2019 Rules of Golf
1: On the putting green, you make a stroke with the flagstick left in the hole and the ball in motion then hits the flagstick. What is the ruling?
A – No penalty.
B – One penalty stroke.
C – General penalty (two strokes or loss of hole).
2: Before making a stroke in the bunker, you touch the sand with your club on your backswing. What is the ruling?
A – No penalty.
B – One penalty stroke.
C – General penalty (two strokes or loss of hole).
3: In searching for your ball, you accidentally move it in the long grass. What is the ruling?
A – No penalty and the ball is played as it lies.
B – No penalty and the ball must be replaced.
C – One penalty stroke and the ball must be replaced.
4: When taking relief from an abnormal course condition, the ball must be dropped in:
A – A relief area of one club-length and can roll up to two club-lengths.
B – A relief area of one club-length and must come to rest within the relief area.
C – A relief area of two club-lengths and must come to rest within the relief area.
5: The Rules recommend that you should make a stroke in no more than:
A – 30 seconds.
B – 40 seconds.
C – 50 seconds.
6: When playing your ball from a penalty area, you can:
A – Touch or remove loose impediments.
B – Ground your club and take practice swings.
C – All of the above.
7: If a penalty area is marked with red lines and/or stakes, how many options for relief do you have:
A – 2
B – 3
C – 4
8:You are entitled to take unplayable ball relief when the ball is:
A – Anywhere on the course, including a penalty area.
B – Anywhere out of bounds.
C – Anywhere on the course, except in a penalty area.
9: When your ball is in a bunker, you can drop the ball outside the bunker by:
A – Taking lateral relief for two penalty strokes.
B – Back-on-the-line for two penalty strokes.
C – It is not permissible to drop the ball outside the bunker.
10: In determining if your ball is in a penalty area, whether your ball has moved or what caused the ball to move, you must be:
A – 50% certain as to what happened to the ball.
B – 95% certain as to what happened to the ball.
C – 100% certain as to what happened to the ball.
