PDGA Certified Rules Exam
Question 1 of 25 A. Both 810.D and 809.01.A.
You put your tee shot 4 meters
from the target. Your putt hits the B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
side of the catch tray and rolls
35 meters down a hill and into a C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
pond, quickly sinking beneath
the water. The rules sheet says D. 806.02.E.
"Pond OB." There is no drop
zone. You know that the best Answer C
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?
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Question 2 of 25 A. Your disc is not clearly and completely
You are playing on a disc golf surrounded by the hazard, 806.05.B, but
course that co-exists with a golf your resultant lie cannot be in the hazard,
course. You throw a shot that 802.07.A.3. You take up to a meter relief
comes to rest with your disc from the line marking the hazard and mark a
straddling a painted line around new lie there.
the edge of a bunker. Standing
behind the thrown disc and B. Your disc is not clearly and completely
facing the target puts your feet surrounded by the hazard, 806.05.B. You
completely in the bunker. The throw from in the hazard without penalty.
rules sheet says "Bunkers are
hazards, marked with paint." C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane,
What is the correct ruling? 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
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Question 3 of 25 A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't
Your group has thrown their part of the course is played where it first
drives on a hole where the comes to rest, 810.C.
fairway is short and
straightforward, but the target is B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should
placed on a 1.5m tall man-made be disqualified, Competition Manual
mound covered in artificial turf. 3.03.C.1.
All four of you are within the
putting circle. The away player C. No, any interference with a player's own
putts, and their disc hits the disc must be intentional, 810.E.
catch tray, rolls, and is stopped
by the player's own bag. Another D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
player in the group calls an
interference penalty and looks Answer D
over to you. Should you second
the call?
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Question 1 of 25 A. Both 810.D and 809.01.A.
You put your tee shot 4 meters
from the target. Your putt hits the B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
side of the catch tray and rolls
35 meters down a hill and into a C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
pond, quickly sinking beneath
the water. The rules sheet says D. 806.02.E.
"Pond OB." There is no drop
zone. You know that the best Answer C
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?
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Question 2 of 25 A. Your disc is not clearly and completely
You are playing on a disc golf surrounded by the hazard, 806.05.B, but
course that co-exists with a golf your resultant lie cannot be in the hazard,
course. You throw a shot that 802.07.A.3. You take up to a meter relief
comes to rest with your disc from the line marking the hazard and mark a
straddling a painted line around new lie there.
the edge of a bunker. Standing
behind the thrown disc and B. Your disc is not clearly and completely
facing the target puts your feet surrounded by the hazard, 806.05.B. You
completely in the bunker. The throw from in the hazard without penalty.
rules sheet says "Bunkers are
hazards, marked with paint." C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane,
What is the correct ruling? 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
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Question 3 of 25 A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't
Your group has thrown their part of the course is played where it first
drives on a hole where the comes to rest, 810.C.
fairway is short and
straightforward, but the target is B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should
placed on a 1.5m tall man-made be disqualified, Competition Manual
mound covered in artificial turf. 3.03.C.1.
All four of you are within the
putting circle. The away player C. No, any interference with a player's own
putts, and their disc hits the disc must be intentional, 810.E.
catch tray, rolls, and is stopped
by the player's own bag. Another D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
player in the group calls an
interference penalty and looks Answer D
over to you. Should you second
the call?
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