MGA's Acclaimed Rules Quiz Returns

[RemyM]

Here you go all you rules experts.

MGA's Acclaimed Rules Quiz Returns | Metropolitan Golf Association

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Test your Rules IQ with the MGA's annual nationally acclaimed Rules Quiz and check back for answers in March.

 

Edited February 12, 2019 by RemyM

[RemyM]

Looks like the original link is no longer working so here is the pdf version.

https://www.mgagolf.org/sites/default/files/MGA Rules Quiz 2019 v3.5.pdf

And the answers

https://www.mgagolf.org/sites/default/files/Rules Quiz Answers 3-15.pdf

Edited March 18, 2019 by RemyM

[David in FL]

Or you can take as many as you like at the USGA website.  Various levels of complexity and/or number of questions.  Take online or pdf...

http://www.usga.org/RulesQuiz/rules_quizzes2019.html

[Rulesman]

I have it on good authority that the MGA have realised the score for #25 should be 11

[iacas]

I don't like question #20 either. The player changed the relief area after establishing a reference point, then only dropped once before placing in the second reference point/relief area.

[iacas]

19 minutes ago, Rulesman said:

I have it on good authority that the MGA have realised the score for #25 should be 11

How do you get to 11?

1 - Tee shot
2,3 - Dropping away from water (wrong place)
4 - Ball hit into bush
5,6 - Wrong place in dropping out of bush
7 - Shot onto the green
8,9 - Two putts

I'm quickly moving away from this so I'm not going to give this that much more thought. I have problems with other rules questions, so that they may not know what they're doing on #25 doesn't surprise me at this point.

[Rulesman]

The original answer was  'Rule 14.7' but I am told they had missed 6C(9) bullet 2 in Committee Procedures.

I haven't even read the question

 

 

 

[iacas]

Was just told not to give a crap about the MGA’s yearly test. That they’re often garbage and don’t listen to the USGA.

[Asheville]

I'm with you Erik, I don't bother with it. The beast administered by PGA/USGA is more than enough for me. :)

[Fourputt]

4 hours ago, iacas said:

Was just told not to give a crap about the MGA’s yearly test. That they’re often garbage and don’t listen to the USGA.

I can't get behind a so-called "test" that opines situations which might happen once in the history of the game, and more likely would never actually happen.  A test that is created for the express purpose of making you fail is not a real test, in my humble opinion.

[iacas]

2 hours ago, Fourputt said:

I can't get behind a so-called "test" that opines situations which might happen once in the history of the game, and more likely would never actually happen.  A test that is created for the express purpose of making you fail is not a real test, in my humble opinion.

That too. Pointless.

[Rulesman]

They have just released an update with 3 corrections !

[Asheville]

2 hours ago, Fourputt said:

I can't get behind a so-called "test" that opines situations which might happen once in the history of the game, and more likely would never actually happen.  A test that is created for the express purpose of making you fail is not a real test, in my humble opinion.

I see it as a test for Committee members. Joes like me on the course with a badge and a radio don't need those headaches. :)

[Missouri Swede]

2 minutes ago, Asheville said:

I see it as a test for Committee members. Joes like me on the course with a badge and a radio don't need those headaches. 🙂

“Hey guys, guess what DJ did ...”

[iacas]

39 minutes ago, Rulesman said:

They have just released an update with 3 corrections !

Real signs of a poor test.

[RemyM]

1 hour ago, Rulesman said:

They have just released an update with 3 corrections !

Yep.

https://www.mgagolf.org/sites/default/files/Rules Quiz Answers 3-19_0.pdf

Quite a poor job by my association.

[Fourputt]

I have an idea how to deal with these weird scenarios:  When a player screws up so badly that it requires that many convolutions to sort things out, he is disqualified, with orders to leave the course and don't return (or at least he is barred from entering any competitions) until he has made the effort to learn some of the basic procedures for playing golf.  Too many of those brain twisters begin with fairly stupid mistakes, and are then compounded by more stupidity - anyone with a basic understanding of the rules would never make the mistake that starts the chain of errors.

(understand that this is, at least partly, tongue in cheek 😁 )