PDGA Certified Rules Official Exam
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Question:
Your group is waiting to throw on your fifth hole of the round while the group ahead plays the hole, and two players in your group start playing catch with each other, using one of their putters, from 3 meters apart. What section of the Official Rules of Disc Golf has the rule you need?
Response:
| Your answer | Choice | Correct answer |
|---|---|---|
809, Other Throws. |  | |
806, Regulated Areas | ||
 | 812, Courtesy. | |
802, Throwing. |
Question:
A player in your group steps up to their lie and slips while throwing, yanking it nearly sideways, where it strikes the handle of another player’s cart. The throwing player asks, “is that a penalty?” What rule and result will you respond with?
Response:
| Your answer | Choice | Correct answer |
|---|---|---|
| 812.B.1.b, courtesy violation for player whose cart was struck. | |
812.A.1, courtesy violation for throwing player. | ||
810.G, no penalty. | | |
Competition Manual 3.03.C.2, throwing player is disqualified. |
Question:
Your drive lands in a creek about halfway to the target and immediately sinks to the bottom and stays put. The rules sheet says “creek is casual water.” What section of the Official Rules of Disc Golf do you look at to figure out what to do next?
Response:
| Your answer | Choice | Correct answer |
|---|---|---|
| 809, Other Throws. | |
803, Obstacles and Relief. | ||
805, Regulated Positions. | ||
806, Regulated Areas. | |
Question:
While finishing hole 3, you notice that another player in your group is getting ready to use a putter with a large, thick, custom vinyl sticker on the back, with their name and phone number on it. When you ask them about it, they reply “you have to mark your discs, so I use this sticker.” They have not yet thrown the disc during the round. How do you respond?
Response:
| Your answer | Choice | Correct answer |
|---|---|---|
While 813.01.H says a disc must be identifiably marked, 813.01.C says adding material of a detectable thickness, like a vinyl sticker, makes the disc illegal. Throwing it would now be a two-throw penalty. | | |
| Correct, 813.01.H says a disc must be identifiably marked. No penalty. | |
813.01.H says a disc must be identifiably marked, but there’s no way to tell if the sticker makes the disc illegal or not until the group can watch its flight. | ||
Putting your phone number on a disc is a violation of the PDGA Privacy Policy, and the player must be disqualified. |