PDGA Certified Rules Exam
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Question 1 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?
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 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?
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.
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?
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
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?
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 4 of 25
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
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Question 1 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?
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 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?
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.
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?
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
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?
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 4 of 25
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
