Registration - Part 3

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To complete your registration, the Rules Test is required.
Complete the test below and submit.

Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association

Rules Test
Summer, 2008  

Welcome to the GSJGA! As with all games, it is important in golf to know the rules and to play the game fairly. All juniors (except Fun Camp participants) must return the completed rules exam with their GSJGA application.

  • Juniors in the Mini-Tour Division (Beginners) must answer questions 1-10;
  • the Futures Tour Division (9-Holers) must answer questions 1-20;
  • and, the Regular Tour Division (18-Holers) must answer questions 1-30.

In order to learn and understand the correct answers, we encourage you to utilize the USGA Rules of Golf at www.USGA.org. GSJGA members will receive rules books (appropriate for their division) at their first event. Knowing the rules can be a very important part of your success in golf. Don't always think of rules as something that will be broken - many times they can help you get out of a sticky situation!
 
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Mini-Tour Division (Beginners)
Futures Tour Division (9-Holers)
Regular Tour Division (18-Holers)
   
  (Questions 1-10, Mini-Tour, Futures and Regular Tour Division Players)
  True False 1. Know your tee time or starting time, and arrive early.  
  True False 2. If you have to cancel out of a GSJGA event, please do so by noon on Friday, if possible.  
  True False 3. When someone else is hitting, you should stand quietly, off to the side, out of the line of vision of the hitter.  
  True False 4. Play the ball into the hole before starting the next hole.  
  True False 5. A player may touch or lift his ball at any time.  
  True False 6. A player receives a two-stroke penalty for hitting the wrong ball.  
  True False 7. A player is entitled to "free" relief when her ball comes to rest on a paved cart path.  
  True False 8. You must not hit your ball while it is moving.  
  True False 9. In a GSJGA event, it is okay to wear a tee-shirt, jeans or a hat worn backwards.  
  True False 10. A player may seek shelter if she feels that lightning is present.  
   
  (Questions 11-20, Futures Tour and Regular Tour Division Players)
  True False 11. The responsibility for playing the proper ball rests with the player. Each player should put an identification mark on his ball.  
  True False 12. A player is allowed to carry a maximum of 10 clubs.  
  True False 13. Poor sportsmanship (throwing or slamming clubs, profanity) may result in disqualification.  
  True False 14. To keep pace moving, the first player who putts their ball in should be the one to replace the flagstick. (First one in - replace the pin).  
  True False 15. If a player's club strikes the ball more than once in the course of a stroke, the player must count the stroke and add a penalty stroke, making two strokes in all.  
  True False 16. A ball on the putting green may be lifted and if desired, cleaned. The position of the ball must be marked before it is lifted and the ball must be replaced.  
  True False 17. If a ball is determined to be lost or out of bounds, the player must play a ball, under penalty of one stroke, as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played.  
  True False 18. Lateral water hazards are marked with yellow stakes or lines.  
  True False 19. The competitor is responsible for the correctness of the score recorded for each hole on his scorecard. If he returns a score for any hole lower than actually taken, he is disqualified. If he returns a score for any hole higher than actually taken, the score as returned, stands.  
  True False 20. Only the player's signature is needed on a scorecard.  
   
  (Questions 21-30, Regular Tour Division Players only)
  True False 21. The player must play without undue delay and in accordance with any pace of play guidelines that the Committee may establish. Between completion of a hole and playing from the next teeing ground, the player must not unduly delay play. Penalty for breach of Rule 6-7: 2 strokes.  
  True False 22. To drop a ball, a player must stand erect and hold the ball at shoulder height and arm's length and drop it. A ball shall be re-dropped without penalty if it rolls and comes to rest in a hazard.  
  True False 23. A player may carry a rake into a bunker and set it down, prior to hitting his ball out of the bunker.  
  True False 24. A player must identify his ball in a hazard, prior to hitting it. Hitting a wrong ball out of a hazard is a penalty.  
  True False 25. The penalty for a breach of a rule in stroke play is two strokes, except when otherwise provided.  
  True False 26. The player's equipment includes the player's golf clubs, golf bag and clothes worn by the player.  
  True False 27. You are not allowed to remove sand from the putting surface.  
  True False 28. Any counsel or suggestion that could influence a player in determining his play, the choice of club or the method of making a stroke, is considered advice.  
  True False 29. You must play the ball as it lies, even when it is embedded in the fairway.  
  True False 30. If a player's ball in play moves (other than as a result of a stroke) after he has addressed it, the player is deemed to have moved the ball and incurs a one-stroke penalty and the ball must be replaced.  
   
Be sure to scroll back up and double check your answers before you submit your test.
 
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