A player's ball comes top rest touching a line on the ground marking an abnormal course condition. What is the ruling?
The player must take relief under rule 16.1
The player may take relief under Rule 16.1
The player must play the ball as it lies as it is not within the abnormal course condition
In match play, a player's caddie removes the flagstick from the hole and the player's ball accidentally hit it. What is the ruling?
There is no penalty
The player loses the hole
The player loses the match
Penalty area stakes may not be moved even if they are physically movable.
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In stroke play, a player's ball lies in a bunker. While waiting for another player to play, the player picks up a rake that was lying near their ball and leans on it, with the head of the rake touching the sand in the bunker. What is the ruling?
There is no penalty
The player gets one penalty stroke
The player gets two penalty strokes
The general area includes all wrong greens.
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In stroke play, a player in error plays a wrong ball. What is the ruling?
There is no penalty
The player gets two penalty strokes and must go back and play the original ball
The player counts the stroke(s) made with the wrong ball and must go back and play the original ball
A player's ball lies on the bank in a penalty area. As the ball is not in any water, she decides to play it as it lies. Before making the stroke, she grounds her club in making a practice swing and removes some leaves lying close to her ball. What is the ruling?
The player gets one penalty stroke
The player gets two penalty strokes
There is no penalty
A ball is in play as soon as the player has teed up the ball in the teeing area
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In stroke play, a player playing from the teeing area misses the ball completely. He re-tees the ball on the other side of the teeing area and plays it. What is the ruling?
The player gets the stroke and distance penalty
The player incurs the general penalty
There is no penalty
If a ball at rest is moved by an outside influence, the player incurs no penalty and the ball is replaced
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In stroke play, a player believes that her ball may be lost. She decides to play a provisional ball and syas to her marker that she is going to play "another ball". What is the ruling?
There is no penalty
The player gets two penalty strokes
The player gets the stroke and distance penalty
In stroke play, a player searches for her ball. After 2 minutes and 30 seconds, a ball is found bu it is uncertain whether it is the player's ball. The player immediately makes her way to identify the ball but it takes her another minute to reach the ball to positively identify it as hers. What is the ruling?
The ball is lost
The ball is in play, but the player incurs the general penalty.
The ball is in play with no penalty
The balls of A and B lie in the same bunker, with B's farther from the hole. Player B plays his ball and in doing so creates some footprints close to Player A's ball. Before play, Player A smooths out Player A's footprints. What is the ruling?
There is no penalty to either player
Player A gets the general penalty
Player B gets the general penalty
On the putting green, a player marks the position of and lifts his ball. He then replaces it, picks up the marker and the wind moves the ball. What is the ruling?
The ball must be played from its new position
The ball must be replaced on its original spot with a one stroke penalty
The ball must be replaced on its original spot without penalty
Advice includes any verbal comment or action that is intended to influence a player in making a stroke.
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