True or False?

1. After a heavy rain the previous night, the course is softer than usual. On the par-4 2nd hole, Doug’s approach embeds in its own pitch-mark in the ground in the general area in the steep bank short of the front-left side of the putting green. Doug decides to take free relief and drops a different ball within one club-length of the spot right behind the pitch-mark, not nearer the hole and still in the general area. The ball lands in this relief area but rolls outside the relief area. Doug drops the ball a second time, and the ball again lands in the relief area but rolls outside it. He now tries to place the ball where it landed on the second drop, but because of the steepness of the hillside, the ball will not come to rest when placed. He tries to place the ball on that spot a second time, but it will still not come to rest there. When he tries to find the nearest spot, not nearer the hole but still in the general area where the ball can be placed at rest, this point must be inside the relief area.

2. After completing play of the 2nd hole, Doug excuses himself to make an important business call in his car in the nearby parking lot. When he returns to his group after the call, he finds them on the 5th hole, with Chuck having already teed off on that hole. Doug may not play the 5th hole.

3. On the famous 7th hole with its dramatically elevated putting green, Chuck makes the mistake of missing the green to the left with his approach. Faced with a 30-yard, steeply uphill pitch, he realizes he cannot see the flagstick and asks Doug to hold the flagstick up directly above the hole so that he (Chuck) can see it. Doug does so while Chuck plays. There is no penalty.

4. On the long 9th hole, Chuck’s mighty tee shot cracks the face of his driver. Chuck had started the round with 14 clubs. For the rest of the round, he may share Doug’s driver with Doug.

5. On the par-5 11th hole, both Chuck and Doug find the fairway with their tee shots, with Doug 10 yards in front of Chuck. With the pond (red penalty area) lurking on the right, they are undecided as to how aggressive they should be with their second shots. Even though Doug’s ball is closer to the hole, they decide that Doug should play first and go for the putting green. Based on the outcome of that shot, Chuck will either lay up (if Doug hits a bad shot) or go for the green as well (if Doug hits a good shot). They are allowed to play in this order.

6. On the 15th hole, Chuck hits his tee shot into the right rough. He finds a ball and makes several more strokes with that ball before realizing the ball is not his. He does not correct his mistake of playing a wrong ball and tees off on the 16th hole. Chuck is disqualified for the round.