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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 side of B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
the catch tray and rolls 35 meters
down a hill and into a pond, quickly C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
sinking beneath the water. The rules
sheet says "Pond OB." There is no D. 806.02.E.
drop zone. You know that the best
decision is to re-putt with a penalty, Answer C
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 course surrounded by the hazard, 806.05.B, but your
that co-exists with a golf course. You resultant lie cannot be in the hazard, 802.07.A.3.
throw a shot that comes to rest with You take up to a meter relief from the line marking
your disc straddling a painted line the hazard and mark a new lie there.
around 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 throw
completely in the bunker. The rules from in the hazard without penalty.
sheet says "Bunkers are hazards,
marked with paint." What is the C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B.
correct ruling? 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 A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't part of
Your group has thrown their drives the course is played where it first comes to rest,
on a hole where the fairway is short 810.C.
and straightforward, but the target is
placed on a 1.5m tall man-made B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should be
mound covered in artificial turf. All disqualified, Competition Manual 3.03.C.1.
four of you are within the putting
circle. The away player putts, and C. No, any interference with a player's own disc
their disc hits the catch tray, rolls, must be intentional, 810.E.
and is stopped by the player's own
bag. Another player in the group D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
calls an interference penalty and
looks over to you. Should you Answer D
second the call?
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Question 4 of 25 A. Because not being able to find your disc is
A player in your group throws their punishment enough, the player marks a new lie
second shot past the target and into within a meter of where the disc was last seen with
thick, deep rough. There's a white no penalty.
paint line between the cut grass of
the fairway and the rough. The rules B. Because the group cannot locate the disc within
sheet says "white paint lines mark OB three minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The
rough." The disc is nowhere to be player receives a penalty throw and must throw
found. The whole group agrees that from their previous lie, 805.03.D.
the disc clearly landed in the OB
area. What next? 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.
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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 side of B. Both 806.02.D.1 and 812.B.1.b.
the catch tray and rolls 35 meters
down a hill and into a pond, quickly C. Both 806.02.D.1 and 809.01.A
sinking beneath the water. The rules
sheet says "Pond OB." There is no D. 806.02.E.
drop zone. You know that the best
decision is to re-putt with a penalty, Answer C
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 course surrounded by the hazard, 806.05.B, but your
that co-exists with a golf course. You resultant lie cannot be in the hazard, 802.07.A.3.
throw a shot that comes to rest with You take up to a meter relief from the line marking
your disc straddling a painted line the hazard and mark a new lie there.
around 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 throw
completely in the bunker. The rules from in the hazard without penalty.
sheet says "Bunkers are hazards,
marked with paint." What is the C. Your disc has broken the hazard plane, 806.05.B.
correct ruling? 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 A. No, a disc that strikes something that isn't part of
Your group has thrown their drives the course is played where it first comes to rest,
on a hole where the fairway is short 810.C.
and straightforward, but the target is
placed on a 1.5m tall man-made B. Yes, this is cheating and the player should be
mound covered in artificial turf. All disqualified, Competition Manual 3.03.C.1.
four of you are within the putting
circle. The away player putts, and C. No, any interference with a player's own disc
their disc hits the catch tray, rolls, must be intentional, 810.E.
and is stopped by the player's own
bag. Another player in the group D. Yes, this is interference, 810.D.
calls an interference penalty and
looks over to you. Should you Answer D
second the call?
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Question 4 of 25 A. Because not being able to find your disc is
A player in your group throws their punishment enough, the player marks a new lie
second shot past the target and into within a meter of where the disc was last seen with
thick, deep rough. There's a white no penalty.
paint line between the cut grass of
the fairway and the rough. The rules B. Because the group cannot locate the disc within
sheet says "white paint lines mark OB three minutes, it is declared lost, 805.03.A. The
rough." The disc is nowhere to be player receives a penalty throw and must throw
found. The whole group agrees that from their previous lie, 805.03.D.
the disc clearly landed in the OB
area. What next? 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.
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