PDGA Certified Rules Exam – Questions With Expert
Solutions
Question 1 of 25
Your drive hits a cedar tree and immediately gets stuck. When you walk up to
the tree, there's a pole leaning on it that you can use to get your disc down.
You notice it has a marking on it showing where 2 meters is. You mark your lie
directly under the front edge of the disc on the playing surface. When you get
your disc down, it's clearly up higher than 2 meters. The rules sheet has no
notes for the hole, but has a few notes about the two meter rule for various
trees and holes elsewhere on the course. Are you assessed a penalty?
A. Yes, the presence of the marked pole indicates that the two-meter rule
applies to that tree.
B. No, the two-meter rule was abolished by the PDGA in 2006.
C. Yes, the two-meter rule applies everywhere if it applies anywhere,
805.02.A.
D. No, the two-meter rule is only in effect where the TD specifies, if at all,
805.02.A.
Correct 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.
Correct 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.
Correct 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? 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.
Solutions
Question 1 of 25
Your drive hits a cedar tree and immediately gets stuck. When you walk up to
the tree, there's a pole leaning on it that you can use to get your disc down.
You notice it has a marking on it showing where 2 meters is. You mark your lie
directly under the front edge of the disc on the playing surface. When you get
your disc down, it's clearly up higher than 2 meters. The rules sheet has no
notes for the hole, but has a few notes about the two meter rule for various
trees and holes elsewhere on the course. Are you assessed a penalty?
A. Yes, the presence of the marked pole indicates that the two-meter rule
applies to that tree.
B. No, the two-meter rule was abolished by the PDGA in 2006.
C. Yes, the two-meter rule applies everywhere if it applies anywhere,
805.02.A.
D. No, the two-meter rule is only in effect where the TD specifies, if at all,
805.02.A.
Correct 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.
Correct 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.
Correct 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? 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.
