Q 01/05

How many clubs may a golfer carry under Rule 4, a limit whose stroke-play penalty maxes out at four shots a round?

A) 14

B) 16

C) 18

D) 20

Answer · why

A) 14

Carrying 14 clubs is the ceiling, and a player who finds a 15th must take it out of play before the next shot; in match play the penalty is one hole d...

Q 02/05

How long may a golfer search before a ball is lost under the 2019 Rules, down from the old five-minute limit?

A) Two minutes

B) Three minutes

C) Four minutes

D) Twenty minutes

Answer · why

B) Three minutes

Three minutes is all the Rules allow, and the clock starts when the player or caddie begins to search, so the time spent walking forward to the area i...

Q 03/05

Where must a golfer release the ball for a drop under the 2019 Rules of Golf, which scrapped the shoulder-high method?

A) Waist height

B) Hip height

C) Knee height

D) Chest height

Answer · why

C) Knee height

Knee height is the rule, and the ball must fall straight down without touching the player or any equipment; if it twice rolls out of the relief area, ...

Q 04/05

Which colour denotes a penalty area offering lateral relief under Rule 17, an option yellow-staked water does not give?

A) Red

B) Blue

C) White

D) Black

Answer · why

A) Red

Red stakes let a golfer drop to the side of where the ball crossed the edge for one penalty shot, and since 2019 such areas need not even hold water, ...

Q 05/05

Which rule, forcing chips over an opponent's ball on the green, died with the joint R&A and USGA rulebook of 1952?

A) The gimme

B) The stymie

C) The mulligan

D) The nassau

Answer · why

B) The stymie

The stymie applied only when the balls lay more than 15 centimetres apart, so a blocked player had to loft over or putt around the obstruction; today ...