PDGA CERTIFIED RULES STUDY GUIDE
2026 FULL QUESTION BANK WITH
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⫸ 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.
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.
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.
2026 FULL QUESTION BANK WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
⫸ 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.
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.
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.
