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Official Rules of Disc Golf

801.02 Enforcement

Last updated: Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 13:36
  1. Players are assigned to play holes together in a group for the purpose of verifying scores and ensuring play in accordance with the rules.
  2. Players are expected to call a violation when one has clearly occurred. A call must be made promptly to be enforceable (except for misplays).
  3. A player in the group may call or confirm a rules violation on any player in the group by notifying all players in the group.
  4. A warning is the initial advisement a player is given for violating certain rules; subsequent violations of the rule incur penalty throws. A call for a rules violation that results in a warning does not need to be confirmed to be enforced. Warnings do not carry over from one round to the next, nor to a playoff.
  5. A penalty throw is a throw added to a player's score for violating a rule, or for relocation of the lie as called for by a rule. A call made by a player for a rules violation that results in one or more penalty throws can only be enforced if the call is confirmed by another player in the group or by a Tournament Official. A rules violation call made by a player on themself does not need to be confirmed in order to be enforced unless objected to by a player in the group or by a Tournament Official.
  6. The Director is the person in charge of the tournament or event. The Director may be a Tournament Director (TD), a Course Director, or a League Director. Only the Director may disqualify a player. Decisions made by the Director are final.
  7. A Tournament Official, or Official, is a person who is authorized by the Director to make judgments regarding the proper application of the rules during play. An Official may call or confirm a rule violation by any player. An Official's call does not need to be confirmed to be enforced. An Official who is playing may not act as an Official for players who are in their division.
  8. A Tournament Spotter is an individual empowered by the Director for a specific spotting purpose without authorizing them to act as a Tournament Official.
  9. A throw or an action that is subject to penalty under more than one rule is played under the rule that results in the most penalty throws; or, among rules that call for an equal number of penalty throws, the rule that was first violated.
  10. When the flight, position, or status of a disc is questionable, the determination is made by the group. When a group cannot reach a majority decision, the ruling is based on the interpretation that is most beneficial to the thrower.

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