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Golf Quiz
1) Should the player repair pitchmarks on the putting green?

  -1- Only his own pitchmark.
  -2- In any case, his own pitch mark and possibly also pitch marks caused by other players without delaying play.
  -3- No.

2) Animal waste is an obstruction:

  -1- True
  -2- False

3) When defined by yellow or red stakes, the edge of a penalty area:

  -1- Extends both up above and down below the ground, between the fairway points of the stakes.
  -2- Is defined by the perpendicular plane down below the ground, between the fairway points of the stakes.
  -3- Is defined by the perpendicular plane up above the ground, between the fairway points of the stakes.

4) In stroke play, a player holes out in 5 strokes. He incurs a one-stroke penalty on this hole and then an additional two-stroke penalty. The score on this hole is:

  -1- 8
  -2- 5
  -3- 7
  -4- 6

5) What is the general penalty in match play?

  -1- Disqualification.
  -2- Two penalty strokes.
  -3- Loss of hole.

6) A player’s ball cannot be found in an immovable obstruction in a penalty area. What must the player do?

  -1- The player must drop a ball without penalty outside the penalty area.
  -2- The player must apply Rule 17.1c.
  -3- The player must apply Rule 14.6 without penalty.

7) If the caddie breaches a Rule, the player incurs the applicable penalty.

  -1- False
  -2- True
  -3- True only in match play

8) In stroke play, a player arrives at hole 1, 4 minutes after his/her starting time.

  -1- The player gets a 2-stroke penalty applied to his/her first hole.
  -2- The player is disqualified.

9) A player repairs an old hole plug on his line of play.

  -1- The player gets two penalty strokes for touching his line of play.
  -2- The player gets one penalty stroke for touching his line of play.
  -3- There is no penalty.


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