Tournament Rules and Guidelines:

The Stop Crying Disc Golf series will follow PDGA official rules.  These can be read in depth at this link

For those of you who are somewhat familiar with how the game is played , but are not sure about some of the technicalities, here is a quick overview:

#1 You should use a mini marker.  After your first throw of each hole, you use the mini to mark where your disc landed before you pick up your first disc.  Do this on every shot, even a 1 foot putt.  An alternative to the mini is to leave the disc alone (it acts as the marker) until you have thrown your next shot with a different disc, then you can pick up your first disc and move on.

#2 Where do you put your foot, in relation to the mini marker, for your 2nd shot (and 3rd, and 4th, and so on)?  You must have a point of contact within 12" directly behind the mini marker, or your first disc if you use it as a marker.  A point of contact can be your foot, knee, leg, toe, elbow, head...whatever...any part of your body that is touching the ground.  You must have this point of contact at the time of release when throwing the disc, after which you may step beyond the marker such as in a running shot.  But...this is not allowed with a putt!

#3  Anything under 10 meters (33 feet) is considered a putt, and there is a special rule about putting.  You may not fall forward during a putt.  In other words, your feet may not move past your marker until the disc has come to rest in the chains or in the basket.  You must maintain balance until the disc comes to rest.  Failing to do this, after a warning from other players, will cost one stroke.

#4 The hole is not complete unless... the disc is resting in the basket or suspended by the chains.  A disc on top of the basket or somehow hanging on the outside does not count as "in."

#5 During a tournament, you must throw your drive from within the marked tee box.  A little off to the side is not OK.

#6  Once the tournament starts there is no such thing as practice throws. Actually, this begins at the 2 minute warning. Every throw of a disc is counted. If you miss your putt and quickly throw another disc just to prove you should have made it...that counts as a penalty throw and you still must make your other putt.  If you are walking towards the next tee box and you toss out a roller to show everybody how good you are, that counts as an extra stroke.  Even if you are being nice and you grab another guys disc out of the basket and toss it back to him... technically that is an extra throw (if it travels over 1 meter).  My advice, keep calm and don't throw unless you really mean it.

#7  What is OB (Out of Bounds)?  OB areas must be defined prior to the tournament by the Tournament Director (TD).  If the TD did not mention it, then it's not considered OB.  Common OB areas are roads, sidewalks, dense woods/brush, picnic areas, and of course water (water is pretty much always OB unless it is a tiny puddle not normally part of the course).  For a disc to be OB, it must be completely surrounded by OB. If it is in the middle of a road or river or stream (that the TD designated OB) then you're out of luck.  Return the disc (if you can retrieve it) to the last place along it's flight path that it was still in bounds and throw from there (with one penaly stroke added).  If the disc is mostly in the road or water or whatever but a tiny bit of it is touching shore, or dirt, or grass, etc. that are in bounds..., then the disc is not completely surrounded and thus not OB.  Don't get confused.  A disc out in the middle of a road or walkway, that was designated OB, and just happens to be touching a tiny patch of grass growing out of a crack in the pavement is still OB...

If any of the above is confusing or you have other questions, I highly suggest reading through the PDGA official rules at some point.  They will either eliminate your confusion or double it..