March 2025Rules of Golf

Quiz 1TitleTest your knowledge on the Rules of Golf with these three questions1) A ball is lost if not found in three minutes after the player, partner or their caddies begin searching for it; time spent playing a wrong ball does not count in this three-minute period.

True

False

2) A player's ball lies on the putting green immediately behind a ball-mark on the putting green caused by the impact of their ball. In the process of repairing the ball-mark, the player accidentally causes their ball to move and replaces it before their next stroke. What is the ruling?

There is no penalty.

There is a one-stroke penalty.

The player gets the general penalty.

3) In stroke play, two players strike their balls into the same area of high grass. Two balls are found, but because there are no identifying marks on either ball, neither of the players can identify a ball as theirs. What is the ruling?

There is no penalty and each must choose which of the balls to play using a random method.

Each player must proceed under stroke-and-distance because both balls are lost.

Each player gets a one-stroke penalty for not putting an identifying mark on their ball and must choose which of the balls to play using a random method.

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