FEBRUARY'S GOLF RULE QUIZ - ANSWERS
Thank you to everyone who responded with answers to February’s Rules Quiz. Below are the answers with explanations and Rule references.
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Q1. After playing their first shot from the 6th tee, a player’s ball finishes in a dried out deep vehicle track left by a groundkeeper’s tractor. Free relief from this situation is allowed.
A. True
B. False
Definition; Ground Under Repair/1 - Examples of damage that is not ground under repair by default include:
- A rut made by a tractor.
The committee can declare an area GUR within the Local Rules, which we have for around the 9th and behind the 18th. In addition, a tractor mark or rut can be temporarily marked as GUR.
Q2. Two players play from the first tee, both using PRO V1 balls numbered ‘3’ and with no personal markings. One ball is 30 yards further than the other and both players insist the longer ball is theirs. How do they proceed?
A. Both are disqualified
B. Both must return to the tee and play their third strokes
C. Both must return to the tee and replay their first strokes
Rule 8.2a/1 - A ball is lost if not found in three minutes after the player or their caddie begins to search for it. If a ball is found in that time but it is uncertain whether it is the player’s ball:
- The player must promptly attempt to identify the ball (see Rule 7.2) and is allowed a reasonable time to do so, even if that happens after the three-minute search time has ended.
If the player does not identify their ball in that reasonable time, the ball is lost.
Rule 7.2 - A player’s ball at rest may be identified in any one of these ways:
- By seeing the player’s identifying mark on the ball, but this does not apply if an identical ball with an identical identifying mark is also found in the same area.
- By finding a ball with the same brand, model, number and condition as the player’s ball in an area where the player’s ball is expected to be, but this does not apply if an identical ball is in the same area and there is no way to know which one is the player’s ball.
Q3. Searching for her ball in leaves, a player accidentally kicks her ball. She replaces it back on the correct spot, but doesn’t replace the leaves. What is the outcome?
A. There is no penalty
B. One stroke penalty for causing the ball to move
C. General Penalty for improving the ball’s lie
Rule 7.4 and Clarification 7.4/1. There is no penalty for accidentally moving the ball while trying to find it. In replacing the ball, the player is not required to replace loose impediments.
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