True or False?

1. When a player’s ball lies in a no-play zone in a penalty area, the player must take relief under the penalty area relief rule (Rule 17.d or 17.2) with a penalty of one stroke.

2. A player’s ball lies on a bridge that crosses over a creek, and the bridge is inside the edge of penalty area. The player is allowed free relief from the bridge as it is an immovable obstruction.

3. After a stroke from the putting green, the player’s ball rolls past the hole and accidentally strikes the flagstick that had been removed by the player prior to the stroke. There is no penalty and the player must play the ball as it lies.

4. On a par 3, a player hits their tee shot into dense woods. Thinking they may not be able to find their ball, the player announces and plays a provisional ball, which comes to rest 3 feet from the hole. As the player is approaching the putting green a spectator says that they see a ball that is likely the player’s ball deep in the bushes. The player is not required to identify the ball and may continue with the provisional ball.

5. A player accidentally moves their ball while trying to find or identify it as it lies in tall grass. The player gets a one-stroke penalty, and the ball must be replaced on its original spot, which if not known, must be estimated.

6. A player hits a poor shot from the fairway towards a penalty area. Without knowledge or virtual certainty that the ball is in the penalty area, the player drops another ball under the stroke-and-distance option of Rule 17.1d at the spot from which the previous stroke was made. Just after the player drops the ball and before he plays it, the original ball is found outside the penalty area within the 3-minute search time. The player must continue with the dropped ball.