True or False?

1. A player’s ball comes to rest on the putting green. There is temporary water on the green that is directly on their line of putt. They determine that the nearest point of complete relief is in the rough just off the putting green. If the player decides to take free relief they must place, not drop their ball in the rough, even though the nearest point of complete relief is not on the putting green.

2. A player hits his ball into the rough near the out-of-bounds line, but still on the course. As the player is approaching his ball, he sees a young child pick up his ball. The child then sees the player approaching, so the child throws the ball back on the course and runs away. The player identifies the ball as his ball. Because the player is not sure of the exact spot where the ball was at rest before it was picked up, the player must estimate the spot and drop, not place, a ball in a one club-length relief area.

3. A player is playing the 7th hole, and his ball comes to rest on the 8th hole putting green. Because the ball is on a putting green, the player must place, not drop, a ball when taking relief.

4. A player’s ball comes to rest in a red penalty area near the putting green. The player measures the two club-length relief area and determines that part of the relief area would be in the general area and part would be on the putting green. In taking lateral penalty relief the player must drop, not place a ball, even if this allows the player to drop on the putting green.

5. A player’s tee shot on a par 3 hole embeds in the fringe of the putting green. The embedded ball Rule (Rule 16.3) says that the player is entitled to free relief in this situation. Since the ball was embedded in the fringe (which is the general area) the player must place the ball on the spot in the general area right behind where the ball is embedded.

6. A player takes free relief from a cart path and correctly drops his ball in the relief area. The ball rolls out of the relief area. Because the ball came to rest outside the relief area the player must place a ball on the spot where the dropped ball first touched the ground.