Test your knowledge

1 Fergus tees off on the 1st hole with his stance taken outside the teeing area. What is the ruling?

A There is no penalty.

B Fergus gets one penalty stroke and must replay

the stroke.

C Fergus gets one penalty stroke and must play the

ball as it lies. 2 Fergus’ tee shot comes to rest with half of the ball touching the course and half resting on a white line defining out of bounds. He makes his next stroke. What is the ruling?

A There is no penalty.

B Fergus gets the general penalty and must play the

ball as it lies.

C Fergus gets the general penalty and must also take

a further penalty stroke and return to the tee. 3 In match play, Jezz assumes he has won the hole and picks up his ball marker without Fergus having conceded his next stroke. What is the ruling?

A There is no penalty and the ball marker is replaced. B Jezz gets one penalty stroke and must replace

his ball marker to continue play of the hole.

C Jezz gets the general penalty (loss of hole). 4 In stroke play, Jezz’s ball lies on an old drainage slit. He believes he is entitled to relief so drops a ball within one club-length of his nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole, and plays. What is the ruling?

A There is no penalty.

B Jezz gets one penalty stroke.

C Jezz gets the general penalty (two strokes).