PDGA Certified Rules Exam 2026 Exam study guide COMPLETE EXAM Questions and Answers
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Question 1 of 25
You put your tee shot 4 meters from the target. Your putt hits the side of the catch tray and rolls 35
meters down a hill and into a pond, quickly sinking beneath the water. The rules sheet says "Pond OB."
There is no drop zone. You know that the best decision is to re-putt with a penalty, but another player in
the group insists you have to throw from down by the pond. What section(s) of the Official Rules of Disc
Golf support your claim? - (ANSWER)A. Both 810.D and 809.01.A.
B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
D. 806.02.E.
Answer C
Question 2 of 25
You are playing on a disc golf course that co-exists with a golf course. You throw a shot that comes to
rest with your disc straddling a painted line around the edge of a bunker. Standing behind the thrown
disc and facing the target puts your feet completely in the bunker. The rules sheet says "Bunkers are
hazards, marked with paint." What is the correct ruling? - (ANSWER)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.
B. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by the hazard, 806.05.B. You throw from in the
hazard without penalty.
C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You take a penalty throw and throw from in the
hazard.
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.
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Answer C
Question 3 of 25
Your group has thrown their drives on a hole where the fairway is short and straightforward, but the
target is placed on a 1.5m tall man-made mound covered in artificial turf. All four of you are within the
putting circle. The away player putts, and their disc hits the catch tray, rolls, and is stopped by the
player's own bag. Another player in the group calls an interference penalty and looks over to you.
Should you second the call? - (ANSWER)A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't part of the course
is played where it first comes to rest, 810.C.
B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should be disqualified, Competition Manual 3.03.C.1.
C. No, any interference with a player's own disc must be intentional, 810.E.
D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
Answer D
Question 4 of 25
A player in your group throws their second shot past the target and into thick, deep rough. There's a
white paint line between the cut grass of the fairway and the rough. The rules sheet says "white paint
lines mark OB rough." The disc is nowhere to be found. The whole group agrees that the disc clearly
landed in the OB area. What next? - (ANSWER)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, 805.03.D.
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Question 1 of 25
You put your tee shot 4 meters from the target. Your putt hits the side of the catch tray and rolls 35
meters down a hill and into a pond, quickly sinking beneath the water. The rules sheet says "Pond OB."
There is no drop zone. You know that the best decision is to re-putt with a penalty, but another player in
the group insists you have to throw from down by the pond. What section(s) of the Official Rules of Disc
Golf support your claim? - (ANSWER)A. Both 810.D and 809.01.A.
B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
D. 806.02.E.
Answer C
Question 2 of 25
You are playing on a disc golf course that co-exists with a golf course. You throw a shot that comes to
rest with your disc straddling a painted line around the edge of a bunker. Standing behind the thrown
disc and facing the target puts your feet completely in the bunker. The rules sheet says "Bunkers are
hazards, marked with paint." What is the correct ruling? - (ANSWER)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.
B. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by the hazard, 806.05.B. You throw from in the
hazard without penalty.
C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You take a penalty throw and throw from in the
hazard.
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.
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Answer C
Question 3 of 25
Your group has thrown their drives on a hole where the fairway is short and straightforward, but the
target is placed on a 1.5m tall man-made mound covered in artificial turf. All four of you are within the
putting circle. The away player putts, and their disc hits the catch tray, rolls, and is stopped by the
player's own bag. Another player in the group calls an interference penalty and looks over to you.
Should you second the call? - (ANSWER)A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't part of the course
is played where it first comes to rest, 810.C.
B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should be disqualified, Competition Manual 3.03.C.1.
C. No, any interference with a player's own disc must be intentional, 810.E.
D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
Answer D
Question 4 of 25
A player in your group throws their second shot past the target and into thick, deep rough. There's a
white paint line between the cut grass of the fairway and the rough. The rules sheet says "white paint
lines mark OB rough." The disc is nowhere to be found. The whole group agrees that the disc clearly
landed in the OB area. What next? - (ANSWER)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, 805.03.D.
