TAPPS Golf Test

TAPPS Golf Test
T F 73. A player’s ball lies within an area marked ground under repair. He may play the ball as it lies.
T F 74. A player declares his ball to be lost without searching for it. This is a breach of the Rules.
T F 75. A drainage ditch on the course is marked as a water hazard but does not contain any water. A
player finds his ball in the ditch in a bad lie. He declares his ball unplayable. This is permitted.
T F 76. A player’s ball lands on a wrong putting green. He gets no relief without penalty.
T F 77. A competitor in stroke play is disqualified if he fails to hole out before playing from the next tee.
T F 78. The teeing ground is two club-lengths in width.
T F 79. Loose impediments on the putting green may be brushed aside with a player’s hand or club only.
T F 80. The margin of a water hazard extends vertically upwards, but the margin of a bunker does not.
T F 81. A player’s ball lies near a flat sprinkler head. The sprinkler head interferes with his stance. The
player may take relief without penalty.
T F 82. A player’s ball lies through the green where a tall weed interferes with his backswing. Prior to
making a stroke, the player bends the weed out of his way. This is permissible.
T F 83. A player’s ball lies on a replaced divot. To preserve the course, he presses down on the area with
his foot. This is prohibited.
T F 84. A rain shelter intervenes on a player’s line of play to the hole. It does not interfere with his
stance or the area of his intended swing. He must play the ball as it lies.
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85. Relief from a movable obstruction is:
(A) One club-length
(B) Two club-lengths
(C) None of the above
T F 86. The flagstick is removed and placed on the putting green. A competitor putts and the ball rolls
beyond the hole and strikes the flagstick. The ball must be played as it lies and two penalty strokes
added to the competitor’s score for that hole.
T F 87. Inadvertently, the scores for two holes were transposed on a competitor’s scorecard. The total is
correct, but one of the scores on a hole was lower than actually taken. He is disqualified.
T F 88. On the putting green, a player is deemed to have addressed the ball when he has taken his
stance.
T F 89. A stroke is the forward movement of the club with the intention of striking at and moving the
ball.
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