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Golf · Level 6: Advanced · Sub-level 6.2

Trouble Shots

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

Getting out of trouble: under and round trees, water, bare ground and divots, awkward stances, and special shots round the green.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Trees and branchesTake a test

  1. Little loft keeps the ball down.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. With the hands ahead it flies even lower.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. A practice swing away from the ball shows the room.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Fairly taking a stance is fine; bending or breaking to improve it is not.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 8.1 · recall

  5. Removing loose straw near the ball risks moving it.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 15.1 · recall

  6. The miss can leave a worse spot than before.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. From the pine straw right of the 10th fairway.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  8. A short swing keeps contact simple.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. Less loft keeps it lower.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  10. Or declare it unplayable for a penalty.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 2Water and bare groundTake a test

  1. Otherwise penalty relief is usually wiser.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. Free relief applies in the general area.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 16.3 · recall

  3. There is no grass to cushion a heavy strike.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Low bounce suits firm, bare ground.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Relief is a right, not a duty.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 16.1 · recall

  6. No free relief: play it as it lies.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  7. The club must get down to the ball.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. Water is the hardest of all.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. Steep in, ball first.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Expect to get wet.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 3Awkward stancesTake a test

  1. Grip down for the foot that is higher.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. One of the game's oldest principles.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 1.1 · recall

  3. Used when the ball sits against an obstacle on the wrong side.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Swing near the ball, not at it.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Digging the feet in firmly is allowed.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 8 · recall

  6. Solid contact first.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Stay down through the strike.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. The worse the footing, the shorter the swing.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. Footing comes before everything else.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Kneeling brings the hands much closer to the ground.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 4Special shots near the greenTake a test

  1. Hence the belly wedge or a steep putter stroke.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. The leading edge strikes the ball's middle.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. Useful to a flag cut just over a ridge.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Like a chip, ball first.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. It often flies across the green.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  6. A practice-round tradition on the 16th hole at Augusta.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  7. The 'Texas wedge' is at home on links.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  8. The lob relies on the air.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. The edge meets the ball's equator.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Putted with the wedge's edge.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Sources

PGA coaching and general teaching guides, launch-monitor teaching material, sport-psychology research as used in golf, the Rules of Golf 2023 and Model Local Rules where a rule is named, and championship records for settled events; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)29
  • General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)5
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 8.11
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 15.11
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 16.31
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 16.11
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 1.11
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 81