bobmac
Major Champion
According to the OP the kid knew this but was told otherwise by the adults.
Whatever
According to the OP the kid knew this but was told otherwise by the adults.
Whatever
We've learnt this from this one specific incident?What this thread highlights is that we're sending junior golfers out to play competitions - under a very complex rules system, without enough support.
The difference between the way some junior comps are run here, and the experiences we had in Spain are night and day.
We've learnt this from this one specific incident?
Is this a more common issue, where 10 year old golfers are frequently being disqualified because they are getting poor advice from adults, adults who have no authorisation to be giving rules?
It would be interesting to hear from people from other clubs, as to how their Junior program and competitions work, how they are supported as they play and whether they have to DQ a lot of juniors for getting dodgy advice.
A lot of people in this country think of juniors as nothing more than a nuisance.I’ve already said it has hapoened to my lad as well. He attempted to play a ball in a difficult lie, couldn’t make contact so took an unplayable. Counted the missed shot, and the penalty of course.
The parents of one of the other kids in the group told him he was disqualified for doing so.
The point is, when juniors are going out in comps, they should have a clear point of contact for rules queries, and they should all be made aware before teeing off.
In the comps Jamie played in Spain, kids couldn’t have caddies, parents and spectators had to maintain 50 metres from the players, and they had referees out on the course in buggies to help out.
We don’t always take our junior golf seriously enough here.
This was stated some time ago... We've moved on!Just caught up with this interesting scenario. Put aside all the 10 year old player stuff, it is irrelevant, the player was simply advised badly by another person.
Short answer is: player played a wrong ball (provisionals automatically became wrong balls when the original was found inside the 3 minutes). In stroke play, if wrong ball is not corrected prior to hitting from the next tee, ruling is DQ. It is that simple, no other issues come into it.
I’d be all for introducing the license system they have in Germany!