Golf Rules Quizzes

Sand and loose soil are loose impediments on the putting green but not elsewhere. (Ref# 43)

• True

• False

If a ball breaks into pieces after a stroke, there is no penalty and the stroke does not count. (Ref# 81)

• True

• False

When a player drops a ball in taking relief, the ball must be dropped in and come to rest in the relief area. (Ref# 37)

• True

• False

Dew, frost and water are loose impediments. (Ref# 64)

• True

• False

When starting a hole, a player must play a ball from inside the teeing area, which means that any part of the ball must touch or is above any part of the teeing area. (Ref# 56)

• True

• False

When the edge of ground under repair is defined by lines or physical features, stakes may be used to show where the ground under repair is, but they have no other meaning. (Ref# 99)

• True

• False

A player’s ball comes to rest wedged between a tree and a folding chair that is leaning against the tree in the general area. What is the ruling? (Ref# 130)

• The ball may not be played as it lies.

• The player must take relief by dropping a ball within one club-length of the estimated point right under where the ball was touching the chair, not nearer the hole.

• The player may remove the chair; if the ball moves, it must be replaced on the spot where it touched the tree.

In match play, a player's ball comes to rest on the putting green while his or her opponent's ball comes to rest in an adjacent bunker. The opponent plays a wrong ball from the bunker that knocks the player's ball into the hole. What is the ruling? (Ref# 152)

• There is no penalty and the player's ball is holed.

• There is no penalty and the player's ball must be replaced.

• The opponent gets the general penalty for playing a wrong ball.

A player uses a device to listen to a radio broadcast or any other type of broadcast, such as video. Which of the following is incorrect? (Ref# 250)

• There is no penalty for use of the device to obtain information unrelated to golf.

• There is no penalty for use of a device to listen to a broadcast of the competition being played.

• There is a penalty for use of a device to listen to music to eliminate distractions.

Stakes are inside ground under repair (GUR) when the edge of GUR is defined by stakes. (Ref# 124)

• True

• False