Quiz answers

1. C - Under Rule 14.7, as there was no serious breach (advantage gained), the player must play out the hole with the ball played from a wrong place without correcting the mistake, but still gets a two-stroke penalty for doing so.

2. B - Under Rule 6.1, a player has started a hole only when he or she makes a stroke to begin the hole. As the practice swing was not a stroke, the ball was not yet in play. 3. A - Under Rule 12.2b, there is no penalty for touching sand in a bunker when measuring, marking, lifting, replacing or taking other actions permitted under another Rule.

4. A - Rule 13.1c allows players to improve the surface of the putting green by repairing damage (including spike marks) without penalty.

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