PDGA CERTIFIED RULES EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 CERTIFIED
QUALITY EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW
Question 1 of 25
During the first round of a b-tier, the caddie for a player in your
group takes large, frequent sips of an unknown liquid from an
insulated water bottle. It becomes apparent quickly that the
liquid is some kind of alcohol. You see the td standing near the
target of a nearby hole and wave them over. The td questions the
caddie, who admits they were drinking rum and cola for the
entire round. The course is owned by a local distillery, who
allows consumption of their products, including the rum in
question, on their property. What is the result? - --ANSWERS---
a. Because the venue permits the consumption of alcohol and
because the caddie is not a player, there's nothing to be done
unless the venue chooses to eject them for being too intoxicated,
competition manual 1.14.c.4.
B. Public display or use of alcohol is prohibited, competition
manual 3.03.b.5. However, the td can allow the player to finish
the round with a warning and continue playing the event, as long
as they have a different caddie or no caddie for the next round.
C. Public display or use of alcohol at a b-tier is a mandatory
disqualification, competition manual 3.03.c.4. Because caddie
behavior also applies to the player, 3.05.c, the player and caddie
are both disqualified from the event.
D. Because no player made a call, there is nothing the td can do,
even if a rule was broken, 801.02.a.
,ANSWER c
Question 13 of 25
The hole your group is playing has a target close to a drainage
culvert that extends into the side of a hill. Your tee shot flies past
the target and straight into the culvert. Your group can see the
disc about a meter and a half inside. What is your next move? - -
-ANSWERS---a. You cannot reach your lie, so you need to
abandon the throw and re-tee, 809.01.a.
B. Mark a lie directly above the position of the thrown disc on the
playing surface, 805.01.c.
C. You cannot reach your lie, so the disc is lost and you must re-
tee, 805.03.d.
D. You must do everything you can to squeeze into the culvert
behind your disc, 803.01.a, or else take par plus four, 811.f.3.
ANSWER b
Question 14 of 25
Your four-person group is playing a hole where the target is
raised on a long pole, so the catch tray is about 2 meters above
the playing surface. A player in your group throws a tee shot that
lands directly at the base of the pole. When the player arrives at
their lie, they jump up into the air and dunk their putter into the
target like a ball. The putter comes to rest in the catch tray, and
the player lands behind their thrown disc and demonstrates
balance. The third player in your group says "foot fault," a
common term for a stance violation under 802.07, and the fourth
player says "yup, i agree." what's the result? - --ANSWERS---a.
Because the player did not have any supporting points in contact
, with their lie when they released the disc, they committed a
stance violation, 802.07.a.1, which was called and seconded,
801.02.e. The player has completed the hole in three total throws,
counting the penalty stroke.
B. Because the player did not have any supporting points in
contact with their lie when they released the disc, they
committed a stance violation, 802.07.a.2, which was called and
seconded, 801.02.e. However, because this was the player's first
offense, they only receive a warning, and must re-putt without
penalty.
C. Because the player never had any points of contact in front of
their lie and demonstrated balance, 806.01.b, there is no penalty.
The player has completed the hole in two throws.
D. Because the player never had any points of contact in front of
their lie and demonstrated balance, 806.01.b, there is no penalty
for a stance violation. However, the player could be called for
illegal throwing motion under 802.01 and disqualified from the
event.
ANSWER a
Question 15 of 25
Your group is walking up to your lies. You're all about 50-60 feet
from the target. The away player steps up to their lie and spends
about 5 seconds rangefinding the distance, and then starts their
putting routine. After 10 seconds, they stop and say "sorry, bird
distracted me." they take a breath and reset, go back into their
routine, and after 15 seconds, they stop and say "sorry, a bug
flew in my peripheral vision." they take a breath and reset, and
go back into their routine. After 15 more seconds, they throw, and
QUALITY EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW
Question 1 of 25
During the first round of a b-tier, the caddie for a player in your
group takes large, frequent sips of an unknown liquid from an
insulated water bottle. It becomes apparent quickly that the
liquid is some kind of alcohol. You see the td standing near the
target of a nearby hole and wave them over. The td questions the
caddie, who admits they were drinking rum and cola for the
entire round. The course is owned by a local distillery, who
allows consumption of their products, including the rum in
question, on their property. What is the result? - --ANSWERS---
a. Because the venue permits the consumption of alcohol and
because the caddie is not a player, there's nothing to be done
unless the venue chooses to eject them for being too intoxicated,
competition manual 1.14.c.4.
B. Public display or use of alcohol is prohibited, competition
manual 3.03.b.5. However, the td can allow the player to finish
the round with a warning and continue playing the event, as long
as they have a different caddie or no caddie for the next round.
C. Public display or use of alcohol at a b-tier is a mandatory
disqualification, competition manual 3.03.c.4. Because caddie
behavior also applies to the player, 3.05.c, the player and caddie
are both disqualified from the event.
D. Because no player made a call, there is nothing the td can do,
even if a rule was broken, 801.02.a.
,ANSWER c
Question 13 of 25
The hole your group is playing has a target close to a drainage
culvert that extends into the side of a hill. Your tee shot flies past
the target and straight into the culvert. Your group can see the
disc about a meter and a half inside. What is your next move? - -
-ANSWERS---a. You cannot reach your lie, so you need to
abandon the throw and re-tee, 809.01.a.
B. Mark a lie directly above the position of the thrown disc on the
playing surface, 805.01.c.
C. You cannot reach your lie, so the disc is lost and you must re-
tee, 805.03.d.
D. You must do everything you can to squeeze into the culvert
behind your disc, 803.01.a, or else take par plus four, 811.f.3.
ANSWER b
Question 14 of 25
Your four-person group is playing a hole where the target is
raised on a long pole, so the catch tray is about 2 meters above
the playing surface. A player in your group throws a tee shot that
lands directly at the base of the pole. When the player arrives at
their lie, they jump up into the air and dunk their putter into the
target like a ball. The putter comes to rest in the catch tray, and
the player lands behind their thrown disc and demonstrates
balance. The third player in your group says "foot fault," a
common term for a stance violation under 802.07, and the fourth
player says "yup, i agree." what's the result? - --ANSWERS---a.
Because the player did not have any supporting points in contact
, with their lie when they released the disc, they committed a
stance violation, 802.07.a.1, which was called and seconded,
801.02.e. The player has completed the hole in three total throws,
counting the penalty stroke.
B. Because the player did not have any supporting points in
contact with their lie when they released the disc, they
committed a stance violation, 802.07.a.2, which was called and
seconded, 801.02.e. However, because this was the player's first
offense, they only receive a warning, and must re-putt without
penalty.
C. Because the player never had any points of contact in front of
their lie and demonstrated balance, 806.01.b, there is no penalty.
The player has completed the hole in two throws.
D. Because the player never had any points of contact in front of
their lie and demonstrated balance, 806.01.b, there is no penalty
for a stance violation. However, the player could be called for
illegal throwing motion under 802.01 and disqualified from the
event.
ANSWER a
Question 15 of 25
Your group is walking up to your lies. You're all about 50-60 feet
from the target. The away player steps up to their lie and spends
about 5 seconds rangefinding the distance, and then starts their
putting routine. After 10 seconds, they stop and say "sorry, bird
distracted me." they take a breath and reset, go back into their
routine, and after 15 seconds, they stop and say "sorry, a bug
flew in my peripheral vision." they take a breath and reset, and
go back into their routine. After 15 more seconds, they throw, and
