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Daily Rules Quiz: Marking your position


Published: July 13, 2007

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You reach into your pocket to retrieve a coin to mark your ball on the green. But you fumble the coin and accidentally drop it onto your ball, which moves it slightly. You should:

A. Replace your ball without penalty to its original position.

B. Incur a two-stroke penalty and play the ball from its altered position.

C. Incur a one-stroke penalty and replace the ball.

Go to the next page for the answer.