Golf Rules (Section Names)

Question 1

What is section 1 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 1

Section 1:

Fundamentals of the Game (Rules 1-4)

Question 2

What is section 2 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 2

Section 2:

Playing the Round and a Hole (Rules 5-6)

Question 3

What is section 3 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 3

Section 3:

Playing the Ball (Rules 7-11)

Question 4

What is section 4 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 4

Section 4:

Specific Rules for Bunkers and Putting Greens (Rules 12-13)

Question 5

What is section 5 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 5

Section 5:

Lifting and Returning a Ball to Play (Rule 14)

Question 6

What is section 6 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 6

Section 6:

Free Relief (Rules 15-16)

Question 7

What is section 7 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 7

Section 7:

Penalty Relief (Rules 17-19)

Question 8

What is section 8 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 8

Section 8:

Procedures for Players and Committee When Issues Arise in Applying the Rules (Rule 20)

Question 9

What is section 9 and what rules are part of it?

Answer 9

Section 9:

Other Forms of Play (Rules 21-24)

Question 10

What is rule 1?

Answer 10

Rule 1:

The Game, Player Conduct and the Rules

Question 11

What is rule 2?

Answer 11

Rule 2:

The Course

Question 12

What is rule 3?

Answer 12

Rule 3:

The Competition

Question 13

What is rule 4?

Answer 13

Rule 4:

The Player’s Equipment

Question 14

What is rule 5?

Answer 14

Rule 5:

Playing the Round

Question 15

What is rule 6?

Answer 15

Rule 6:

Playing a Hole

Question 16

What is rule 7?

Answer 16

Rule 7:

Ball Search: Finding and Identifying Ball

Question 17

What is rule 8?

Answer 17

Rule 8:

Course Played as It Is Found

Question 18

What is rule 9?

Answer 18

Rule 9:

Ball Played as It Lies; Ball at Rest Lifted or Moved

Question 19

What is rule 10?

Answer 19

Rule 10:

Preparing for and Making a Stroke; Advice and Help; Caddies

Question 20

What is rule 11?

Answer 20

Rule 11:

Ball in Motion Accidentally Hits Person, Animal or Object; Deliberate Actions to Affect Ball
in Motion

Question 21

What is rule 12?

Answer 21

Rule 12:

Bunkers

Question 22

What is rule 13?

Answer 22

Rule 13:

Putting Greens

Question 23

What is rule 14?

Answer 23

Rule 14:

Procedures for Ball: Marking, Lifting and Cleaning; Replacing on Spot; Dropping in Relief
Area; Playing from Wrong Place

Question 24

What is rule 15?

Answer 24

Rule 15:

Relief from Loose Impediments and Movable Obstructions (including Ball or Ball-Marker
Helping or Interfering with Play)

Question 25

What is rule 16?

Answer 25

Rule 16: Relief from Abnormal Course Conditions (Including Immovable Obstructions), Dangerous Animal Condition, Embedded Ball

Question 26

What is rule 17?

Answer 26

Rule 17: Penalty Areas

Question 27

What is rule 18?

Answer 27

Rule 18: Stroke-and-Distance Relief, Ball Lost or Out of Bounds, Provisional Ball

Question 28

What is rule 19?

Answer 28

Rule 19: Unplayable Ball

Question 29

What is rule 20?

Answer 29

Rule 20: Resolving Rules Issues During Round; Rulings by Referee and Committee

Question 30

What is rule 21?

Answer 30

Rule 21: Other Forms of Individual Stroke Play and Match Play

Question 31

What is rule 22?

Answer 31

Rule 22: Foursomes (Also Known as Alternate Shot)

Question 32

What is rule 23?

Answer 32

Rule 23: Four-Ball

Question 33

What is rule 24?

Answer 33

Rule 24: Team Competitions

Question 34

What are the subsections of rule 1?

Answer 34

1. 1 The Game of Golf 1. 2 Standards of Player Conduct 1. 3 Playing by the Rules