JANUARY'S GOLF RULE QUIZ - ANSWERS
Thank you to everyone who responded with answers to January's Rules Quiz. Below are the answers with explanations and Rule references.
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Q1. Before their stroke with the unattended flagstick in the hole, the player may leave the flagstick as they find it in the hole or centre the flagstick in the hole.
A. True
B. False
13.2a(1) The player may make a stroke with the flagstick left in the hole, so that it is possible for the ball in motion to hit the flagstick.The player must decide this before making the stroke, by either:
-Leaving the flagstick where it is in the hole or moving it so that it is centred in the hole and leaving it there, or
-Having a removed flagstick put back in the hole.
In either case:
-The player must not try to gain an advantage by deliberately moving the flagstick to a position other than centred in the hole.
-If the player does so and the ball in motion then hits the flagstick, they get the general penalty.
Q2. A player accidentally moves their ball, NOT on the putting green, while marking a ball under the Rules. What is the outcome?
A. No penalty
B. One stroke penalty
C. Two stroke penalty
9.4b If the player lifts or deliberately touches their ball at rest or causes it to move, the player gets one penalty stroke.
Exception 4 – Accidental Movement Anywhere Except on Putting Green While Applying Rule: There is no penalty when the player accidentally causes the ball to move anywhere except on the putting green while taking reasonable actions to:
Mark the spot of the ball or lift or replace the ball, when allowed to do so (see Rules 14.1 and 14.2),
Q3. A ball at rest after taking relief in the General Area, then rolls into a water hazard due to natural causes. How must the player proceed?
A. Either play it as it lies with no penalty or replace it with one stroke penalty.
B. They must replace it and there is a one stroke penalty.
C. They must replace it and there is no penalty.
9.3 If natural forces (such as wind or water) cause a player’s ball at rest to move:
-There is no penalty, and
-The ball must be played from its new spot.
Exception 2 – Ball at Rest Must Be Replaced If It Moves to Another Area of the Course or Out of Bounds After Being Dropped, Placed or Replaced: If the player puts the original ball or another ball into play by dropping, placing or replacing it, and natural forces cause the ball at rest to move and come to rest in another area of the course or out of bounds, the ball must be replaced on its original spot (which if not known must be estimated) (see Rule 14.2).
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