Please, for your own safety and the safety of those around you,  take a moment to look over these rules and try to follow them during your next round!

Teeing Off:  A disc golfer can use any part of the tee-pad when teeing off. A disc golfer is allowed to run up to the front edge of the tee-pad when throwing. The disc must be released while the disc golfer's feet are in the tee-pad area. The disc golfer is allowed to follow through, or step past the end of the tee-pad after the disc has been released. Never tee off if someone is in front of the tee-pad area. Wait for your entire group to tee off before you start walking to your lie.

Discs: Discs used during play must meet PDGA standards. A cracked or perforated disc is illegal. Disc golfers are not allowed to make post-production modifications to the discs.

Marking the Lie: After each throw, the disc must be left where it came to rest until the lie is established by the placing of a marker. The marker is placed next to the disc in the direction of the disc target.

Approach Shots: Any throw after the initial tee off from the tee-pad, and any throw that is more than 10 meters from the disc target (basket) is considered an approach shot. After the lie has been established with a marker, the disc golfer may run up to that point to throw the disc. The disc must be released while the foot is directly behind the marker within a distance of 30 centimeters. The disc golfer is allowed to follow through, or step past the marker after the disc is released.

Putting: A throw that is within 10 meters (approximately 30 feet) of the disc target is considered a putt. Again, the disc golfer must release the disc while the front foot is directly behind the marker. The disc golfer is NOT allowed to go past the marker until the disc has fallen into the basket. In other words, when putting, the disc golfer must demonstrate full control of balance before moving toward the basket.

Order of Play: The order of play is determined by results from the previous holes. A disc golfer that birdied the previous hole would throw before a disc golfer that made par etc. If there were a tie, then the disc golfer with the current lowest score would go first.

Penalties: There are many ways to be penalized during tournament play. A penalty commonly results in the loss of a stroke on the scorecard. Some examples of penalties are going out-of-bounds, landing in a creek, landing on a road or concrete area, being stuck in a tree over 6 feet off the ground, and forgetting to total your scorecard.

Refer to the PDGA Rules of Disc Golf for more details.

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