PDGA CERTIFIED RULES EXAM (ACTUAL 2025/2026) | 25
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stion 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?
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 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?
,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 13 of 25
The hole your group is playing has a target close to a drainage culvert
that extends into the side of a hill. Your tee shot flies past the target
and straight into the culvert. Your group can see the disc about a
meter and a half inside. What is your next move?
A. You cannot reach your lie, so you need to abandon the throw and
re-tee, 809.01.A.
, B. Mark a lie directly above the position of the thrown disc on the
playing surface, 805.01.C.
C. You cannot reach your lie, so the disc is lost and you must re-tee,
805.03.D.
D. You must do everything you can to squeeze into the culvert behind
your disc, 803.01.A, or else take par plus four, 811.F.3.
Answer B
Question 14 of 25
Your four-person group is playing a hole where the target is raised on
a long pole, so the catch tray is about 2 meters above the playing
surface. A player in your group throws a tee shot that lands directly at
the base of the pole. When the player arrives at their lie, they jump up
into the air and dunk their putter into the target like a ball. The putter
comes to rest in the catch tray, and the player lands behind their
thrown disc and demonstrates balance. The third player in your group
says "foot fault," a common term for a stance violation under 802.07,
and the fourth player says "yup, I agree." What's the result?
A. Because the player did not have any supporting points in contact
with their lie when they released the disc, they committed a stance
violation, 802.07.A.1, which was called and seconded, 801.02.E. The
player has completed the hole in three total throws, counting the
penalty stroke.
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS |
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stion 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?
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 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?
,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 13 of 25
The hole your group is playing has a target close to a drainage culvert
that extends into the side of a hill. Your tee shot flies past the target
and straight into the culvert. Your group can see the disc about a
meter and a half inside. What is your next move?
A. You cannot reach your lie, so you need to abandon the throw and
re-tee, 809.01.A.
, B. Mark a lie directly above the position of the thrown disc on the
playing surface, 805.01.C.
C. You cannot reach your lie, so the disc is lost and you must re-tee,
805.03.D.
D. You must do everything you can to squeeze into the culvert behind
your disc, 803.01.A, or else take par plus four, 811.F.3.
Answer B
Question 14 of 25
Your four-person group is playing a hole where the target is raised on
a long pole, so the catch tray is about 2 meters above the playing
surface. A player in your group throws a tee shot that lands directly at
the base of the pole. When the player arrives at their lie, they jump up
into the air and dunk their putter into the target like a ball. The putter
comes to rest in the catch tray, and the player lands behind their
thrown disc and demonstrates balance. The third player in your group
says "foot fault," a common term for a stance violation under 802.07,
and the fourth player says "yup, I agree." What's the result?
A. Because the player did not have any supporting points in contact
with their lie when they released the disc, they committed a stance
violation, 802.07.A.1, which was called and seconded, 801.02.E. The
player has completed the hole in three total throws, counting the
penalty stroke.
