Just like any other game, golf has its rules and is reviewed periodically to ensure effectiveness. The quiz below seeks to test how knowledgeable you are with these rules and their application to the game. All the best.
Drop your ball wherever you have a clear shot to the hole.
Replay from the tee.
Drop a ball within two club lengths of where the ball originally came to rest in the unplayable lie, not nearer the hole.
Drop a ball behind the spot where the ball lay unplayable keeping the spot between you and the hole. You can go back as far as you want.
Your ball lies in the fairway and there is dew under your ball
Your ball lies on the green and your stance is in a small puddle
Your ball lies in bounds, but your stance is in a puddle that is out of bounds
Your ball lies near the green in the rough and there is a puddle on the green between your ball and the hole
You slice a ball into another fairway towards another golfer and yell "fore"
You tee your ball up when it is your turn to play
You do not fix your ball mark after hitting the green and making a pitch mark on the surface of the green
You replace a divot that was made by taking a stroke from the rough or fairway
Yes
No
No Penalty
One Stroke Penalty
Two Stroke Penalty
Disqualification
No Penalty
One Stroke Penalty
Drop within two club lengths of the bush, not nearer the hole. The next stroke will be your third.
Return to the tee and play your third stroke.(Stroke and Distance)
Return to the tee and play your second stroke. (Distance Only)
Drop a ball within two club lengths of the bush, your next stroke will be your fourth.
Play the ball as it lies without penalty from within the water hazard provided they do not touch the ground or water with his hand or club and does not move any loose impediments (stones, leaves, etc.)
Play a ball from where the previous stroke was made incurring a one stroke penalty.
Use the drop area, if one is provided, without penalty.
Drop a ball behind the hazard, keeping the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard directly between the hole and the spot where the ball is to be dropped, no limit how far behind the hazard it may be dropped, adding one penalty stroke.
Under penalty of one stroke drop a ball behind the hazard, keeping the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard directly between the hole and the spot where the ball is to be dropped, no limit how far behind the hazard it may be dropped, adding one penalty stroke.
Under penalty of one stroke play a ball from where the previous stroke was made, adding one penalty stroke.
Under penalty of one stroke drop a ball two club lengths from the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard, but not closer to the hole.
Without penalty play the ball as it lies from within the water hazard without touching the ground or water in the hazard with his hand or club and without moving any loose impediments (stones, leaves, etc.).
Add a one stroke penalty to your score for hole #1, making your score on that hole a 6.
Add a two stroke penalty to your score for hole #1, making your score on that hole a 7.
Return to the first tee and play from within the teeing ground and replay the hole adding a two stroke penalty to that score.
Disqualification.
14
16
18
20
Drop two club lengths from the nearest point of relief, not nearer the hole.
Drop within one club length of the nearest point of relief, not nearer the hole.
Drop away from the cart path but stand on that path when making the next stroke.
Substitute a different ball when you take relief from the cart path.
No penalty to either player
Player A incurs a two stroke penalty, B incurs no penalty.
Player B incurs a two stroke penalty, A incurs no penalty.
Both player A & B incur a two stroke penalty
No penalty to either player
Both A and B incur a one-stroke penalty.
Both A and B incur a two-stroke penalty.
Both A and B are disqualified.
No Penalty
One Stroke Penalty
Two Stroke Penalty
Disqualification
1
2
4
6
True
False
True
False
True
False
Go over your score card with your marker and settle any doubtful points with the hole by hole score
Make sure your marker has signed the score card
Sign the card yourself
Do all of the above to ensure that you are not disqualified for turning in an unacceptable score card
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