Quiz answers

1. B - Under Rule 15.1b, if a player’s removal of a loose impediment causes his or her ball to move, the ball must be replaced on its original spot (which, if not known, must be estimated). 2. C - Under Rule 8.1a, a player must not move, bend or break any boundary object, although Jezz could have avoided the penalty if he had replaced it to its original position before playing. 3. C - Fergus gets the general penalty (two strokes) under Rule 14.7 for playing from a wrong place plus the initial one-stroke penalty for taking relief from the penalty area (Rule 17). Because it would have been a serious breach, he must correct the mistake by playing out the hole with a ball played from a right place. 4. A - Under Rule 6.2b, before making a stroke, the player may alter the surface of the ground in the teeing area by moving, bending or breaking grass, weeds and other natural objects that are attached or growing in the ground in the teeing area.

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