Questions 21-40

Continuing with some more questions, here are the next 20 True / False questions.  For some reason these seem a little easier than the first ones.  [Answers at bottom]

1. A player may not stand out of bounds to play a ball that lies in bounds.
2. A ball played at the hole being played is not equipment when it has been lifted and not put back into play.
3. Any suggestion that could influence a player in determining his play is advice.
4. A ball remains in play until holed, exceptwhen it is lost, out of bounds or lifted or another ball has been substituted.
5. During a stipulated round, the playing characteristics of a club must not be purposely changed by adjustment or by any other means.
6. The putting green is all ground of the hole being played that is specially prepared for putting and chipping.
7. If in a handicap match a palyer scores a two on a hole with two handicap strokes, his net score is zero.
8. A stipulated round consists of playing the holes of the course in their sequence unless otherwise authorized by the Committee.
9. Hazards on the course include both bunkers and water hazards.
10. Ground under repair includes material piled for removal whether marked or not.
11. Foreign material must not be applied to the club face for the purpose of influencing the movement of the ball.
12. A competitor is a player in a stroke play competition; a fellow-competitor is any person with whom the competitor is playing.
13. A foursome is four players playing one ball in either stroke or match play.
14. A rub of the green occurs when a ball in motion is accidentally deflected or stopped by any outside agency.
15. A threesome is a match where one plays against two, and each side plays one ball.
16. A ball is lost if a player has made a stroke at a substituted ball;  he is not required to search for the original ball.
17. A dropped ball must be re-dropped without penalty if it rolls off of and comes to rest off a putting green.
18. A wrong ball is any ball other than the player’s ball in play, provisional ball or a second ball played in stroke play.
19. A competitor who has incurred a penalty must inform his marker as soon as possible;  if he does not, he has given wrong information.
20. A ball to be placed under the Rules must be placed by the player himself.

Answers:

1. False - Definition of Out of Bounds
2. False – Definition of Equipment (Note 1)
3. True – Definition of Advice
4. True – Definition of Ball in Play
5. True – Rule 4-2a
6. False – Definition of Putting Green
7. True – Decision 2-1/2
8. True – Definition of Stipulated Round
9. True – Definition of Hazards
10. True – Definition of Ground Under Repair
11. True – Rule 4-2b
12. True – Definition of Competitor
13. False – (thanks Pete) Definition of Forms of Match Play and Forms of Stroke Play
    
14. True – Definition of Rub of the Green
15. True – Definition of Forms of Match Play
16. True – Definition of Lost Ball
17. False – Rule 20-2c (iii) (Redrop if it rolls onto the green, but not if it rolls off)
18. True – Definition of Wrong Ball
19. False – Rule 9-3
20. False – Rule 20-3a