Rules: Bumper 18 - question rapid-fire quiz
1. Your ball lies close to a wrong green such that you would have to stand on the wrong green to play the shot. You must take free relief from the wrong green. True or false?？
True
2. Which of the following is NOT allowed when your ball is in a penalty area? A. Removing stones and leaves in the penalty area. B. Touching water with your backswing for a shot. C. Taking free relief from an animal hole.？
C. You are not entitled to free relief from an animal hole within a penalty area.
3. On the putting green, you make a stroke with the flagstick left in the hole and the ball in motion then hits the flagstick. What is the ruling？ A. No penalty. B. One penalty stroke. C. General penalty (two strokes or loss of hole).
A. There is no penalty for hitting a flagstick left in the hole.
4. When taking relief from a cart path, you drop your ball for the first time. The ball lands inside the relief area but comes to rest outside the relief area. What do you need to do next? A. Play the ball from there. B. Drop a ball in the relief for a second time. C. Place the ball on a tee so it is easier to hit.？
B. You must drop the ball in the relief area a second time so that it comes to rest inside the relief area.
5. Other than in a bunker, a player may ground the club lightly in front of or behind the ball but they are not allowed to press the club into the ground. True or false?？
True
6. When taking relief under a Rule requiring a drop, the ball must be dropped from knee height with the arm fully extended out from the body. True or false?？
False
7. Which of the following is one of the five areas of the course? A. The general area B. The fairway C. Water hazards？
A. The general area. The other four areas of the course are the teeing area, penalty areas, bunkers and putting green.
8. When are you allowed to remove sand and loose soil without penalty? A. In the general area and on the putting green. B. Only in the general area. C. Only on the putting green.？
C. You are only permitted to remove sand and loose soil without penalty on the putting green.
9. Before playing a shot from some long grass, a player removes some loose impediments from around the ball. In doing so, the player causes the ball to move. What is the ruling? A. There is no penalty but the ball must be replaced. B. The player gets one penalty stroke and the ball must be replaced. C. The player gets two penalty strokes and the ball must be replaced.？
B. The player is penalised one stroke for causing the ball to move and the ball must be replaced to its original position.
10. Which of the following may you remove without penalty before playing your ball in a bunker? A. You may remove loose impediments but not moveable obstructions in the bunker. B. You may remove moveable obstructions but not loose impediments in the bunker. C. You may remove loose impediments and moveable obstructions in the bunker.？
C. You are now permitted to remove both loose impediments and moveable obstructions in a bunker.
11. A player lifts their ball on the putting green with the intention to replace it without first marking the position of the ball. What is the penalty? A. No penalty. B. One penalty stroke. C. Two penalty strokes.
B. A player is penalised one penalty stroke for moving their ball on the putting green without first marking its position.
12. When taking relief from a red penalty area, when do you have a two club-length relief area in which to drop? A. Stroke-and-distance relief. B. Back-on-the-line relief. C. Lateral relief.
C. Only when you take lateral relief from a red penalty area do you have a two club-length relief area in which to drop in.
13. In which of the following situations are you never allowed to touch the sand in a bunker? A. Leaning on a club in the sand while you are waiting to play your shot. B. Raking the sand for care of the course before you play out of the bunker. C. Touching the sand right behind your ball before you start your backswing.
C. You are not permitted to touch the sand behind your ball prior to starting your backswing.
14. When taking lateral relief for an unplayable ball, the two club-length relief area is measured from the nearest point of complete relief. True or false?
False. When taking lateral relief for an unplayable ball (Rule 19), the two club-length relief area is measured from the spot of the original ball, not the nearest point of complete relief. The relief area is measured from this spot, no closer to the hole, in the general area.
15. As a player is about to replace their ball on the green, they accidentally drop the ball on their ball marker which causes the marker to move. What is the ruling? A. There is no penalty and the ball or ball marker must be replaced on its original spot. B. The player gets two penalty strokes and the ball or ball marker must be replaced on its original spot. C. The player gets one penalty stroke and the ball or ball marker must be replaced on its original spot.
A. There is no penalty providing the ball marker or ball is replaced on its original spot.
16. In stroke-play, when playing out of a bad lie, a player accidentally hits the ball a second time on their follow through. What is the ruling? A. The double hit counts as only one stroke and there is no penalty. B. The double hit counts as two strokes but there is no additional penalty. C. The double hit counts as one stroke but the player gets an additional one penalty stroke.
A. There is no penalty and the double hit counts as just one stroke.
17. Player B’s ball was lying badly in deep rough. Player A said to player B: “You have no shot at all. If I were you, I would declare the ball unplayable.” What is the ruling? A. A gets two penalty strokes for giving advice. If Player B follows that advice they also get two penalty strokes. B. Player A gave player B information on the Rules, so no penalty. C. As Player A’s advice could have influenced Player B in determining his play, A gets two penalty strokes. Player B is not penalised.
C. As Player A’s advice could have influenced Player B in determining his play, A gets two penalty strokes. Player B is not penalised.
18. A player is asked to lift their ball which lies just off the putting green as it is on their opponent’s line of play. The player is allowed to clean their ball without penalty. True or false?
False