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1. _____ A competitor is responsible for the addition of scores on his/her card.
2.______ Through the green, sand and loose soil are loose impeditments.
3.______ If a player’s ball at rest is moved by another ball, the moved
ball must be
4. _____ In exceptional individual cases, including a serious breach of
etiquette, the
committee may disqualify a player.
5. _____ A second ball is the same as a provisional ball.
6. _____ A player may repair a ball mark on the putting green only if
the ball lies
7. _____ If
a competitor plays a second ball in accordance with Rule 3-3, she/he
must
report the facts of the situation to the Committee before returning
her/his scorecard. If she/he fails to do so, she/he is disqualified.
8.______ There is no penalty hitting a wrong ball out of the Hazard.
9.______ A player, out of necessity, is entitled to see the ball when playing a stroke.
10._____ Information on the Rules of Golf is not considered advice.
11._____ Nearest point of relief plus one club length is for relief from obstructions.
13.______ A player’s 5 iron is damaged in the “normal course of play”
and is unfit
for
play. If the player chooses to replace the club, it must be replaced with
14.______ There is a one stroke penalty
if the ball strikes the player or his
.
15.______ A ball is unfit for play if its surface is scratched or
scraped or its paint is
1. F 33-4 In stroke play , the Committee is responsible for the addition of scores and that application of the handicap recorded on the score card.
2. F
Definitions: Loose Impediments
"Loose impediments" are natural objects including:
· stones, leaves, twigs, branches and the like,
· dung, and
· worms, insects and the like, and the casts and heaps made by them,
provided they are not:
· fixed or growing,
· solidly embedded, or
· adhering to the ball.
Sand and loose soil are loose impediments on the putting green, but not elsewhere.
Snow and natural ice, other than frost, are either casual water or loose impediments, at the option of the player.
Dew and frost are not loose impediments.
3. T 18-5 If a ball I play and at rest is moved by another ball in motion after a stroke, the moved ball must be replaced.
4. T 33-7 If a committee considers that a player is guilty of a serious breach of etiquette, it may impose a penalty of disqualification under this Rule.
5.
F 3-3 Doubt as to procedure Note
2: A second ball played under Rule 3-3 is not a
provisional ball under Rule 27-2.
6.
F 16-1 C c. Repair of Hole
Plugs, Ball Marks and Other Damage
The player may repair an old hole plug or damage to the putting green caused by the impact of a ball, whether or not the player's ball lies on the putting green.
8. F 15-3 Wrong Ball b. Stroke play. If a competitor makes a stroke or strokes at a wrong ball, he incurs a penalty of two strokes.
9. F 12-1 Searching for Ball: Seeing Ball A player is not necessarily entitled to see his ball when making a stroke.
10. T
Definitions: Advice
"Advice" is any counsel or suggestion that could influence a
player in determining his play, the choice of a club or the method of making a stroke.
Information on the Rules, distance or matters of public information, such as the position of hazards or the flagstick on the putting green, is not advice.
11. T Nearest
Point of Relief
The "nearest point of relief" is the reference
point for taking relief without penalty from interference by an immovable obstruction
(Rule 24-2), an abnormal ground condition">abnormal
ground condition (Rule 25-1) or a wrong putting green
(Rule 25-3).
It is the point on the course nearest to where the ball lies:
(i) that is not nearer the hole, and
(ii) where, if the ball were so positioned, no interference by the condition from which relief is sought would exist for the stroke the player would have made from the original position if the condition were not there.
Note: In order to determine the nearest point of relief accurately, the player should use the club with which he would have made his next stroke if the condition were not there to simulate the address position, direction of play and swing for such a stroke.
12. F 26-1 c. As additional options available only if the ball last crossed the margin of a lateral water hazard, drop a ball outside the water hazard within two club-lengths of and not nearer the hole than (i) the point where the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard or (ii) a point on the opposite margin of the water hazard equidistant from the hole.
13. F 4-3 a.
Damage in Normal Course of Play
If, during a stipulated round, a player's club is damaged
in the normal course of play, he may:
(i) use the club in its
damaged state for the remainder of the stipulated round; or
(ii) without unduly delaying play, repair it or have
it repaired; or
(iii) as an additional
option available only if the club is unfit for play, replace the damaged club with any club. The
replacement of a club must not unduly delay play and must not be made by
borrowing any club selected for play by any other person playing on the course.
14. T 19-2 By player, partner, caddie or equipment: If a player's ball is accidentally deflected or stopped by himself, his partner or either of their caddies or equipment, the player incurs a penalty of one stroke. The ball must be played as it lies, except when it comes to rest in or on the player's, his partner's or either of their caddies' clothes or equipment, in which case the ball must through the green or in a hazard be dropped, or on the putting green be placed, as near as possible to the spot directly under the place where the ball came to rest in or on the article, but not nearer the hole.
15. F 5-3 A ball is unfit for play if it is visibly cut, cracked or out of shape. A ball is not unfit for play solely because mud or other materials adhere to it, its surface is scratched or scraped or its paint is damaged or discolored.