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1. A competitor plays a chip
shot from the bottom of a steep
slope (through the green),
with a lateral water hazard just
behind her. The chip shot briefly stops on the putting green,
then begins to roll back down
the slope. The player walks
towards the ball and swings the
club forward in disgust with the
intent to strike the moving ball.
She hits the ball and it comes to
rest on the putting green. The
ball likely would have come to
rest in the lateral water hazard
if she had not hit the moving
ball. What is the ruling?
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a. The player incurs a onestroke penalty and must
play the ball as it lies.
b. The player incurs a twostroke penalty and must
play the ball as it lies.
c. The player incurs a twostroke penalty and must
place the ball at the point
which she struck it while
it was moving.
d. The player is
disqualified.
2. During a stipulated round, a
competitor uses a rod to check
her swing plane. She does so
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while waiting to play to the 5th
putting green, but takes five
practice swings using the rod.
She does not use the rod any
more during the course of the
round. What penalty, if any,
does she incur?
a. There is no penalty as
long as she does not use it
during a stroke.
b. The competitor incurs a
one-stroke penalty on the
5th hole.
c. The competitor incurs a
two-stroke penalty on the
5th hole.
d. The player is disqualified.
4. A competitor’s ball lies
through the green near a
boundary stake. In order to
fairly take a stance, the player leans against the boundary
stake and moves it several
inches. There is also a garden
hose lying out of bounds which
interferes with the player’s area
of intended stance. As it is easily moved, the player picks it
up and moves it out of the way.
How many penalty strokes, if
any, does the player incur?
a. 0
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
5. Player A is playing a match
against player B. Player B, who
started the round with 14 clubs,
is putting poorly. Between the
play of holes 9 and 10, and without unduly delaying play, player
B takes her putter out of her
bag and replaces it with another putter from her locker. On
the 10th tee, but before player
B makes a stroke with any club,
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3. In stroke play, player A is on
the fringe (through the green)
40 feet from the hole and player B is on the putting green 30
feet from th