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The Rules the player is advised by player A that she is not permitted to add or replace clubs just because she is putting poorly. Accordingly, she replaces the second putter with her original putter and leaves the second putter at the clubhouse. Assuming that a timely claim is made, what is the ruling? a. Player B wins the hole as player A gave advice. b. At the completion of the 10th hole, the state of the match is adjusted by deducting one hole from player B. c. There is no penalty to either player. d. Both players are disqualified for agreeing to waive the rules. 6. The Committee has adopted the local rule allowing competitors to use distance-measuring devices. A player begins a round with a distance-measuring device which has a feature that allows it to measure slope, however this feature is turned off. The player uses the device for approach shots on the first and second holes. What penalty, if any is incurred? a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. The player is disqualified. A’s ball comes to rest in the water hazard. Before player B plays, he asks player A what he is going to do and player A tells him that he is going to proceed under Rule 26-1b. After player B plays, player A changes his mind and decides to play the ball as it lies in the water hazard. Assuming player B makes a timely claim, what penalty, if any, does player A incur? a. Player A incurs no penalty. b. Player A incurs a onestroke penalty. c. Player A incurs a loss of hole penalty. d. Player A is disqualified. 9. In stroke play, a player’s ball lies in a water hazard. The player, unaware she is in a hazard, grounds her club lightly behind the ball in the hazard, grounds his club lightly behind the ball in the hazard and the ball immediately moves. What is the ruling? a. The player incurs a onestroke penalty and must replace the ball. b. The player incurs a twostroke penalty and must play the ball as it lies. c. The player incurs a twostroke penalty and must replace the ball. d. The player incurs a total penalty of three strokes and must replace the ball. 10. In a match between A and B on the par 3 seventh hole, A, who has the honor, makes a hole-in-one. He then tells his opponent, B, that he hit a six iron and that B should therefore hit a five iron. Player B makes a stroke from the teeing ground and the ball sails over the putting green. Player B picks up his ball and heads to the next teeing ground, but before either player makes a stroke from the eighth teeing ground B makes a valid claim. What is the ruling? a. Player A wins the seventh hole. b. Player B wins the seventh hole. c. The hole is halved. d. Player A is disqualified. 11. In match play, player A’s ball comes to rest next to a rock wall that has been deemed an integral part of the course by the Committee. He lifts his ball, intending to take relief under Rule 24-2, and drops it less than one club-length, no closer to the hole, from the wall at a point where his lie of ball, stance or area of intended swing are no longer affected by the wall. His opponent, player B, witnesses this entire procedure but says nothing at the time. Player B holes out in 5 strokes, then player A holes out in 4 strokes. Before either player tees off on the next hole, Player B makes a claim (following the correct procedure in Rule 2-5) regarding player A’s drop away from the wall and states that he wants a ruling. How should the Committee rule? a. Player B is disqualified for agreeing to waive the Rules. b. Since player B witnessed everything player A did, the claim was not valid and the hole stands as played. c. Player A was not entitled to 7. Which of the following is not equipment of player A? a. A sand bottle being held by his caddie. b. A glove used to mark his ball that has been lifted. c. A rake that his caddie has just used and placed on the ground. d. A towel shared by player A and player B that is currently being used by player B. 8. In a match between A and B, player B hits his tee shot just short of a water hazard that crosses the fairway. Player vsga.org QUESTION 9 J U LY /A U G U ST | V I R G I N I A G O L F E R 13