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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 |
| 28 | In stroke play, once it’s your turn and you’re able to play, what is the recommended maximum time to make a stroke? | Solve |
| 29 | After a tee shot, the ball hits a marker and stops still in the teeing area. What is allowed? | Solve |
| 30 | Putting green, before a stroke, a player uses a smartphone level app to gauge the slope. Is this allowed? | Solve |
| 31 | No Code of Conduct exists. In stroke play, a player fails to repair a ball mark. What penalty may the Committee impose? | Solve |
| 32 | A and B use identical brand/model/number. In rough where both hit, a matching ball with no mark is found. No one saw it come to rest. Is it identified as A’s ball? | Solve |
| 33 | Ball lies in a no play zone inside a penalty area. What must the player do? | Solve |
| 34 | Ball at rest in the general area (not on green, not lifted/placed). Wind moves it into rough. What should the player do? | Solve |
| 35 | It is not known or virtually certain if a ball has moved to a new spot. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 36 | Stroke play, assigned to a threesome. After hole 4, Alex splits off to play alone without Committee approval. Outcome? | Solve |
| 37 | Ball overhanging the hole; after the player reaches the hole and before 10 seconds elapse, a spectator lifts it. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 38 | Stableford, handicap in use: On a par 4 where the player receives one stroke, they take 5. How many points for the hole? | Solve |
| 39 | Tee shot: the ball breaks into pieces in flight. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 40 | Four-Ball stroke play: the marker certifies; only one partner signs the side's scorecard. What is the outcome? | Solve |
| 41 | After 1 min, a golfer plays from prior spot, not provisional. Original then found. Status? | Solve |
| 42 | On the teeing area, a player's practice swing accidentally moves the teed ball. Has the hole started? | Solve |
| 43 | A hole uses both white stakes and a white line to mark out of bounds. Which defines the boundary edge? | Solve |
| 44 | Stroke play: Player starts a hole from outside the teeing area and then starts the next hole without correcting. What applies? | Solve |
| 45 | In match play from a bunker, an intellectually disabled player has an aide stand directly behind them for alignment during the stroke. Ruling? | Solve |
| 46 | Ball lies on a paved cart path. What is the path? | Solve |
| 47 | Foursomes, stroke play using Maximum Score. After reaching the limit, the side picks up without holing out. What score applies? | Solve |
| 48 | Stroke play: On the putting green, a player deliberately putts while standing astride the line of play. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 49 | Foursomes match play: B holed out on 3. On 4, B plays the tee shot by mistake. What is the penalty? | Solve |
| 50 | Four-ball match play. A starts hole 3 alone; B arrives while the hole is being played. Can B play that hole? | Solve |
| 51 | Ball is on the putting green. Temporary water on the green lies on the line to the hole. What is the correct free-relief procedure? | Solve |
| 52 | After a tee shot, your ball comes to rest still within the teeing area. What may you do for your next stroke? | Solve |
| 53 | Match play: Your ball at rest on the green; opponent picks it up without permission and no concession. What penalty to the opponent? | Solve |
| 54 | A blind player’s aide stands directly behind on the line of play while a stroke is made from the fairway. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 55 | General area: player lifts the ball and replaces a different ball when substitution isn’t allowed; no stroke yet. Which ball is now in play? | Solve |
| 56 | Stroke play. Before starting the round that day, a player makes on putt on the 18th green. What is the penalty? | Solve |
| 57 | Player with an intellectual disability, with a caddie and a support person named to the Committee, asks the support person for advice during play. Allowed? | Solve |
| 58 | Ball in general area, in bounds. A boundary fence blocks the backswing. What relief is allowed? | Solve |
| 59 | While searching in deep rough for a ball at rest, a player accidentally kicks it and it moves. What is the penalty? | Solve |
| 60 | Match play, 5th hole. Player sees opponent breach and knows all facts. After both have teed off on 6, he claims. No misinfo or failure to disclose. What should Committee do? | Solve |
| 61 | After taking stroke-and-distance for a stroke just played from the putting green that runs into a bunker, how must the player put a ball in play? | Solve |
| 62 | Ball is lodged in a tree in the general area. Who may decide to treat it as unplayable? | Solve |
| 63 | Stroke play: ball on the putting green. Player deliberately putts while straddling the line of play. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 64 | Ball lies in a bunker, declared unplayable. For one penalty, without replaying and without using back-on-the-line, what relief is available? | Solve |
| 65 | While searching in deep rough, the player’s caddie accidentally kicks the player’s ball, moving it before it is identified. What must the player do? | Solve |
| 66 | Ball at rest on the green is accidentally moved by the player’s putter during a practice stroke beside it. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 67 | A flower bed in the general area is marked as a no play zone. How is it classified? | Solve |
| 68 | Stroke play: From the fringe, player drags the putter to set the ball rolling (a push/scrape, not a distinct hit). What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 69 | Ball deep in a bush in the general area, making any stroke clearly unreasonable; ground under repair would interfere with the stance only if a stroke were possible. Stroke play. Is free relief available? | Solve |
| 70 | Red penalty area: Ball rests beside a pine cone. Player removes the cone and the ball moves. Ruling? | Solve |
| 71 | On the putting green, your putt is stopped by a beetle. What now? | Solve |
| 72 | From the fairway, your approach shot accidentally hits a spectator and deflects into the rough. What is the proper procedure? | Solve |
| 73 | General area. A twig near your ball interferes with your backswing. You kick it away; the ball does not move. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 74 | Stroke play. Ball at rest in a bunker is next to a small pebble. When the player lifts the pebble, the ball moves slightly. What is the ruling? | Solve |
| 75 | Match play: Greenside chip accidentally contacts the ball twice in one swing. Ruling? | Solve |
| 76 | Chip from fringe stops overhanging the hole. You promptly walk up; wind tips it in 9 seconds after you arrive. Ruling? | Solve |
| 77 | In the rough, he declares his ball unplayable and chooses stroke-and-distance, returning to the spot of his last stroke. Must he use the original ball? | Solve |
| 78 | Stroke play, one round per day over three days. No Local Rule. After finishing Round 1 with no further play that day, a player returns in the evening and putts on several competition greens. Penalty for Round 2? | Solve |
| 79 | From the fairway, you hit toward a boundary and play a provisional. Before the 3-minute search ends, you play the provisional from nearer the hole than where the original likely is; then the original is found in time. What now? | Solve |
| 80 | Stroke play, from a bunker, a player’s ball in motion hits a spectator and bounces onto the fringe. What is the penalty? | Solve |
| 81 | Mid-hole, the player sees his ball is cut/cracked and replaces it with another ball. Is this okay? | Solve |
| 82 | When must a player decide to leave the flagstick in rather than have it removed or attended? | Solve |