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Newsletter Quiz Answers 2009

Question 1 - A player may not touch loose impediments in a bunker when searching for a ball lost in a bunker.

False

Question 2 - In stroke play, on the final green Player A putts to two inches and his fellow-competitor knocks the ball away from the hole and says “That’s good enough.” The players leave the putting green and go into the clubhouse to return their cards. Player A is disqualified.

True


Question 3 - The line of putt is the line which the player wishes his ball to take after a stroke with his putter

False


Question 4 - A player is entitled to take free relief from an immovable obstruction that is twenty metres away on his line of play

False


Question 5 - In a foursomes competition, C and D are partners. Prior to playing the side's second stroke from the fairway, D moves the ball after he has addressed it. Player C must now play the second stroke.

False

Question 6 - The margin of a bunker extends vertically downwards, but not upwards
True


Question 7 - A player is entitled to free relief from a burrowing animal hole in a water hazard

False

Question 8 - A ball is in a water hazard when it touches the outside edge of a stake defining the water hazard

True


Question 9 - If a ball, when not in play, is knocked off a tee by the player in addressing it, it may be re-teed without penalty.

True


Question 10 - A ball is outside the teeing ground when any part of it lies outside the teeing ground.

False