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Golf Test Answers with Explanation
1 FALSE - Rule 21. A ball may be cleaned in this case.
2 FALSE - Rule 13-4. Before making the stroke he is prohibited from touching the ground in the hazard.
3 TRUE - Definition: Water Hazard
4 TRUE - Rule 6-5. …Each player should put an identification mark on his ball.
5 TRUE - In this context, “fringe" and “apron” are synonyms referring to any grass adjoining the putting
surface that is mowed to a height only slightly higher than the grass on the green.
6 TRUE - Definition: Stance
7 FALSE - Rule 13-2. The player must not improve or allow to be improved…the area in which he is to drop
or place a ball. Also, see Definition: Loose Impediment.
8 C - Rule 12-2. The ball must not be cleaned beyond the extent necessary for identification when
lifted under this Rule.
9 TRUE - Rule 12-1a and Decision 12-1/4. If the player’s ball lying anywhere on the course is believed to
be covered by sand…he may, without penalty, touch or move the sand in order to find or identify
the ball. The player may probe for the ball with a club and touch the ground in the bunker. Rule
12-1 specifically authorizes touching ground in the hazard while probing and overrides Rule 13-4.
10 TRUE - Rule 28. If the unplayable ball is in a bunker, the player may, under penalty of one stroke, play a
ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played.
11 TRUE - Rule 18-5. If a ball in play and at rest is moved by another ball in motion after a stroke, the
moved ball must be replaced.
12 C - Definition: Lateral Water Hazard
13 TRUE Rule 27-1. Except as otherwise provided in the Rules, if a player makes a stroke at a ball from the
spot at which the original ball was last played, he is deemed to have proceeded under penalty of
stroke and distance.
14 FALSE - Rule 18-2. Except as permitted by the Rules, when a player’s ball is in play, if the player…causes
the ball to move…the player incurs a penalty of one stroke.
15 FALSE - Rule 13-2 and Definition: Loose Impediment. Sand on a putting green is a loose impediment and
may be removed. Elsewhere, sand or loose soil must not be removed…
16 TRUE - Rule 8-2. When the player’s ball is on the putting green, the player may have his partner or
either of their caddies point out a line for putting, but in so doing the putting green must not be
touched.
17 FALSE - Rule 13-2. A player must not improve or allow to be improved…the area of his intended swing
by…bending anything growing or fixed.
18 C - Rule 22-2 and Decision 22/1. A player may…have another ball lifted if the ball interferes either
physically or mentally with his play.
19 TRUE - Rule 24-2b. The procedure for taking relief from an Immovable Obstruction
20 FALSE - Rule 28. The player is the sole judge as to whether his ball is unplayable.
21 TRUE - Rule 20-2c. A dropped ball must be re-dropped, without penalty, if it…rolls and comes to rest
more than two club-lengths from where it first struck a part of the course.
22 FALSE - Rule 24-2 and Definition: Nearest Point of Relief.
23 FALSE - Rule 13-2 and Definition: Out of Bounds. A player must not improve or allow to be
improved…the area of his intended swing by…moving anything fixed. Objects defining out of
bounds are deemed to be fixed.

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24 TRUE - Rule 10-3. If a player plays a provisional ball from the teeing ground, he must do so after his
fellow-competitor has made his first stroke.
25 TRUE - Rule 14-1. The ball must be fairly struck at with the head of the club.
26 TRUE - Rule 19-1. If a ball in motion is deflected by an outside agency, it is a “rub of the green”
27 TRUE - Definition: Ball in Play
28 FALSE - Rule 27-2 and Definition: Lost Ball. The original ball was “lost” when it was not found after 5
minutes of searching. The moment the original ball was “lost”, the provisional ball became the
ball in play.
29 FALSE - Definition: Ground under Repair
30 FALSE - Rule 25-2 and Definition: Through the Green. A ball embedded in its own pitch-mark in the
ground in any closely mown area through the green may be lifted, cleaned and dropped, without
penalty; “Through the Green” does not include hazards.
31 B - Definition: Holed
32 TRUE - Rule 13-2. A player must not improve or allow to be improved…the area of his intended stance
or swing by…breaking anything growing or fixed.
33 C - Rule 12-2 - Before lifting the ball, the player must announce his intention…
34 TRUE - Decision 4-3/1. ...examples of acts that are in the “normal course of play” include…leaning on a
club while waiting to play…
35 TRUE - Definition: Out of Bounds
36 FALSE - Rule 24-1. The ball may be cleaned when lifted under this Rule.
37 C - Rule 19-1. If a player’s ball in motion is accidentally deflected or stopped by any outside agency,
it is a rub of the green, there is no penalty and the ball must be played as it lies. Note: Rule 17-3
applies only when the flagstick has been removed by someone in the player's group.
38 TRUE - Rule 28. If the unplayable ball is in a bunker, the player may, under penalty of one stroke, play a
ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played.
39 B - Rule 27-2. If a ball may be lost outside a water hazard or may be out of bounds, to save time the
player may play another ball provisionally.
40 FALSE - Rule 24-2a. …intervention on the line of play is not, of itself, interference under this Rule. Since
there is no interfence, there is no relief allowed.
41 B - Rule 13-4. Except as provided in the Rules, before making a stroke at a ball that is in a hazard,
the player must not…touch the ground in the hazard…with his hand or a club.
42 TRUE - Definition: Advice
43 B - Rule 5-3. The ball must not be cleaned when lifted under this Rule; one-stroke penalty.
44 TRUE - Rule 25-1. Interference occurs when a ball lies in or touches the condition.
45 C - Rule 24-2 and Rule 28. Both Rules are inapplicable when the ball is in a water hazard.
46 B - Definition: Out of Bounds. The line itself is out of bounds. A ball is out of bounds when all of it
lies out of bounds.
47 FALSE - Rule 20-2c. This situation does not meet any of the criteria requiring a re-drop. Additionally, see
Decision 24-2b/8 - There is no distinction in the Rules between fairway and rough; both are
covered by the term "through the green."
48 TRUE - Rule 15-3. Strokes made by a competitor with a wrong ball do not count in his score.
49 FALSE - Rule 25-3. Since the ball lies off the green, there is no interference and no relief.

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50 FALSE - Rule 24-1. A player may take relief from a movable obstruction by removing the obstruction.
51 B - Rule 14-3. ...a towel or handkerchief may be wrapped around the grip.
52 TRUE - Rule 3-3. Procedure and determination of score for hole
53 FALSE - Rule 24-2. Relief is permitted not required.
54 C - Rule 13-4. …before making a stroke at a ball that is in a hazard… the player must not touch or
move a loose impediment (limb) lying in or touching the hazard.
55 C - Rule 25-1. Except when the ball is in a water hazard, a player may take relief from interference
by an abnormal ground condition…
56 B - Definition: Loose Impediments
57 FALSE - Definition: Outside Agency
58 TRUE - Decision 1-4/9
59 FALSE - Rule 28. The player may deem his ball unplayable at any place on the course, except when the
ball is in a water hazard.
60 D - Rule 26-1. The Rule permits these three options. (B) or (C) would be under penalty of one stroke.
61 D - Rule 4-4. The penalty in stroke play is two strokes for each hole played with a maximum penalty
or four strokes per round.
62 FALSE - Rule 24-1. If the ball lies in or on the obstruction, the ball may be lifted without penalty and the
obstruction removed. The ball must then be dropped in the hazard…
63 TRUE - Definition: Advice
64 FALSE - Definition: Loose Impediments and Definition: Obstructions
65 TRUE - Rule 14-1. The ball must be fairly struck at with the head of the club.
66 FALSE - Definition: Out of Bounds. …determined by the nearest inside points…of stakes.
67 FALSE - Definition: Out of Bounds. A player may stand out of bounds to play a ball lying within bounds.
68 TRUE - Rule 24-1 and Definition: Water Hazard. The stake is a movable obstruction and may be
removed.
69 FALSE - Definition: Out of Bounds. A ball is out of bounds when all of it lies out of bounds.
70 B - Definition: Lost Ball. The time begins at the time the player’s side or caddies begin the search.
71 TRUE - Definition: Equipment
72 FALSE - Rule 15-3. There is a penalty for playing a wrong ball from a hazard. The only exception is that
there is no for a stroke made at a wrong ball that is moving in water in a water hazard.
73 TRUE - Rule 25-1. Unless a Local Rule requires mandatory relief, the ball may be played as it lies.
74 FALSE - Rule 27-2 and Definition: Lost Ball. A player is not required to search for his ball.
75 C - Rule 28 and Definition: Water Hazard. The player may deem his ball unplayable at any place on
the course, except when the ball is in a water hazard.
76 FALSE - Rule 25-3. If a player’s ball lies on a wrong putting green, he must…take relief, without penalty.
77 TRUE - Rule 3-2 - If a competitor fails to hole out and does not correct the error before making a stroke
on the next teeing ground, he is disqualified.
78 FALSE - Definition: Teeing Ground. It is a rectangular area two club-lengths in depth.
79 FALSE - Decision 16-1a/8. Loose impediments may also be brushed away with a cap or towel.
80 TRUE - Definition: Bunker and Definition: Water Hazard

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81 TRUE - Rule 24-2. Interference by an immovable obstruction occurs when a ball lies in or on the
obstruction, or when the obstruction interferes with the player’s stance…
82 FALSE - Rule 13-2. A player must not improve or allow to be improved…the area of his intended swing
by…bending anything growing or fixed.
83 TRUE - Rule 13-2. A player must not improve or allow to be improved…the position or lie of his ball by …
pressing down replaced divots…
84 TRUE - Rule 24-2. Since there is no interference relief is prohibited.
85 C - Rule 24-1. A player may take relief from a movable obstruction by removing the obstruction.
86 TRUE - Rule 17-3. If a player’s ball strikes the flagstick when is attended, removed, or held up, the
penalty is two strokes and the ball must be played as it lies.
87 TRUE - Rule 6-6d. …If he returns a score for any hole lower than actually taken, he is disqualified.
88 FALSE - Definition: Addressing the Ball. ...when he has grounded his club … whether or not he has taken
his stance.
89 TRUE - Definition: Stroke
90 B - Rule 14-4. …the player must count the stroke and add a penalty stroke.
91 FALSE - Rule 16-2. The ball is considered holed if it falls into the hole within 10 seconds after the player
reaches the hole.
92 B - Rule 25-1. …the player must lift the ball and drop it, without penalty, within one club-length of...
93 NO - The Rules of Golf, Section 1 – Etiquette; Behavior on the Course
94 YES - Rule 1-3. Players must not agree to exclude the operation of any Rule or to waive any penalty
incurred. In match play, the penalty is disqualification of both sides.
95 YES - Rule 3-2. If a competitor fails to hole out…and does not correct his mistake.....he is disqualified.
96 YES - Definition: Advice
97 YES - Rule 11-3. If a ball, when not in play, falls off a tee or is knocked off a tee by the player in
addressing it, it may be re-teed without penalty.
98 NO - Rule 13-1. The ball must be played as it lies, except as otherwise provided in the Rules.
99 NO - Rule 13-2. A player must not improve or allow to be improved the position or lie of his ball...by
pressing a club on the ground or eliminating irregularities of surface.
100 YES - Rule 23-1. Except when both the loose impediment and the ball lie in or touch the same hazard,
any loose impediment may be removed without penalty.
101 NO - Rule 15-3. In stroke play, if a competitor makes a stroke or strokes at a wrong ball, he incurs a
penalty of two strokes.
102 YES - Rule 20-2c(vi). A dropped ball must be re-dropped, without penalty, if…
103 YES - Rule 18-2b. If a player’s ball moves after he has addressed it, the player is deemed to have
moved the ball and incurs a penalty of one stroke. The ball must be replaced.
104 YES - Rule 27-1. If a ball is lost, the player must play a ball, under penalty of one stroke, as nearly as
possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played.
105 NO - Rule 28. A player has three options for an unplayable ball.
106 NO - Rule 27-1. If a ball is out of bounds, the player must play a ball, under penalty of one stroke, as
nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played.
107 YES - Rule 24-2b. If a player chooses to take relief, the player must lift the ball and drop it, without
penalty, within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.

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108 NO - Rule 25-1. The player may take relief from interference by an abnormal ground condition…
109 NO - Rule 13-4. Except as provided in the Rules, before making a stroke at a ball that is in a hazard,
the player must not…touch the ground in the hazard or water in the water hazard…with his club.
110 NO - Rule 26-1. A player has multiple options for a ball lying in or lost in a water hazard.
111 NO - Rule 17-3. There is no penalty if a player’s ball strikes an unattended flagstick after a stroke
made from off the green.
112 YES - Rule 19-5a. No penalty unless both balls lay on the putting green prior to the stroke, in which
case the player incurs a penalty of two strokes.
113 NO - Rule 6-8a. The player must not discontinue play unless…he believes there is danger from
lightning.
114 YES - Rule 11-2. Before a player makes his first stroke...the tee markers are deemed to be fixed.
115 C - Definition: Advice
116 D - Rule 24-2b(i). …a player may take relief from interference by an immovable obstruction as
follows…the player must lift the ball and drop it, without penalty, within one club-length of…
117 B - Rule 19-2. If a player’s ball is accidentally deflected or stopped by himself...or his equipment, the
player incurs a penalty of one stroke.
118 C - Definition: Lost Ball
119 B - Definition: Out of Bounds
120 B - Rule 18-2b. The player is deemed to have moved the ball and incurs a penalty of one stroke. The
ball is not replaced because the movement of the ball occurs after he has begun his stroke or the
backward movement of the club for the stroke and the stroke is made.
121 C - Definition: Teeing Ground
122 E - Rule 16-1a. …(i) the player may remove loose impediments…(vi) repair old hole plugs or ball
marks on the putting green.
123 Double Eagle, Eagle, Birdie, Par, Bogey, Double Bogey.
124 A - Definition: Water Hazard, Note1
125 YES - Rule 3-3. In stroke play only, he may, without penalty, play a second ball.
126 14 - Rule 4-4. The player must not start a stipulated round with more than 14 clubs.
127 YES - Rule 6-5. Each player should put an identification mark on his ball.
128 E - Rule 6-6b, 6-8b and 7-2. The penalty for (A) and (B) is disqualification. The penalty for (C) in
stroke play is two strokes.
129 FALSE - Rule 7-1b. Before a round or play-off on any day of a stroke-play competition, a competitor must
not practice on the competition course or test the surface of any putting green on the course.
130 TRUE - Rule 7-2. Between the play of two holes…a player may practice putting or chipping on or near
the putting green of the hole last played…provided that a practice stroke is not made from a
hazard and does not unduly delay play.
131 FALSE – Rule 15-1. A player must hole out with the ball played from the teeing ground unless a Rule
permits him to substitute another ball.
132 TRUE - Rule 12-1. A player is not necessarily entitled to see his ball when making a stroke.
133 B - Rule 11-4b. If a competitor, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside the teeing ground, he
incurs a penalty of two strokes and must then play a ball from within the teeing ground.

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134 YES - Definition: Stroke, Definition: Ball in Play, and Rule 18-2a. A “stroke” is the forward movement
of the club made with the intention of striking at and moving the ball. A ball is “in play” as soon
as the player has made a stroke on the teeing ground. When a player’s ball is in play…if the
player…causes the ball to move…, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke and the ball must be
replaced.
135 A - Rule 13-4. ...the player must not…touch the ground in the hazard with a club... Penalty for
breach of Rule: Stroke play - two strokes.
136 FALSE - Rule 28 and Decision 28/1. A player may proceed under the stroke-and-distance option (Rule
28a) without finding his ball. However, since Rules 28b and 28c require reference to where the
ball lay, the player must find and identify his ball in order to proceed under either of these
options.
137 NO - Rule 15-3. Strokes made by a competitor with a wrong ball do not count in his score.
138 C - Rule 15-3. If a competitor makes a stroke or strokes at a wrong ball, he incurs a penalty of two
strokes... The competitor must correct his mistake by playing the correct ball.
139 FALSE - Rule 16-1c. The player may repair an old hole plug or damage to the putting green caused by the
impact of a ball…any other damage to the putting green must not be repaired…Penalty: Match
Play – Loss of hole; Stroke Play - Two strokes.
140 B - Rule 16-2. ...an additional ten seconds to determine whether the ball is at rest.
141 TRUE - Rule 17-3c. The player’s ball must not strike the flagstick in the hole, unattended, when the
stroke has been made on the putting green. Penalty in stroke play - two strokes and play the ball
as it lies.
142 TRUE - Rule 19-2. If a player’s ball is accidentally deflected or stopped by himself…or either of their
caddies or equipment, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke. The ball must be played as it lies.
143 D - Rule 19-3. If a player’s ball is accidentally deflected or stopped by an opponent…or his
equipment, there is no penalty. The player may...cancel the stroke and play a ball as nearly as
possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played or he may play the ball as it lies.
144 A - Rule 20-2c. A dropped ball must be re-dropped without penalty if it…(iv) rolls and comes to rest
out of bounds. If, when re-dropped, the same thing happens, the ball is placed as near as
possible to the spot where it first struck a part of the course when re-dropped.
145 TRUE - Definition: Loose Impediments
146 FALSE - Rule 24-2. …the player must lift the ball and drop it within one club-length of...
147 NO - Rule 24-2, Note 1. If a ball is in a water hazard the player may not take relief....
148 YES - Rule 25-1b and Definition: Abnormal Ground Condition. A player may take relief from
interference by an abnormal ground condition. An “abnormal ground condition” is… a runway
on the course made by a burrowing animal...
149 YES - Rule 25-2. A ball embedded in its own pitch mark...may be lifted, cleaned, and dropped without
penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it lay...
150 FALSE - Rule 25-3. The player must take relief, without penalty. The player must lift the ball and drop it
within one club-length of and not nearer the hole than the nearest point of relief.