Rules School: Secondary School Test

1. What is the maximum number of practice swings your are allowed to take during a round?

There are no Rules about that.

No more than two for each stroke.

No more than two on each hole.

2. My ball lies next to a big tree, and I want to take relief without penalty, since I have learned that a tree is an immovable obstruction. Am I right?

Yes.

No. The tree is a movable obstruction (not an immovable).

No. The tree is not an obstruction.

3. Your ball lies on the fringe just outside the putting green. You ask the other player to attend the flagstick. The other player informs you that you are only allowed to have the flagstick attended, when your ball is on the putting green, and therefore he refuses. Is the other player correct?

No. You can always ask for the flagstick to be attended, no matter where the ball lies.

Yes.

4. What is the penalty for playing from a wrong place?

As a starting point it is one penalty stroke in both match play and stroke play.

As a starting point it is two penalty strokes in both match play and stroke play.

As a starting point it is two penalty strokes in stroke play and lost hole in match play.

5. When proceeding under the unplayable ball Rule you substitute the ball, and thus drop (and play) another ball. Is that OK?

Yes.

No.

6. There is a pine cone right next to your ball in a bunker. When removing the cone before the stroke, the ball moves a few inches. Do you incur any penalty?

No.

Yes, one stroke.

Yes, two strokes in stroke play (lost hole in match play).

7. Your ball lies out of bounds. Do you incur any penalty for playing it from out of bounds?

You are not allowed to play on with your ball. You must correct your error before you play from the next teeing area - otherwise you are disqualified.

You correct your error by either 1) proceeding with a one stroke penalty under the stroke-and-distance option, or 2) proceeding under the Local Rule (if in operation) with a two stroke penalty and drop a ball e.g. on the fairway in accordance with that Local Rule.

Explanation

You are not allowed to play on with your ball. You must correct your error before you play from the next teeing area - otherwise you are disqualified.

You correct your error by either 1) proceeding with a one stroke penalty under the stroke-and-distance option, or 2) proceeding under the Local Rule (if in operation) with a two stroke penalty and drop a ball e.g. on the fairway in accordance with that Local Rule.