.
What is the player's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-369)
A.6
B.7
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C.8 - Correct Answer -B. 7
Believing their tee shot might be lost, the player plays a provisional ball.
The player finds a ball that they believe is the original ball, makes a
stroke at it, picks up the provisional ball, and then discovers that the ball
they played was not the original ball, but a wrong ball. The player
resumes search for the original ball but cannot find it within the three-
minute search time. The player replaces their provisional ball and takes 3
more strokes to complete the hole. What is the player's score for the
hole? (Ref. SN-370)
A.6
B.8
C.9 - Correct Answer -C. 9
A player's ball lies on a putting green in 2. A rake has been left by a
preceding group between the putting green and a bunker. The player has
a downhill putt towards the bunker, sees the rake, and leaves it there
because it might stop the ball if their putt is too strong. The player putts
and the ball is stopped by that rake. The player takes 2 additional
strokes. What is the player's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-371)
A.5
B.6
C.7 - Correct Answer -A. 5
A player's ball lies in a greenside bunker in 3 when play is suspended for
rain. When play resumes the area where the player marked their ball is
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now wet (there is no standing water). The player places another ball at
the nearest most similar lie in the bunker to the lie the player had before
the suspension. The player plays a stroke onto the green and takes 2
putts. What is the player's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-372)
A.6
B.7
C.8 - Correct Answer -C. 8
In a Four-ball competition with side A-B, the balls of Player A and
Player B are on the same line on the putting green. Player A lies 4 while
Player B lies 3. Player B stands on an extension of Player A's line behind
Player A while Player A sinks their putt. Player B also makes their putt.
What is the sides score for the hole? (Ref. SN-373)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -B. 5
A player's tee shot ball lies next to a boundary stake. In carefully and
fairly taking their stance the player bends the boundary stake. The player
hits the next shot on the putting green and 2 putts. What is the player's
score for the hole? (Ref. SN-374)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -A.4
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USGA CERTIFIED RULES EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE 250 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
In a Four-ball competition with side A-B, Player A returns a score of 4
and Player B returns a score of 5. Player A was in breach of Rule
12.2b(1) for touching sand in making a practice swing in a bunker but
neither partner was aware of the penalty before returning the scorecard.
What is the side's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-360)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -C. 6
A player's ball lies 2 in a greenside bunker. In taking their stance the
player knocks down the side of the bunker to get a better stance. Unable
to get a good stance, the player decides to take unplayable ball relief
outside the bunker using the back-on-the-line option. The player
properly drops the ball, chips onto the green and 2 putts. What is the
player's score for the hole. (Ref. SN-362)
A.7
B.8
C.9 - Correct Answer -C. 9
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After completing a hole in 4 strokes, a player makes several practice
putts with another player's putter. What is the player's score for the hole?
(Ref. SN-365)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -A. 4
A player's ball tee shot lands in deep rough. The player lifts their ball to
identify it without marking the spot of the ball. Another player tells the
player it is a penalty for not marking the ball before it is lifted. Before
replacing the ball the player cleans the ball more than necessary to
identify it. The player replaces the ball and takes 3 more strokes. What is
the player's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-368)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -C. 6
A player's 2nd shot lands near an sprinker head next to a putting green.
The player substitutes another ball and takes relief from the sprinker
head but mistakenly drops a ball in a wrong place. Before playing the
ball, the player removes sand on their line of play in the general area.
The player putts the ball onto the green and takes 2 additional strokes.
What is the player's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-369)
A.6
B.7
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C.8 - Correct Answer -B. 7
Believing their tee shot might be lost, the player plays a provisional ball.
The player finds a ball that they believe is the original ball, makes a
stroke at it, picks up the provisional ball, and then discovers that the ball
they played was not the original ball, but a wrong ball. The player
resumes search for the original ball but cannot find it within the three-
minute search time. The player replaces their provisional ball and takes 3
more strokes to complete the hole. What is the player's score for the
hole? (Ref. SN-370)
A.6
B.8
C.9 - Correct Answer -C. 9
A player's ball lies on a putting green in 2. A rake has been left by a
preceding group between the putting green and a bunker. The player has
a downhill putt towards the bunker, sees the rake, and leaves it there
because it might stop the ball if their putt is too strong. The player putts
and the ball is stopped by that rake. The player takes 2 additional
strokes. What is the player's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-371)
A.5
B.6
C.7 - Correct Answer -A. 5
A player's ball lies in a greenside bunker in 3 when play is suspended for
rain. When play resumes the area where the player marked their ball is
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now wet (there is no standing water). The player places another ball at
the nearest most similar lie in the bunker to the lie the player had before
the suspension. The player plays a stroke onto the green and takes 2
putts. What is the player's score for the hole? (Ref. SN-372)
A.6
B.7
C.8 - Correct Answer -C. 8
In a Four-ball competition with side A-B, the balls of Player A and
Player B are on the same line on the putting green. Player A lies 4 while
Player B lies 3. Player B stands on an extension of Player A's line behind
Player A while Player A sinks their putt. Player B also makes their putt.
What is the sides score for the hole? (Ref. SN-373)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -B. 5
A player's tee shot ball lies next to a boundary stake. In carefully and
fairly taking their stance the player bends the boundary stake. The player
hits the next shot on the putting green and 2 putts. What is the player's
score for the hole? (Ref. SN-374)
A.4
B.5
C.6 - Correct Answer -A.4
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