Q: In match play, if your opponent asks how many strokes you’ve taken, do you have to tell her?
A: Yes. Rule 9-2a says that “an opponent is entitled to ascertain from the player during the play of a hole, the number of strokes she has taken, and, after play of a hole, the number of strokes taken on the hole just completed.”
Q: In match play, if a player is asked how many strokes she has taken, and her caddie answers with incorrect information, is the player held responsible and subject to penalty?
A: Yes, unless the error is corrected before the opponent makes her next shot.
Q: In match play, Jane hits her ball into a water hazard. Brenda asks Jane how she’s going to proceed to which Jane replies that she is going to drop out and take a one-stroke penalty. After Brenda plays her next shot, Jane changes her mind and plays her ball out of the hazard. Did Jane give Brenda the “wrong information” according to Rule 9-2?
A: No. Jane didn’t have to answer Brenda’s question, but the fact that she did does not preclude her from changing her mind.