DECEMBER'S GOLF RULE QUIZ - ANSWERS
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Q1. A Temporary Water Abnormal Course Condition (ACC) is only identifiable when water is visible before a player takes their stance.
A. True
B. False
Definition of Temporary Water:
Any temporary accumulation of water on the surface of the ground (such as puddles from rain or irrigation or an overflow from a body of water) that:
- Is not in a penalty area, and
- Can be seen before or after the player takes a stance (without pressing down excessively with their feet).
Q2. A player’s ball can be seen in Temporary Water ACC in the General Area next to a bush which affects the player’s ability to make a stroke. The player is allowed free relief from the ACC.
A. True
B. False
Rule 16.1a(3)
There is no relief under Rule 16.1:
- When playing the ball as it lies is clearly unreasonable because of something from which the player is not allowed to take free relief (such as when a player is unable to make a stroke because of where the ball lies in a bush), or
- When interference exists only because a player chooses a club, type of stance or swing or direction of play that is clearly unreasonable under the circumstances.
Q3. A player’s ball lands in an area of Temporary Water ACC in the General Area. The ball can’t be found, but it’s Virtually Certain that the ball landed in the ACC. How may the player proceed?
A. Free relief at the nearest point not in the ACC from where the ball is estimated to have landed?
B. Free relief not in the ACC from where the ball is estimated to have crossed the edge of the ACC?
C. One stroke penalty relief at the nearest point not in the ACC from where the ball is estimated to have landed.
Rule 16.1e
If a player’s ball has not been found and it is known or virtually certain that the ball came to rest in or on an abnormal course condition on the course, the player may use this relief option instead of taking stroke-and-distance relief:
- The player may take relief under Rule 16.1b, c or d, using the estimated point where the ball last crossed the edge of the abnormal course condition on the course as the spot of the ball for purposes of finding the nearest point of complete relief.
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