2011 VSGA RULES OFFICIAL WORKSHOP MARCH 26, 2011 INDEPENDENCE GOLF CLUB

1. 2011 VSGA RULES OFFICIAL WORKSHOP MARCH 26, 2011 INDEPENDENCE GOLF CLUB

2. VSGA PACE OF PLAY POLICY

3. THE TIME IS: 8:40 Group 1 – 4th Putting Green Group 2 – 3rd Teeing Ground Group 3 – Driving to 2nd Teeing Ground 4

4. THE TIME IS: 9:15 Group 1 – 6th Fairway Group 2 – 4th Putting Green Group 3 – 4th Teeing Ground 4

5. THE TIME IS: 9:25 Group 1 – 7th Putting Green Group 2 – 6th Teeing Ground Group 3 – 4th Putting Green 4

6. THE TIME IS: 9:52 Group 1 – 9th Putting Green Group 2 – Driving to 8th Teeing Ground Group 3 – 7th Teeing Ground 4

7. VSGA QUIZ ANSWERS

8. #3 A competitor hits his tee shot towards an area of rough, which also has a concrete cart path running through it. The competitor, during the process of searching for the ball, kicks and moves his ball which was lying on the cart path. The ball ends up in the rough and no longer has interference from the cart path. Which of the following is correct? a. The competitor must play the ball as it lies, incurring a one stroke penalty. b. The competitor must replace the ball, incurring a one stroke penalty. c. The competitor may proceed under Rule 24-2, without penalty. d. The competitor may replace the ball on the cart path or proceed under Rule 24-2, incurring a one stroke penalty.

9. #9 A player and his fellow-competitor’s tee shots lie in the middle of the fairway. It is a scorching August afternoon, with temperatures in the mid-90’s. Suddenly, the sprinklers come on while the players are walking towards their balls. Player A notices that as the sprinklers rotate around, the water is spraying right on his golf ball and sees his ball move as the water hits it. A knows the exact spot where the ball was originally at rest. What is the ruling? a. The player must play the ball as it lies. b. The player may choose to play the ball as it lies or replace it. c. The player must replace the ball. d. The player must drop the ball as near as possible to the place where it originally lay.

10. #13 In a match between A and B, B realizes at the completion of the third hole that he is carrying more than 14 clubs. He declares one club out of play, the state of the match is adjusted by two holes and the match is continued. During play of the eighth hole, B realizes that he actually started the round with 16 clubs and therefore still has 15 clubs in play. What additional penalty should be imposed, assuming B declares another club out of play at this point? a. B incurs no penalty. b. The state of the match is adjusted by one additional hole. c. The state of the match is adjusted by two additional holes. d. B is disqualified.

11. #14 During a stroke play competition on the 6th hole, a player makes a stroke at his tee shot from within the teeing ground and misses the ball completely with his driver. He then chooses to play the shot with an iron, so he lowers his tee and ball and hits his ball out of bounds. He tees another ball and hits it in the fairway with the same iron. He then realizes that the iron he just used was one that he found on the 3rd hole. The player started the round with 14 clubs and had not previously used the found club. How many penalty strokes has the player incurred to this point on the 6th hole (assuming he declares the found club out of play)? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

12. #16 In a match between A and B, A has won the first 4 holes and on the 5th teeing ground it is discovered that A has played a wrong ball at some point during the round. The players are certain that A played a wrong ball, but do not know which hole it was played on. What is the state of the match? a. A is 4 up b. A is 3 up c. A is 2 up d. A is disqualified

13. #17 During play of the 17th hole, a player hits his tee shot into a cedar tree. While attempting to punch the ball out from under the tree, the player’s downswing is stopped by a branch and the branch breaks off of the tree. The player changes his direction of play and plays his next stroke back into the fairway. He then plays onto the green and holes the putt. What is the player’s score for the hole? a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

14. #20 On the 5th hole, a player hits his tee shot into a lateral water hazard. When taking relief, the player drops a ball in an improper manner three club-lengths to the side of the point where the original ball last crossed the margin of the lateral water hazard. After addressing the ball, it moves and the ball is replaced by the player. Before he plays his next shot, a fellow-competitor, who witnesses all of this, tells the player that he must re-drop the ball properly. The player drops the ball properly in the same spot as before, plays his next stroke onto the putting green, holes out in two more strokes and plays from the next teeing ground. What is the players score for the 5th hole? a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8 e. The player is disqualified

15. #23 A player hits his tee shot into a lateral water hazard.  He then proceeds under Rule 26-1c and drops a ball within two club-lengths of the point where the original ball last crossed the margin of the lateral water hazard.  He drops a ball once and it rolls back into the hazard.  He re-drops a ball and it rolls to what appears to be just less than two club-lengths from the point where it first struck a part of the course when re-dropped.  After further investigation, the player determines that the ball is actually nearer the hole than where it last crossed the margin of the lateral water hazard.  However, the player does not know the exact spot of where the ball first struck a part of the course when re-dropped as he took his eye off of this spot.  What must the player do at this point? a. Play the ball as it lies. b. Place the ball as near as possible to the spot where it first struck a part of the course when re-dropped. c. Drop the ball as near as possible to the spot where it first struck a part of the course when re-dropped.

16. GROUP BREAKOUT SESSION ANSWERS

17. #1 A player hits his tee shot into the trees, where he finds a ball which he mistakenly thinks is his. He declares the ball unplayable and returns to the tee, where he puts the ball into play, under stroke and distance. Walking to his second ball played from the tee, he finds the original ball on the edge of the trees in a playable lie. What is the ruling? a. The player incurs a penalty of one stroke for a lost ball, and the second ball played from the tee is in play. b. The player must continue play with the original ball with no penalty. c. The player must continue play with the original ball with a one-stroke penalty. d. The player incurs a one-stroke penalty for an unplayable ball and two additional strokes for playing a wrong ball.

18. #2 A player’s ball lies in casual water in a bunker. The player decides not to take relief. While addressing the ball the player’s club touches the water. During his backswing the club head moves through the water, pushing some of it away. The player incurs: a. No penalty b. A two-stroke penalty for touching the water c. A two-stroke penalty for improving his lie d. Four penalty strokes for touching the water and for improving his lie

19. #3 A player lifts his ball from a lateral water hazard and drops it three club lengths from the point where it last crossed the margin of the hazard. His fellow competitor tells the player that he must drop within two club lengths from the hazard, not three. Because this would cause the player to have to drop into an area of very tall grass, the player decides instead to return to the place from which he played his last shot and to play from there with a one-stroke penalty. The player: a. Has proceeded correctly b. Has played from a wrong place and must replace the ball to its original location, adding a two-stroke penalty c. Has played from a wrong place and must proceed with his ball in play, adding a two-stroke penalty d. Is disqualified

20. #4 Competitors A & B play their tee shots to the green of a par three, and their shots finish near each other. A putts one of the balls into the hole. B marks, lifts, cleans and replaces the other ball which he then putts into the hole. As they walk to the next tee they realize they have each played the other’s ball. What is the ruling? a. Both players are disqualified. b. A incurs a two-stroke penalty for playing a wrong ball and must correct his error before teeing off on the next hole. B has scored four. c. A incurs a two-stroke penalty for playing a wrong ball and must correct his error before teeing off on the next hole. B has committed a serious breach of playing from a wrong place under R20-7 for which he incurs a two-stroke penalty and must correct the error before teeing off on the next hole. d. A incurs a two-stroke penalty for playing a wrong ball and must correct his error before teeing off on the next hole. B has incurred a one-stroke penalty under R20-7 and an additional two-stroke penalty for a serious breach of playing from a wrong place and must correct the error before teeing off on the next hole.

21. #5 In a foursome match, A & B are partners. A’s drive comes to rest in a lie which A and B agree is unplayable. A retrieves the ball and drops it in accordance with R28b. B plays the next stroke to the green. The ball is then holed out in one stroke by A. What is the team’s score for the hole? a. They do not have a score since the hole was not properly completed b. Four c. Five d. Six

22. #6 A player is about to make a stroke. Before he plays, he instructs his caddie to go ahead to watch where the ball lands. Since they are near the out of bounds (OB) line, he instructs the caddie to stand OB. He plays a stroke and the ball deflects off his caddie and cannot be found. The player has incurred: a. No penalty and must replay the stroke b. A one-stroke penalty and must replay the stroke c. Two penalty strokes and must replay the stroke d. Three penalty strokes and must replay the stroke

23. #7 A & B are opponents. A removes the flagstick prior to putting. Before he putts he tells B he cannot see the hole and asks him to mark the position of the hole. B does so by placing the grip end of a club in the hole. A putts and the ball strikes B’s club. What is the ruling? a. A may replay the stroke. b. A incurs a one-stroke penalty. c. A incurs a two-stroke penalty. d. A loses the hole.

24. #8 A & B are playing C & D in a four-ball match. A plays his third stroke from a deep bunker to the green, the surface of which cannot be seen from the bunker. While A and his partner, who is out of the hole, are raking the bunker, C moves A’s ball, which is in the way of his putt. D holes out in five and C makes his putt for a four. Not realizing C has moved his ball, A marks, lifts and cleans but fails to return it to its original spot. He misses his putt and taps in for five. As they walk to the next tee, A is informed that C had moved his ball and that he, A, had putted from the wrong place. An official is called; how should the Rules be applied. a. C & D win the hole. b. The hole is halved. c. A & B win the hole. d. C is disqualified from the match.

25. #9 A competitor hit his drive into an area of rough that was somewhat torn up. The area was not marked, but the competitor felt that he was entitled to relief under R25, Abnormal Ground Conditions. He invoked R3-3, and indicated that he would play a second ball, taking relief under R25-1b, and scoring with that ball. He played the original ball to within a few feet of the hole, and then announced that he would not be putting a second ball into play. He began walking toward the putting green, and a fellow competitor questioned his action. A committeeman, authorized to do so, arrives on the scene at that point and declares the area ground under repair. What is the ruling? a. The player may go back and play a second ball, taking the appropriate relief, and hole out with both balls. b. It makes no difference; the player has proceeded correctly and the score with the first ball counts. c. The player is disqualified immediately for not completing the hole. d. The player is penalized two strokes.

26. #10 A player hit his second shot to the base of an irrigation control box. Planning to take relief from the obstruction, he lifted the ball and then realized the only place in which he might drop it would certainly produce an unplayable lie. Which of the following options apply to the player? a. The player must utilize the procedure for obstruction relief and then take such action as is warranted by the result of his dropping the ball, with a likely penalty for a ball unplayable. b. The player may proceed by playing a ball as close as possible to the spot from which the original ball was last played, incurring a one-stroke penalty under R28. c. The player may replace the ball in its original position without penalty, and then proceed under R28 at the cost of a one-stroke penalty. d. The player must drop the ball in the unplayable lie and proceed from there.

27. #11 On the first hole of a match, Player A notices a cigarette butt on his line of play which provides a good reference point for his shot. His opponent, Player B notices the situation and, despite A’s request not to do so, removes the butt. Both play out the hole with Player A scoring 4 and Player B scoring 3. On the way to the second tee, Player A makes a claim regarding B’s actions at the first hole. What is the ruling? a. The result stands as played. b. Player A wins the hole. c. Player B incurs a one-stroke penalty and the hole is halved. d. Player A can have the obstruction replaced and replay the shot.

28. #12 In a match, Player A, who is a Rules expert, is hitting an iron shot from an uphill lie. He addresses the ball, starts his backswing, and the ball moves down the hill. He continues the stroke, hitting the ball, which ends up just short of the green. Player B, whose ball lay nearby, but had turned to his caddie, then plays his shot onto the putting surface. The players walk together to the green. After playing his next shot and before B putts, Player A informs Player B that he had incurred a penalty on his previous stroke. How should they proceed? a. Player B should go back and replay his shot. b. Since he was nearby, Player B should have seen the ball move, and should have called the penalty on A at the time. c. Player A did not inform Player B of the penalty in a timely fashion and as a result lost the hole. d. Player A has proceeded correctly.

29. #13 In a four-ball match, A & B are partners. They mark their balls on the green, but by mistake, Player A replaces his ball at Player B’s mark and putts. What is the ruling? a. There is no penalty. b. Player A is out of the hole. c. Player B is out of the hole. d. The side has lost the hole.

30. #14 A competitor hits an iron shot from the fairway which ends up out of bounds. Before realizing that the ball is out of bounds, the competitor replaces his divot. He then learns the ball is out of bounds, drops another ball about a foot from the replaced divot, and plays a shot to the green. The competitor incurs: a. Stroke and distance for a ball out of bounds, two strokes for replacing the divot, and two strokes for playing from a wrong place. b. Stroke and distance for the ball out of bounds and two strokes for playing from a wrong place. c. Stroke and distance penalty for a ball out of bounds. d. No penalty and has proceeded correctly.

31. #15 In stroke play, a player’s tee shot comes to rest about two feet from the hole on a sloping green. He marks and lifts his ball, cleans it and replaces it, leaving the marker behind the ball. While he is surveying his line of putt the ball begins to roll down the sloping green towards him. He stops his ball about 25 feet from the hole. He replaces his ball in front of the marker and one-putts. The player’s score for the hole is: a. Two b. Three c. Four d. He is disqualified for having committed a serious breach unless he corrects his error.

32. #16 In stroke play a player hits his drive in the direction of a bunker situated in tall rough. He finds a ball plugged in the sandy face of the bunker. He deems it unplayable, drops it in the bunker and plays it onto the green and holes out with his next stroke. During the play of the next hole the player realizes the ball he dropped on the previous hole was not his original ball and he then informs his marker who records a score of 7 for the hole. Shortly after the player signs and returns his score card, and before the competition is closed, a fellow competitor describes the circumstance to the committee, which the player does not dispute. How should the committee rule? a. The correct score for the hole is lower than the score recorded so there is no penalty and the score of 7 stands. b. The correct score for the hole is 6 and the player is disqualified for turning in an incorrect scorecard. c. The correct score for the hole is 7 and the score stands as posted. d. The player is disqualified.

33. #17 It is virtually certain that A has hit her tee shot into a dry creek bed marked as a water hazard. She sees a ball precariously perched on foliage in the hazard. Concerned the ball might move, A declares to her opponent, B, that she is going to proceed under the water hazard rule. A then walks into the hazard and identifies the ball as hers without moving the ball. She asks her caddie the distance to the hole and mimics taking a swing at the ball without a club and causes the ball to move. She lifts the ball and proceeds under R26-1b as originally planned, dropping and hitting the ball to the green and sinking her putt. A announces a score of 4 to her opponent, concedes her opponent’s short putt for a 4 and B lifts her marker. How should the referee assigned to the match rule? a. A won the hole. b. B won the hole. c. The hole was halved.

34. #18 In a singles match, Player A has the honors and pops up his tee shot, which hits a tree and comes to rest behind the teeing ground close to a folded-over, undetached divot lying within the teeing ground. While player A is retrieving his range finder to determine the distance to the green, his opponent, Player B puts a ball in play from the teeing ground that comes to rest on the green. Player A insists that he was away and requests that Player B cancel and replay his stroke. Player B refuses. Player A then presses down the interfering divot, and plays his next stroke onto the green. B takes two putts to hole his ball and A holes his ball with his next stroke. Players A & B then make timely claims. How should the committee rule? a. Player B lost the hole as soon as he refused to comply with A’s request under the Rules. b. Player A lost the hole as soon as he improved the area of his intended swing and line of play. c. The hole was halved.

35. #19 Players A & B hit tee shots to the green both of which come to rest close to the hole. They inadvertently mark and lift each other’s balls. Player A replaces B’s ball from where he lifted it and makes a stroke but misses the hole. He taps the ball into the hole and in anger tosses the ball into a nearby pond. B, realizing they have switched balls, places A’s ball at the place from which B’s ball was lifted and plays it into the hole with one stroke. What is the score for each player? a. A scored 7 and B scored 4 b. A scored 7 and B scored 2 c. A scored 5 and B scored 4 d. A scored 5 and B scored 2

36. #20 A competitor’s tee shot comes to rest in a divot hole in thick rough short of the green. The player deems his ball unplayable, and lifts his ball. When he drops the ball, it first strikes the fairway and rolls into a deep divot hole in the fairway, less than two club lengths away. In frustration he picks up the dropped ball and throws it into the woods. He then returns to the tee with a new ball, tees the substituted ball and plays it onto the green with his next stroke. He then takes two strokes to hole his ball. The correct score for the hole is: a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 9