A Mexican golf professional was disqualified from his residence nation’s greatest event after committing a uncommon “serious misconduct” guidelines violation.
Emilio Gonzalez was within the second spherical of Mexico’s World Broad Expertise Championship on Friday when the difficulty arose.
Through the PGA Tour occasion, the 27-year-old hit his tee shot on the fifteenth gap right into a desert space to the aspect of the golf green. He determined to play a provisional second shot off the tee.
Gonzalez discovered a ball within the tough, however the event chiefs dominated that he “failed to make reasonable efforts to identify the ball.”
The rule states: “If the provisional ball has not become the ball in play and a ball is found that might be the original ball, the player must make all reasonable efforts to identify that ball.”
”If the participant fails to take action, the Committee could disqualify the participant beneath Rule 1.2a if it decides that this was severe misconduct opposite to the spirit of the sport.”
It was determined that Gonzalez broke the foundations and he was booted from the event.
He was not docked any of his earnings and can play in subsequent month’s PGA Tour Q College. A top-five end there would earn Gonzalez a promotion to the principle PGA Tour.
It’s uncommon for a tour participant to be disqualified from an occasion. It did occur in February to Jordan Spieth on the Genesis Invitational when he signed an incorrect scorecard.
