PDGA CERTIFIED RULES EXAM (ACTUAL
EXAM) WITH 25 QUESTIONS WITH VERY
ELABORATED ANSWERS CORRECTRY WELL
ORGANIZED LATEST 2024 – 2025 ALREADY
GRADED A+
Question 1 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? - ANSWERS-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.
,B. 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.2,
which was called and seconded, 801.02.E. However, because this was the player's
first offense, they only receive a warning, and must re-putt without penalty.
C. Because the player never had any points of contact in front of their lie and
demonstrated balance, 806.01.B, there is no penalty. The player has completed
the hole in two throws.
D. Because the player never had any points of contact in front of their lie and
demonstrated balance, 806.01.B, there is no penalty for a stance violation.
However, the player could be called for illegal throwing motion under 802.01 and
disqualified from the event.
Answer A
Question 2 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? - ANSWERS-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
Question 3 of 25
A player in your group throws their second shot past the target and into thick,
deep rough. There's a white paint line between the cut grass of the fairway and
the rough. The rules sheet says "white paint lines mark OB rough." The disc is
nowhere to be found. The whole group agrees that the disc clearly landed in the
OB area. What next? - ANSWERS-A. Because not being able to find your disc is
punishment enough, the player marks a new lie within a meter of where the disc
was last seen with no penalty.
B. Because the group cannot locate the disc within three minutes, it is declared
lost, 805.03.A. The player receives a penalty throw and must throw from their
previous lie, 805.03.D.
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.
