Rule 10 Test: Preparing for Making a Stroke, Advice, Caddies (10.1)

1. A player may have a caddie carry his or her clubs and additional persons carry items other than clubs for the player; the additional persons are not considered to be caddies. A. True B. False

2. Which of the following is incorrect regarding when a player has a caddie? A. A caddie may remove sand and loose soil on, and repair damage to, the putting green. B. The player may change caddies during play of a hole, but must not do so temporarily to get advice from the new caddie. C. A caddie may drop or place a ball in a relief area if authorized to do so.

3. In the rain, a player holds an umbrella over his or her head with one hand while holing a short putt with his or her putter held in the other hand; there is no penalty. A. True B. False

4. 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.

5. In stroke play with the player’s ball on the putting green, a player’s caddie touches the putting green with the player’s club in pointing out the line of play without improving the conditions affecting the stroke. What is the ruling? A. There is no penalty. B. There is a one-stroke penalty. C. The player gets the general penalty.

6. In stroke play, a player gets the general penalty when, during a round, he A. assists another player with the relief procedure from a red penalty area. B. changes caddies briefly during a hole for the purpose of receiving advice from the new caddie. C. tells his caddie to pick up his ball from a cart path to take cart path relief D. asks another player whether a 150-yard marker is accurate.

7. In stroke play, while waiting to play their tee shots at the 10th hole, A mentions to B (a fellow competitor) that he (B) has been over-swinging all day. What is the ruling? A. No penalty to either player. B. A gets a two-stroke penalty, applied to the 10th hole. C. A gets a two-stroke penalty, applied to the 9th hole. D. Both A and B get a two-stroke penalty, applied to the 10th hole.

8. Which one of the following statements constitutes giving or asking for advice in breach of Rule 10.2a? A. A caddie, while attending the flagstick, tells his player to aim at his (caddie's) left foot. He then moves his foot. B. One caddie is employed by two players who are not partners. A, who is about to play, asks the caddie which club B used for a stroke from a nearby position. C. A caddie for player A tells player B the distance from the player B’s ball to the hole is 153 yards. D. A player’s caddie suggests to another player that he drop out of a penalty area under Rule 17.1d rather than try to play the ball from within the penalty area.

9. A player’s club strikes the ground behind the ball, not making contact with the ball; however, the ground is struck with sufficient force to move the ball and the player’s club continues, then striking the moving ball. What is the ruling A. The player must count the stroke at the ball that struck the ground and caused the ball to move. There is not a penalty for striking the ball more than once in a stroke B. The player must not count the stroke at the ball that struck the ground and caused the ball to move; there is a one-stroke penalty for striking the ball more than once C. The player must not count the stroke at the ball that struck the ground and caused the ball to move; there is not a penalty for striking the ball more than once in a stroke; the ball must be replaced.

10. In both match and stroke play, during a suspension of play or between rounds, a player may give or ask for advice from other players without penalty. A. True B. False