BASIC ( All answers are true or false ) 1 . Dew , frost and water are loose impediments .

2 . Yellow penalty areas have two relief options ; red penalty areas have three relief options .

3 . If a player decides his or her ball in a bunker is unplayable , there are two options that require the ball to be dropped in the bunker and only one option that allows relief outside the bunker .

4 . Stakes used to show the location of the boundary edge of out of bounds are obstructions .

5 . During the round , a player may wrap a towel around the grip to help with gripping a club .

6 . In Foursome play , the player ’ s ball must be dropped only by the player who is to make the next stroke ; no one else , including a partner , may do so even if authorized .

INTERMEDIATE 1 . In Four-Ball stroke play with side A-B , A picks up while B completes the hole . The marker attributes the score for the hole to A and records no score for B . The better ball score is correct . The scorecard

is certified and returned to the Committee . What is the ruling ? a . The Committee should accept without penalty the scorecard as returned , since the better ball score of the side was correct . b . The Committee should correct the error by entering the correct score into the proper box on the scorecard and waive the disqualification penalty . c . The Committee must disqualify the side , since there was no score recorded for B whose score was to count .

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