In regards to the recent Jordan Spieth incident, of which his incorrect scorecard disqualified him from a tournament… I mean, this is 2024. Every shot he takes is being recorded and discussed. Everyone in charge of running that event already knew what his score was, so why does an error like this erase his results? Is any other sport like this in which the players can be disqualified for being bad at math?
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For the most part, players want to be in charge of keeping their own scores. They don’t and shouldn’t trust a third party to make sure it’s correct because no third party will care more about it being accurate than they do. That doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally make mistakes, but walking scorers make mistakes much more frequently than the players do.
Probably the penalty (DQ) for signing a bad card is too harsh, but it’s not like the players are clamoring to give up control of keeping their own scores.
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