PDGA Certified Rules Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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Question 1 of 25
A. Both 810.D and 809.01.A.
You put your tee shot 4 meters from the target. Your putt
hits the side of the catch tray and rolls 35 meters down B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
a hill and into a pond, quickly sinking beneath the water.
The rules sheet says "Pond OB." There is no drop zone. You C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
know that the best decision is to re-putt with a penalty, but
another player in the group insists you have to throw from D. 806.02.E.
down by the pond. What section(s) of the Oflcial Rules of
Answer C
Disc Golf support your claim?
A. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by
the hazard, 806.05.B, but your resultant lie cannot be in
the hazard, 802.07.A.3. You take up to a meter relief from
the line marking the hazard and mark a new lie there.
Question 2 of 25
You are playing on a disc golf course that co-exists with a B. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by
golf course. You throw a shot that comes to rest with your the hazard, 806.05.B. You throw from in the hazard without
disc straddling a painted line around the edge of a bunker. penalty.
Standing behind the thrown disc and facing the target
C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You
puts your feet completely in the bunker. The rules sheet
take a penalty throw and throw from in the hazard.
says "Bunkers are hazards, marked with paint." What is
the correct ruling? D. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You
take a penalty throw but get free optional relief back along
the line of play.
Answer C
A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't part of the
Question 3 of 25 course is played where it first comes to rest, 810.C.
Your group has thrown their drives on a hole where the
fairway is short and straightforward, but the target is B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should be disquali-
placed on a 1.5m tall man-made mound covered in ar- fied, Competition Manual 3.03.C.1.
, tificial turf. All four of you are within the putting circle. The C. No, any interference with a player's own disc must be
away player putts, and their disc hits the catch tray, rolls, intentional, 810.E.
and is stopped by the player's own bag. Another player in
D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
the group calls an interference penalty and looks over to
you. Should you second the call? Answer D
A. Because not being able to find your disc is punishment
enough, the player marks a new lie within a meter of
where the disc was last seen with no penalty.
B. Because the group cannot locate the disc within three
minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The player receives
a penalty throw and must throw from their previous lie,
Question 4 of 25 805.03.D.
A player in your group throws their second shot past the
C. Because the group agrees that the disc landed OB, it is
target and into thick, deep rough. There's a white paint
OB, 806.02.A. However, because the group cannot locate
line between the cut grass of the fairway and the rough.
the disc within three minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A.
The rules sheet says "white paint lines mark OB rough."
The player takes two penalty strokes and returns to their
The disc is nowhere to be found. The whole group agrees
previous lie.
that the disc clearly landed in the OB area. What next?
D. Because the group agrees that the disc landed OB, it is
not a lost disc, 806.02.C. The group determines the point
where the disc went out, and the player receives a penalty
stroke and can play from an in-bounds lie placed within a
meter of that point in any direction, 806.02.D.
Answer D.
A. Yes. Your disc came to rest supported by the tray, 807.B.
B. Yes. No one saw the disc enter the target incorrectly,
807.B.
Answers
Question 1 of 25
A. Both 810.D and 809.01.A.
You put your tee shot 4 meters from the target. Your putt
hits the side of the catch tray and rolls 35 meters down B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
a hill and into a pond, quickly sinking beneath the water.
The rules sheet says "Pond OB." There is no drop zone. You C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
know that the best decision is to re-putt with a penalty, but
another player in the group insists you have to throw from D. 806.02.E.
down by the pond. What section(s) of the Oflcial Rules of
Answer C
Disc Golf support your claim?
A. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by
the hazard, 806.05.B, but your resultant lie cannot be in
the hazard, 802.07.A.3. You take up to a meter relief from
the line marking the hazard and mark a new lie there.
Question 2 of 25
You are playing on a disc golf course that co-exists with a B. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by
golf course. You throw a shot that comes to rest with your the hazard, 806.05.B. You throw from in the hazard without
disc straddling a painted line around the edge of a bunker. penalty.
Standing behind the thrown disc and facing the target
C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You
puts your feet completely in the bunker. The rules sheet
take a penalty throw and throw from in the hazard.
says "Bunkers are hazards, marked with paint." What is
the correct ruling? D. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You
take a penalty throw but get free optional relief back along
the line of play.
Answer C
A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't part of the
Question 3 of 25 course is played where it first comes to rest, 810.C.
Your group has thrown their drives on a hole where the
fairway is short and straightforward, but the target is B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should be disquali-
placed on a 1.5m tall man-made mound covered in ar- fied, Competition Manual 3.03.C.1.
, tificial turf. All four of you are within the putting circle. The C. No, any interference with a player's own disc must be
away player putts, and their disc hits the catch tray, rolls, intentional, 810.E.
and is stopped by the player's own bag. Another player in
D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
the group calls an interference penalty and looks over to
you. Should you second the call? Answer D
A. Because not being able to find your disc is punishment
enough, the player marks a new lie within a meter of
where the disc was last seen with no penalty.
B. Because the group cannot locate the disc within three
minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The player receives
a penalty throw and must throw from their previous lie,
Question 4 of 25 805.03.D.
A player in your group throws their second shot past the
C. Because the group agrees that the disc landed OB, it is
target and into thick, deep rough. There's a white paint
OB, 806.02.A. However, because the group cannot locate
line between the cut grass of the fairway and the rough.
the disc within three minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A.
The rules sheet says "white paint lines mark OB rough."
The player takes two penalty strokes and returns to their
The disc is nowhere to be found. The whole group agrees
previous lie.
that the disc clearly landed in the OB area. What next?
D. Because the group agrees that the disc landed OB, it is
not a lost disc, 806.02.C. The group determines the point
where the disc went out, and the player receives a penalty
stroke and can play from an in-bounds lie placed within a
meter of that point in any direction, 806.02.D.
Answer D.
A. Yes. Your disc came to rest supported by the tray, 807.B.
B. Yes. No one saw the disc enter the target incorrectly,
807.B.
