PDGA CERTIFIED RULES EXAM 2026 DISC
GOLF OFFICIATING CERTIFICATION TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Question 2 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.
C. Because the group agrees that the disc landed OB, it is OB,
806.02.A. However, because the group cannot locate the disc within
three minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The player takes two
penalty strokes and returns to their previous lie.
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.
◉ Question 5 of 25
Your group walks up to a hole that is a blind, downhill, right to left
shot. You are teeing first. You throw a left-handed forehand shot that
looks good, and your card yells when you hear the disc hit metal.
When you get down to the target, your disc is stuck in the front of
the target's tray. Did you complete the hole? Answer: 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.
C. No. Your disc needed to enter the target between the bottom of
the chain support and the top of the catch tray, 807.C.
D. No, because less than half the disc is inside the tray, 807.B.
Answer A
◉ Question 6 of 25
Your disc lands completely inside a fenced-in area. The rules sheet
says "inside fence is out-of-bounds." What section of the Official
GOLF OFFICIATING CERTIFICATION TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Question 2 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.
C. Because the group agrees that the disc landed OB, it is OB,
806.02.A. However, because the group cannot locate the disc within
three minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The player takes two
penalty strokes and returns to their previous lie.
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.
◉ Question 5 of 25
Your group walks up to a hole that is a blind, downhill, right to left
shot. You are teeing first. You throw a left-handed forehand shot that
looks good, and your card yells when you hear the disc hit metal.
When you get down to the target, your disc is stuck in the front of
the target's tray. Did you complete the hole? Answer: 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.
C. No. Your disc needed to enter the target between the bottom of
the chain support and the top of the catch tray, 807.C.
D. No, because less than half the disc is inside the tray, 807.B.
Answer A
◉ Question 6 of 25
Your disc lands completely inside a fenced-in area. The rules sheet
says "inside fence is out-of-bounds." What section of the Official
