5 More Weird PDGA Rules

Most of us who enjoy playing PDGA sanctioned tournaments have never actually sat down and read through the entire rulebook. On the surface, disc golf seems like a very straightforward and intuitive game. However, this latest edition of the rulebook is full of interesting and sometimes even weird rules with implications that might surprise you.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 1. Casual Obstacles
1:57 2. Interference
2:48 3. Courtesy
3:34 4. Water
4:20 5. Misplay
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Hey everyone it’s Chris Clark with disc goof doaw back to you today to talk about the PDGA rules let’s talk about casual obstacles what are they and what objects are you allowed to move and which ones must stay section 803 of the rules has some answers casual obstacles

Are loose items on the playing surface that are not part of the course loose leaves and sticks are casual obstacles but shrubs and picnic tables are not if you want to move a casual obstacle some part of it must be behind the front of your lie you can move this Branch

Because part of it is behind the lie but not this one even if you want to step putt into the area where the obstacle is now what about this Branch it’s loose and behind your lie can you move it unfortunately not since the disconnected branch is not touching the playing

Surface it is to be treated as part of the course and cannot be moved these same rules apply to any type of object if a spider web is blocking your line to the basket you can only move it if some of it is on the playing surface behind

The front of your lie if it’s only in your flight path and it doesn’t doesn’t touch the ground it cannot be moved so what about this Branch surely it’s way too big to be considered a casual obstacle right well actually there is no limit on the size of casual obstacles as

Long as you can physically move it within your 30 seconds and it meets the other requirements of a casual obstacle you are allowed to clear it from your lie okay what about interference you’ll most likely never be in a situation where you would need to reference

Section 810 of the rule book but knowing what to do when your disc is interfered with could make a big difference in your score if you throw a disc and it comes to rest even if the disc moves later on because of water or the wind or another

Disc the position of your lie is still where the disc first landed as agreed by group however if your disc is intentionally interfered with during its flight you can choose to either play from the first point at which the disc was interfered with or return to your

Previous lie and abandon the throw with no penalty if you’ve played enough PDGA sanctioned events you’ve probably had a card mate or two with bad disc golf etiquette but exactly what type of behavior does the PDGA rule book prohibit and at what point is it the card’s responsibility to call a

Violation the rules explicitly prohibit doing anything that is distracting or unsportsmanlike a blanket prohibition but they go ahead and list some examples shouting cursing moving or talking while someone is throwing advancing beyond the away player bittering and allowing smoke to disturb other players let’s talk about water there are a lot of

Misunderstandings about how you treat water on the course at some tournaments they allow you to take relief from casual obstacles the most common situation is casual water you can avoid standing in by taking relief backwards along the line of play so do you get relief from this water what about this

Water actually no the PDGA explicitly says casual water as it’s commonly understood in its liquid form the rules do not Grant casual relief from snow ice or even steam if you should encounter it so what happens when there is a misplay the rule book lists many different types

Of misplay each with their own specific remedy if a round has been completed and the player has neglected to play one or more holes this is known as an omitted hole and the player receives a score of par plus 4 on each unplayed hole if the

Player has begun play in a group other than the one to which they were assigned the player must find their assigned group and begin play with that group any throws made by a player in the wrong group are disre guarded the player is only subject to penalties for being

Absent from their assigned group but none for the disregarded throws if a group has begun play on a hole other than the one to which they were assigned and if any player in the group makes more than one throw on the hole the entire group has misplayed the hole the

Group completes the hole and each player adds two penalty throws to their score for the hole otherwi wi the players who have made a single throw each receive one penalty throw the group then proceeds to the correct hole to begin their round I hope you found our analysis of some of these rules

Interesting we’re going to be taking a look at other rules here in the near future but in the meantime let us know if you think we got these right or did we miss something a lot of these have some subtle nuances to them that you know can make interpretation difficult

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