Rules Quiz II - true or false?

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  1. "Line of flight" relief is allowed in the Rules of Golf.
  2. You cannot practice on the putting green of the hole last played.
  3. You may not change the type of ball you are playing between holes.
  4. You can't lay your clubs down in a hazard.
  5. You always have to ask your opponent/fellow competitor before fixing a ball mark.
  6. You must remove the ball before the flagstick when you've holed out from off the green.


 

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1. is true. Line of play relief is permitted under the rules from Temporary Immovable Obstructions, though a local rule is required.

The rest are false.

I suspect that the OP meant that dropping the ball back on its line of flight to where it ended up is allowed, rather than dropping the ball back on a line from where it came to rest (or crossed the margin of a water hazard) and the flag. A common misconception.

But yes, line of sight relief is available for TIOs if the appropriate LR is in place.
 

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I suspect that the OP meant that dropping the ball back on its line of flight to where it ended up is allowed, rather than dropping the ball back on a line from where it came to rest (or crossed the margin of a water hazard) and the flag. A common misconception.

But yes, line of sight relief is available for TIOs if the appropriate LR is in place.
Imo, "line of flight" is not the same as "line of sight". "Line of flight" is the path the ball took to get to it's current position, "line of sight" is the path from the ball's current position to the hole.
 

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Perhaps 2. is pedantically true if you have finished the hole, but your playing companions have not (not sure if this only applies if one of the players to finish is a partner).
 
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