Week 3: Quiz

Stage 1: Discovery · Ages 5–8 · Golf History

Week 3 — The First Golf Rules

Edinburgh · 1744

Let’s see what we remember from this week! Read each question aloud and talk through the answers together.

Correct answers are shown in bold color. Use this as a conversation starter, not a test.

Question 1

In what year were golf’s first written rules created?

○ 1600
✓ 1744
○ 1900

Question 2

How many rules were in golf’s first rulebook?

○ 5
✓ 13
○ 50

Question 3

What does ‘play the ball as it lies’ mean?

○ Move the ball to a better spot
✓ Hit the ball from wherever it stopped, without moving it
○ Throw the ball back to the tee

Parent-Teacher Note

The rules lessons work best when connected to real situations on the course. Every time your child encounters a rule during actual play this week, reference this lesson: ‘Remember — someone in 1744 had to figure out what to do about exactly this kind of situation.’