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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Golf is a game in which the same rule book that governs play at the highest of levels also governs play at the most basic contests. And as it’s been made abundantly clear recently, there is a strong desire to keep it that way.
While PGA Tour level competitions have walking scorers with each group, that is really not a universal case at any levels below. So players are required to participate in the score keeping process in a pretty integral way.
To preserve the integrity of an event, players must be held accountable for accurate score keeping, and while there may not have been malicious intent in this situation, that has not always been the case. There was a case on the PGA Tour Canada last year of a player changing his card after being signed.
So if there is a need for participant scorekeeping at the local am level, state am level, mini tour level, USGA competition level, etc… and there is a desire to have every level of play use the same rule book, the penalty must be enforced the same at all levels, regards if participants score keeping is required or not.
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