Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
27th July 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
Liz and Jill are playing stableford.
Jill has 14 conforming clubs.
Liz realises she has accidentally brought 15 clubs in her bag which includes an extra putter which she forgot to leave behind.
Liz correctly takes that club out of play before her round starts by informing Jill and placing a plastic bag over the offending club (is too late to offload elsewhere).
Whilst playing the twelfth hole, Jill’s putter is accidentally damaged by a maintenance vehicle.
Knowing that she is entitled to replace the (accidentally) damaged club (without penalty) and being some distance from her locker, Jill borrows Liz’s putter (Jill correctly discards her damaged putter) that was taken out of play earlier and uses it to complete the twelfth hole and of course the rest of the holes to be played.
Before submitting a score, Jill and Liz discuss the situation with the Committee.
The Committee should decide:
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See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
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Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
3rd August 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
David is playing stroke.
A Local Rule is in place so that for a ball at rest in a particular penalty area, penalty area relief must be taken at the marked drop zone.
David’s second stroke has come to rest in that penalty area.
He drops a ball in the right way, and it comes to rest on the ground closer to the hole outside the edge of the drop zone, but with part of the ball overhanging the painted line defining the drop zone.
David lifts his ball and redrops it so that it comes to rest well inside the drop zone, then plays that to the putting green.
He completes the hole with 2 more strokes then starts the next.
What is David’s correct score for the hole?
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See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
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Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
10th August 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
Playing stroke, Jill’s tee stroke might be lost (on the course and outside a penalty area) so she declares and plays a provisional ball.
Jill finds a ball that she believes is her original, makes a stroke at it, lifts the provisional ball, and then discovers that the ball she played was not her original ball.
Jill resumes searching for her original ball but cannot find it within the time frame permitted.
Jill returns to the teeing area and plays her next stroke.
Jill’s next stroke will be her:
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See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
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Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
17th August 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
David is playing stroke.
A hole has a boundary running along the left side.
David’s tee stroke on this hole goes left and comes to rest in the general area amongst some trees to the left of the putting green and is playable.
His next stroke hits a tree, rebounding back towards him and might go out-of-bounds so David deliberately stops the ball (before it goes out-of-bounds).
The players agree that the ball would have come to rest out-of-bounds.
David best estimates where he played that stroke from and places a ball on that spot.
He now takes 4 more strokes to complete the hole then starts the next.
What is David’s score for the hole?
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See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
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Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
17th August 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
David is playing stroke.
A hole has a boundary running along the left side.
David’s tee stroke on this hole goes left and comes to rest in the general area amongst some trees to the left of the putting green and is playable.
His next stroke hits a tree, rebounding back towards him and might go out-of-bounds so David deliberately stops the ball (before it goes out-of-bounds).
The players agree that the ball would have come to rest out-of-bounds.
David best estimates where he played that stroke from and places a ball on that spot.
He now takes 4 more strokes to complete the hole then starts the next.
What is David’s score for the hole?
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See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
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Here’s a space and opportunity for golfers of all persuasions to review, interact, contribute, resolve scenarios, and seek support for issues associated with this great game.
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Coming soon will be user customised quizzes.
Here’s the Quiz Index.
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Users may submit a question query directly from the question and/or answer.
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Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
27th July 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
Liz and Jill are playing stableford.
Jill has 14 conforming clubs.
Liz realises she has accidentally brought 15 clubs in her bag which includes an extra putter which she forgot to leave behind.
Liz correctly takes that club out of play before her round starts by informing Jill and placing a plastic bag over the offending club (is too late to offload elsewhere).
Whilst playing the twelfth hole, Jill’s putter is accidentally damaged by a maintenance vehicle.
Knowing that she is entitled to replace the (accidentally) damaged club (without penalty) and being some distance from her locker, Jill borrows Liz’s putter (Jill correctly discards her damaged putter) that was taken out of play earlier and uses it to complete the twelfth hole and of course the rest of the holes to be played.
Before submitting a score, Jill and Liz discuss the situation with the Committee.
The Committee should decide:
Â
See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
[Registration is required to view this resource]
Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
3rd August 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
David is playing stroke.
A Local Rule is in place so that for a ball at rest in a particular penalty area, penalty area relief must be taken at the marked drop zone.
David’s second stroke has come to rest in that penalty area.
He drops a ball in the right way, and it comes to rest on the ground closer to the hole outside the edge of the drop zone, but with part of the ball overhanging the painted line defining the drop zone.
David lifts his ball and redrops it so that it comes to rest well inside the drop zone, then plays that to the putting green.
He completes the hole with 2 more strokes then starts the next.
What is David’s correct score for the hole?
Â
 See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
[Registration is required to view this resource]
Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
10th August 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
Playing stroke, Jill’s tee stroke might be lost (on the course and outside a penalty area) so she declares and plays a provisional ball.
Jill finds a ball that she believes is her original, makes a stroke at it, lifts the provisional ball, and then discovers that the ball she played was not her original ball.
Jill resumes searching for her original ball but cannot find it within the time frame permitted.
Jill returns to the teeing area and plays her next stroke.
Jill’s next stroke will be her:
 See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
[Registration is required to view this resource]
Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
17th August 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
David is playing stroke.
A hole has a boundary running along the left side.
David’s tee stroke on this hole goes left and comes to rest in the general area amongst some trees to the left of the putting green and is playable.
His next stroke hits a tree, rebounding back towards him and might go out-of-bounds so David deliberately stops the ball (before it goes out-of-bounds).
The players agree that the ball would have come to rest out-of-bounds.
David best estimates where he played that stroke from and places a ball on that spot.
He now takes 4 more strokes to complete the hole then starts the next.
What is David’s score for the hole?
Â
 See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
[Registration is required to view this resource]
Question of the Week
 What’s your decision?Â
17th August 2026
[ 🤔 A new question every Monday ]
David is playing stroke.
A hole has a boundary running along the left side.
David’s tee stroke on this hole goes left and comes to rest in the general area amongst some trees to the left of the putting green and is playable.
His next stroke hits a tree, rebounding back towards him and might go out-of-bounds so David deliberately stops the ball (before it goes out-of-bounds).
The players agree that the ball would have come to rest out-of-bounds.
David best estimates where he played that stroke from and places a ball on that spot.
He now takes 4 more strokes to complete the hole then starts the next.
What is David’s score for the hole?
Â
 See ‘2026 Decisions Archive‘ for the answer.
[Registration is required to view this resource]
Have a Go - Free Access
 To get a taste for how Quizzes, Questions and responses are constructed and appear, have a free go at a small pool of such Questions.
Each Quiz just 5 Questions, randomly taken from the pool.
Upon registering (no cost or credit card) you’ll have access to all resources, including some 6,000 Questions and 134 different Quizzes.
