Puzzles
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Archived Puzzles
| Puzzle No. | Question 1 | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | If your ball at rest is moved by wind, what must you do? | Solve |
| 2 | Ball lies in a yellow penalty area. Which relief is NOT allowed? | Solve |
| 3 | From ground under repair, where must you drop for free relief? | Solve |
| 4 | If your ball may be lost or out of bounds, what may you play to save time? | Solve |
| 5 | A ball at rest on the putting green is accidentally moved by an opponent. What must you do? | Solve |
| 6 | Which relief options may be used when the ball is in a red penalty area? | Solve |
| 7 | Ball deflected by your caddie. What's the ruling? | Solve |
| 8 | Penalty for making a stroke at a wrong ball in stroke play? | Solve |
| 9 | If a player's ball at rest in the general area is moved by the wind, what is the ruling? | Solve |
| 10 | If you cause your ball at rest to move, what is the penalty in stroke play? | Solve |
| 11 | When your ball lies in a penalty area, may you play it as it lies? | Solve |
| 12 | Stableford. Par 4, no handicap stroke. After 7 strokes and not holed, player picks up and leaves green. Ruling? | Solve |
| 13 | In a team competition, what forms of play may the Committee use? | Solve |
| 14 | Ball in general area at rest. Removing a nearby leaf causes it to move. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 15 | Stroke play. Ball at rest in a penalty area against a plastic bottle. Player removes bottle and ball moves. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 16 | Ball rests on a towel (movable obstruction) on the putting green. What must the player do? | Solve |
| 17 | Ball found in deep rough in bounds. Before next stroke, may the player choose stroke-and-distance, and how to proceed? | Solve |
| 18 | Stroke play, two rounds same day, no Local Rule. Between rounds, may a player putt on a course green? | Solve |
| 19 | Searching in rough, player accidentally moves their ball at rest. Ruling? | Solve |
| 20 | On the putting green, with the ball not damaged, a player marks, lifts to clean, then wants to substitute a different ball without taking relief. What is allowed? | Solve |
| 21 | After a tee shot, the ball comes to rest in the same teeing area. What may the player do without penalty? | Solve |
| 22 | Match play: B asks A for count. A says '3' but had a 1-stroke penalty (actually '4'). B putts, then A corrects. Ruling on A? | Solve |
| 23 | Ball at rest in a penalty area. May the player take unplayable ball relief under Rule 19? | Solve |
| 24 | Four-ball stroke play: A holes out for 4, B picks up. Card shows only "A–4" for that hole. Is that acceptable? | Solve |
| 25 | Ball in general area in a footprint; no abnormal condition or relief option. What does Rule 1.1's principle require? | Solve |
| 26 | Ball may be lost outside a penalty area. Player announces and plays a provisional, then plays it again from nearer the hole than the original’s estimated spot. Which ball is in play? | Solve |
| 27 | Per Rule 1.1, golf is played by doing what? | Solve |