AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Just reading this on the R&A site and made me chuckle - bet the air at home was blue!!
During the 2012 Senior Open Championship, played over the Ailsa Course at Turnberry, Pete Oakley incurred a two stroke penalty on the 12th hole for unduly delaying play. His caddie – who also happened to be his wife Jennifer – went ahead with his clubs at the 12th hole in case his tee shot veered into the rough, with a view to help spotting it.
Oakley played and found a bunker from the tee. When he arrived at the bunker, his caddie was nowhere to be seen. Mrs Oakley had got involved in a ball search in the rough on the adjacent 10th hole and it was only after a few minutes that she realised that the golfer searching alongside her was definitely not her husband!
She realised her mistake and hurried back to find him but in her haste, mistook the 10th tee for the 12th tee. By the time she found her player on the 12th hole, the delay was considerable and had prevented the group from progressing. The referee determined that Oakley had unduly delayed play resulting in a two-shot penalty (Rule 6-7).
Oopsie!!
During the 2012 Senior Open Championship, played over the Ailsa Course at Turnberry, Pete Oakley incurred a two stroke penalty on the 12th hole for unduly delaying play. His caddie – who also happened to be his wife Jennifer – went ahead with his clubs at the 12th hole in case his tee shot veered into the rough, with a view to help spotting it.
Oakley played and found a bunker from the tee. When he arrived at the bunker, his caddie was nowhere to be seen. Mrs Oakley had got involved in a ball search in the rough on the adjacent 10th hole and it was only after a few minutes that she realised that the golfer searching alongside her was definitely not her husband!
She realised her mistake and hurried back to find him but in her haste, mistook the 10th tee for the 12th tee. By the time she found her player on the 12th hole, the delay was considerable and had prevented the group from progressing. The referee determined that Oakley had unduly delayed play resulting in a two-shot penalty (Rule 6-7).
Oopsie!!
