PDGA CERTIFIED RULES EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
Question 1 of 25
You put your tee shot 4 meters from the target. Your putt hits the side of the catch tray and rolls
35 meters down a hill and into a pond, quickly sinking beneath the water. The rules sheet says
"Pond OB." There is no drop zone. You know that the best 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? - ANS A. Both 810.D and
809.01.A.
B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
D. 806.02.E.
Answer C
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
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, 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
Question 1 of 25
You put your tee shot 4 meters from the target. Your putt hits the side of the catch tray and rolls
35 meters down a hill and into a pond, quickly sinking beneath the water. The rules sheet says
"Pond OB." There is no drop zone. You know that the best 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? - ANS A. Both 810.D and
809.01.A.
B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
D. 806.02.E.
Answer C
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
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, 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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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
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