Hi Linda,
Can I ask a question please?
This concerns a Match Play competition held at my club.
The players’ names are listed on one side and the winner of
the match puts his name in the next round and plays whoever wins the match
below him, and so on, until we reach the last two players. This should
take six rounds to complete.
The players have to play each round by a certain date and
make up their own times and date to play the matches.
On an early round two players started their match and then
played the 3rd and 17th holes out of sequence. Realising their error they
disregarded the two extra holes and continued the match before one of them
won and went through to the next round.
I have been asked to clarify the position as the winning
player won his next match and now the question has been asked should he have
been disqualified for playing the holes out of sequence in the previous match.
I have made an initial decision that the match should stand
as played and have based that decision on Decision 2-1/5
Q: In a match, the players by mistake play three holes out
of sequence. The error is discovered before the match concludes. What is the
ruling?
A: There is no penalty, and those three holes stand as played.
If the players were to replay the three holes in proper sequence, there would
be no penalty, and the three holes stand as replayed.
Have I got this correct or not? If not, can you please point
me in the right direction?
I think the people asking for a disqualification are basing
their argument on Stroke Play rulings, which are completely different.
Many thanks.
Best Regards,
Lou from Skegness, UK
Dear Lou,
Richard, your decision that the match should stand as played
is correct. Decision 2-1/5 is the applicable Decision. Well done.
In stroke play, the competitors would have been disqualified
under Rule 11-4b.
Linda
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