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Forgive my being possibly dense, but 9.4b states “If the player lifts or deliberately touches his or her ball at rest or causes it to move, the player gets ONE PENALTY STROKE.” How does the general penalty apply?

If I pick up my ball in the general area and clean it, without first marking it, I am penalized 1 stroke. 14.1c It is my understanding that if my ball is lying in the general area with a piece of grass or a leaf adhering to it, if I reach down and remove the grass or leaf, without moving the...

5.5c indicates that when play is suspended, a player may practice putting or chipping on or near the putting green of the hole last played, any practice green or near the teeing area of the next hole (5.5b). It also appears that upon an "immediate" suspension of play (where there is imminent...

The first is from a USGA "advanced" quiz. I changed "Which one of the following is correct? to "What is the ruling?" (Ref#631) (Explanation 18.1, 18.3b) Correction: The second question is from the sample exam, Golf Canada Prep Guide for the 2019 Rules Seminar. Copied as written.

In the original post it’s indicated that, in both questions, a ball was dropped but not played, with the intent that the dropped ball was going to be a provisional.

FWIW: From my original post, here are the answers from which to chose: (1) A The player may elect to play either the dropped ball, under penalty of stroke and distance, or the original ball without penalty. B The player must abandon the dropped ball and, without penalty, continue play with...

There is no logical reason why the player would do this but, from 18.1 “At any time, a player may take stroke-and-distance relief by adding one penalty stroke and playing the original ball or another ball from where the previous stroke was made (see Rule 14.6).” Quite simple after all.

Interpretation 18.3a/2, which confirms Beedee's point, says that a provisional can be played before the three minute search time has ended. Th quiz questions above are based on the 2019 rules.

2019 Rules Quiz Questions In the first quiz question below, the player gets to play either the dropped ball or the original ball. But in the quiz second question, the player must abandon the dropped ball and play the original. In my mind, the scenarios are identical. (a) a brief search...

May I ask what programme you used to create your diagram? Thanks

I did not see the section where it was written that the ball may be dropped near where it may have gone out of bounds. Where did you find this?

Oops. The player has actually played from a wrong place rather than having played an incorrectly substituted ball as he would have had to substitute a ball for the one that was played by his opponent. My apologies.

The opponent has played a wrong ball but the player has played an incorrectly substituted ball because he lifted his ball and could have identified it while doing so. It is NOT a wrong ball. Rule 30-3c is the applicable rule. If a player incurs the loss of hole penalty under Rule 15-3a for...

An example of the implementation of this stroke and distance rule where the required drop is closer to the hole than where the ball came to rest, is found in Decision 28/8. 28/8 Ball Deemed Unplayable; Place from Which Previous Stroke Played Is Nearer Hole Q.A player's ball strikes a...