NAIMMCQ: February 2019

A. The opponent must play his or her ball as it lies.
B. The opponent may remove the divot without penalty.
C. The player must remove the divot without penalty.

Answer: B

In match play, which is incorrect about Rules issues during the round?

A. The players in a match may agree how to decide a Rules issue even if it turns out to have been wrong under the Rules, so long as the players did not deliberately agree to ignore the Rules.
B. Any agreement between the players on how to decide a Rules issue is not conclusive if it turns out to have been wrong under the Rules.
C. A player may get a ruling from a referee or the Committee only if the player
both tells the opponent about the ruling request and makes the request in time.

Answer: B

Which is correct with respect to a player's round in individual stroke play?

A. It begins when the player arrives at the teeing area of the first hole of that round.
B. It ends when the player holes out at the final hole of that round excluding correction of a mistake.
C. It ends when the player holes out at the final hole of that round including correction of
a mistake.

Answer: C

In stroke play, after the competition closed, the Committee discovered that the winner of the event added several strips of lead tape to his or her driver during the round, which he or she then used during the round. What is the ruling?

A. There is no penalty.
B. The player is disqualified.
C. The Committee must determine if the player knew before the competition had closed that he or she was in breach of Rule 4.1a in changing the weight of his or her driver during the round. If the player knew, he or she must be disqualified but otherwise there is no penalty.

Answer: C

Which is correct regarding a player's ball being embedded?

A. A player's ball at rest is moved downward by someone accidentally stepping on it; he or she must replace it according to the altered lie Rule (14.2d).
B. If the player makes a stroke at his or her ball that lies on a steep bank in the general area and it is driven straight into the bank without ever being airborne, he or she is allowed relief without penalty under the embedded ball relief Rule (16.3b).
C. If the player's ball is embedded after a stroke in ground under repair in the general area, he or she must take relief under the abnormal course condition relief Rule (16.1b) not the embedded ball relief Rule (16.3b).

Answer: C

A player's ball lies on a folding chair in the general area. Which is the correct action if he or she takes relief under the movable obstruction relief Rule (15.2a)?

A. The player may lift the ball, remove the chair and must drop the original ball within one club-length of the point right under where the ball was at rest on the movable obstruction, not nearer the hole.
B. The player may lift the ball, remove the chair and drop a ball within one club-length of the point right under where the ball was at rest on the movable obstruction, not nearer the hole.
C. The player may lift the ball, remove the chair and place a ball on the spot right under where it lay on the obstruction, not nearer the hole

Answer: B

In stroke play, a player practises putting on the 18th putting green immediately after finishing the first round of a 54-hole event scheduled over consecutive days on a single course. What is the ruling?

A. There is no penalty.
B. The player is disqualified.
C. The Committee should modify the disqualification penalty to two strokes.

Answer: A

Rule 5.2b

In stroke play, at the starting time for a group of three players, only two players are present at the starting point and ready to play. One minute after the scheduled time to begin play, the third player arrives in sufficient time to play in the correct order. There were no exceptional circumstances preventing the third player being present at the scheduled starting time. What penalty does the third player get?

A. There is no penalty.
B. The player must add the general penalty to his or her score for the 1st hole.
C. The player is disqualified.

Answer: B

Rule 5.3a Exception 1

In stroke play, a player begins taking his or her stance while his or her caddie stood on the fringe of the putting green on an extension of the line of play behind the ball. What is the ruling?

A. There is no penalty since the caddie was not standing on the putting green.
B. There is no penalty if the caddie accidentally stood on an extension of the player's line of play behind the ball.
C. The player gets the general penalty regardless of the circumstances.

Answer: B

In stroke play, which of the following is incorrect regarding a player's scorecard?

A. After each hole, the marker should confirm the player's score for that hole with the player and enter it on the scorecard.
B. When the round has ended, the marker must certify the scorecard.
C. The player must certify the scorecard and promptly return it to the Committee, after which he or she may make changes only where there is an obvious error.

Answer: C

In match play, a player's ball lies in a fairway bunker. The player makes a stroke at the ball that comes to rest in the same bunker but much closer to the hole. Before the player's next stroke, his or her caddie rakes the area of the previous stroke and other areas nearby to care for the course. What is the ruling?

A. There is no penalty.
B. The player gets the general penalty.
C. The player gets a total penalty of four strokes

Answer: A

There may be no more than _ players in a group and they each must have their ____ clubs.

Answer: 4, own

A golfer may have no more than ___ clubs while playing.

Answer: 14

If a ball lies in casual water that is not marked as a hazard

Answer: the ball may be dropped at the nearest point of relief no closer to the hole

If a ball lies in water (whether the ball is in the water or not) the player may drop the ball, under 1 penalty of stroke

Answer: either behind the hazard, keeping the spot at which the ball crossed into the hazard between yourself and the hole. If the ball was hit from the tee box it may be re-teed under a penalty of 1 stroke

In stroke play, a player deliberately changes the loft of his or her sand wedge during a round but the club still conforms to the Equipment Rules. The club is not used during the round but is used during a play-off. There is no penalty.

A player presses down the grass behind his or her ball in play, improving the lie of the ball and accidentally moving the ball as well. The ball is replaced before the stroke. The player gets a total of three penalty strokes.

A player damages one of his or her 14 clubs in making a stroke during a round. In the player's attempt to repair the club, he or she causes the shaft to break. The club may not be replaced with another club.

In Four-Ball stroke play with side A-B, partners A and B agree to leave A's ball in place on the putting green to help B's play. The players do not know this agreement is not allowed. With A's ball left in place, B then makes a stroke. The side gets the general penalty.

In Four-Ball match play with side A-B, A continues play of a hole after A's next stroke has been conceded. If this would help B, A's score for the hole stands without penalty, but B's score for the hole cannot count for the side.

In match play, an opponent lifts his or her ball without marking it because of a reasonable misunderstanding that the player's statement was a concession of the opponent's next stroke. There is no penalty and the opponent's ball must be replaced on its original spot.

A player uses one of his 14 clubs as a cane while climbing a hill and the shaft breaks. The player may replace the club with another club from his or her locker.

In match play, A has holed out. As B is preparing to putt for a half, A gives advice to B as to B's line of putt. A is in breach of the Rules but the hole is halved because A had already gained a half.

In match play without a referee, both balls are at rest on the putting green. A makes a stroke and his or her ball strikes B's ball. The players disagree about how to proceed under the Rules so they agree that the hole be halved. They are disqualified for deliberately agreeing to ignore the Rules.

In a match, A requests B to lift B's ball that lies on the putting green and is on A's line of play. A's ball lies near but off the putting green. B refuses to do so and A makes a stroke with B's ball in place. B gets the general penalty.

A player who started a round with 13 clubs breaks his or her putter in anger, adds a club from his or her locker and makes a stroke. There is no penalty.

A "dangerous animal condition" exists when a dangerous animal near a ball could cause serious physical injury to the player if he or she had to play the ball as it lies.

A player's ball lies near a live alligator. Both the player's ball and the alligator are in a penalty area. The player may take free relief within the penalty area or penalty relief outside the penalty area.

The Committee has defined all bird nests on the course to be no play zones. A player's ball comes to rest near a bird nest and both the ball and the nest lie in a penalty area. The nest interferes with the player's intended swing. The player must take penalty relief under the penalty area Rule.

A player starts a round with 14 clubs. During a suspension of play, the player's pitching wedge is struck by a tree fallen in a storm and the shaft is bent. The player may replace the damaged club with any club prior to restarting play.

Before playing a ball that has come to rest on a branch of a tree, a player moves his or her motorized cart to assist in making the stroke by standing on the cart. The player removes the cart before making the stroke. There is no penalty.

A player's ball comes to rest next to a cactus. The player may not place a towel on the cactus to improve his or her area of intended stance.

When returning a ball to play on the putting green, if a player firmly presses it into the surface of the ground to help prevent it from being moved by wind and plays the ball, the player gets the general penalty.

The player may repair damage to the hole on the putting green that was caused by removing the flagstick and where the dimensions of the hole have been changed.

Prior to dropping a ball in taking free relief from ground under repair, a player deliberately breaks a branch of a small bush that lies adjacent to the relief area that might affect his or her stroke to be made after the dropped ball comes to rest in the relief area. There is no penalty.

A player must not lay his or her golf bag parallel to the line of play on the putting green to shield the line from the wind during a stroke; however, there is no penalty if the object is removed before the stroke is made.

In stroke play with a group of A and B, A's ball lies under a partially detached tree branch and is in discussions with an official about whether A is allowed free relief. B lifts the branch to argue A's case for relief, accidentally worsening A's line of play. B gets the general penalty.

In stroke play, B's ball lies on the fringe of the putting green. Prior to B's stroke at his or her ball, A deliberately steps on B's line of play on the putting green and damaged it; A gets the general penalty and B may restore the worsened conditions on the putting green as nearly as possible.

After playing from a bunker, a player smooths footprints that affects the stroke to be made by another player. There is no penalty if the player smooths the footprints to care for the course.

After a warning for previously doing so, A throws a club towards B, another player in the competition. If the Committee finds that A committed serious misconduct, he or she may be disqualified.

In stroke play, if a player fails to hole out on the final hole of a round, the player will be disqualified if he or she does not correct the mistake before leaving the putting green.

A player makes a pitch shot up a hill toward the putting green and sees the ball returning back down the hill. He or she uses a club that stops the moving ball. The player gets the general penalty and must play the ball as it lies.

In stroke play, a player's ball lies in a bunker. Before playing the ball, he or she makes several practice swings, each time touching sand in the bunker. The player also breaks a branch with his or her hand, improving the area of his or her backswing. What is the ruling?

In Four-Ball match play with side A-B, A holes out. Before B holes out, A practises putting on the fringe of the putting green without helping B's play or hurting the opponent's play. What is the ruling?

In Four-Ball match play with side A-B, A holes out. Before B holes out, A practises putting on the fringe of the putting green without helping B's play or hurting the opponent's play. What is the ruling?

In match play, as a result of a stroke, a player's divot comes to rest affecting the lie of his or her opponent's ball that lies in a penalty area. What is the ruling?