PDGA Certified Rules Exam 2025 EXAM LATEST (2025) COMPLETE
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1. Question 1 of 25 A. Both 810.D and 809.01.A.
You put your tee shot 4 me-
ters from the target. Your B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
putt hits the side of the catch
C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
tray and rolls 35 meters down
a hill and into a pond, quick-
D. 806.02.E.
ly sinking beneath the water.
The rules sheet says "Pond Answer C
OB." There is no drop zone.
You know that the best de-
cision 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 sup-
port your claim?
2. Question 2 of 25 A. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by the
You are playing on a disc golf hazard, 806.05.B, but your resultant lie cannot be in the hazard,
course that co-exists with a 802.07.A.3. You take up to a meter relief from the line marking
golf course. You throw a shot the hazard and mark a new lie there.
that comes to rest with your
disc straddling a painted line B. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by the
around the edge of a bunker. hazard, 806.05.B. You throw from in the hazard without penalty.
Standing behind the thrown
C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You take a
disc and facing the target
penalty throw and throw from in the hazard.
puts your feet completely in
the bunker. The rules sheet
D. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You take a
says "Bunkers are hazards,
penalty throw but get free optional relief back along the line of
marked with paint." What is
play.
the correct ruling?
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Answer C
3. Question 3 of 25 A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't part of the course
Your group has thrown their is played where it first comes to rest, 810.C.
drives on a hole where
the fairway is short and B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should be disqualified,
straightforward, but the tar- Competition Manual 3.03.C.1.
get is placed on a 1.5m tall
C. No, any interference with a player's own disc must be inten-
man-made mound covered in
tional, 810.E.
artificial turf. All four of you
are within the putting cir-
D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
cle. The away player putts,
and their disc hits the catch Answer D
tray, rolls, and is stopped by
the player's own bag. Anoth-
er player in the group calls
an interference penalty and
looks over to you. Should you
second the call?
4. Question 4 of 25 A. Because not being able to find your disc is punishment
A player in your group throws enough, the player marks a new lie within a meter of where the
their second shot past the disc was last seen with no penalty.
target and into thick, deep
rough. There's a white paint B. Because the group cannot locate the disc within three minutes,
line between the cut grass of it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The player receives a penalty throw
the fairway and the rough. and must throw from their previous lie, 805.03.D.
The rules sheet says "white
C. Because the group agrees that the disc landed OB, it is OB,
paint lines mark OB rough."
806.02.A. However, because the group cannot locate the disc
The disc is nowhere to be
within three minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The player
found. The whole group
takes two penalty strokes and returns to their previous lie.
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1. Question 1 of 25 A. Both 810.D and 809.01.A.
You put your tee shot 4 me-
ters from the target. Your B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
putt hits the side of the catch
C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
tray and rolls 35 meters down
a hill and into a pond, quick-
D. 806.02.E.
ly sinking beneath the water.
The rules sheet says "Pond Answer C
OB." There is no drop zone.
You know that the best de-
cision 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 sup-
port your claim?
2. Question 2 of 25 A. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by the
You are playing on a disc golf hazard, 806.05.B, but your resultant lie cannot be in the hazard,
course that co-exists with a 802.07.A.3. You take up to a meter relief from the line marking
golf course. You throw a shot the hazard and mark a new lie there.
that comes to rest with your
disc straddling a painted line B. Your disc is not clearly and completely surrounded by the
around the edge of a bunker. hazard, 806.05.B. You throw from in the hazard without penalty.
Standing behind the thrown
C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You take a
disc and facing the target
penalty throw and throw from in the hazard.
puts your feet completely in
the bunker. The rules sheet
D. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B. You take a
says "Bunkers are hazards,
penalty throw but get free optional relief back along the line of
marked with paint." What is
play.
the correct ruling?
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Answer C
3. Question 3 of 25 A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't part of the course
Your group has thrown their is played where it first comes to rest, 810.C.
drives on a hole where
the fairway is short and B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should be disqualified,
straightforward, but the tar- Competition Manual 3.03.C.1.
get is placed on a 1.5m tall
C. No, any interference with a player's own disc must be inten-
man-made mound covered in
tional, 810.E.
artificial turf. All four of you
are within the putting cir-
D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
cle. The away player putts,
and their disc hits the catch Answer D
tray, rolls, and is stopped by
the player's own bag. Anoth-
er player in the group calls
an interference penalty and
looks over to you. Should you
second the call?
4. Question 4 of 25 A. Because not being able to find your disc is punishment
A player in your group throws enough, the player marks a new lie within a meter of where the
their second shot past the disc was last seen with no penalty.
target and into thick, deep
rough. There's a white paint B. Because the group cannot locate the disc within three minutes,
line between the cut grass of it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The player receives a penalty throw
the fairway and the rough. and must throw from their previous lie, 805.03.D.
The rules sheet says "white
C. Because the group agrees that the disc landed OB, it is OB,
paint lines mark OB rough."
806.02.A. However, because the group cannot locate the disc
The disc is nowhere to be
within three minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The player
found. The whole group
takes two penalty strokes and returns to their previous lie.
