Golf rules and etiquette quiz

Stakes defining a water hazard or lateral water hazard are obstructions. If they are easily removed, then you can remove them prior to playing your stroke, whether your ball lies in a water hazard (including a lateral water hazard) or not

• True

• False

Which of the following are loose impediments?

• A coach, loose soil on the fairway,fellow-competitor

• A wooden bench, piece of coal, paper cup

• Gravel pebbles, leaves, banana peel

• An opponent's towel, rake, golf balls that are out of play

Any suggestion which could influence a player in determining her play is advice. Information on the rules or where hazards are located on the golf course are considered public information and, therefore, NOT advice.

• True

• False

In high school golf you can give someone else on your team advice (such as what club to hit or how a putt breaks) because you are teammates and teammates are allowed to help eachother.

• True

• False

There is a high schoo lstroke play tournament where players are paired in groups of four, with all four players being from different teams. In one group, after Player A tees off, Player B asks her what club she hit. Player A answers that she hit an 8-iron.

• Player A receives a two-stroke penalty.

• Player B receives a two-stroke penalty.

• Both Player A and Player B receive a two-stroke penalty.

• Neither Player A nor Player B receive a two-stroke penalty.

You hit your ball into a lateral water hazard (red stakes and/or lines). Which one of these is not a proper option to proceed under the rules?

• Taking the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard, you drop within two-club lengths, no closer to the hole.

• you return to where you previously made the stroke from outside the water hazard.

• You find the nearest point of relief and drop within one club-length.

• You play the ball as it lies.

A player hits his ball into an area where it may be lost outside a water hazard or out of bounds. The player wishes to play a provisional ball and therefore makes an announcement to his fellow-competitors. Which one of these statements would make a proper announcement under the rules for a provisional ball?

• "That might be lost. I am going to re-load."

• "I'd better his another one.

• "I am going to his a provisional ball."

• All listed are proper announcements under the rules.

The overriding principle is that ___ should be shown to others on the course at all times.

• consideration

• identification

• contempt

• hospitality

All players should conduct themselves in a disciplined manner, demonstrating courtesy and sportsmanship at all times, irrespective of how ___ they may be.

• competitive

• experienced

• unlucky

• angry

Golf is played, for the most part, without the supervision of ___.

• caddies

• a committee

• a referee or umpire

• chaperones