rosecott
Money List Winner
Firstly can I thank all the posters who took the trouble replying to my query.
After much deliberation, and a couple of change of minds after being led astray with a couple of postings, rulie’s #29 post is a clincher for me. It is a DQ, as I originally thought.
Regarding my post at #24, The Committee obviously only applies the handicap, which has been written at the top by the player, if the final deduction has not been applied by the player/marker before submission. That seems fine.
I know that DQ is correct, but there is no other way to read rulefan’s posting at #6 other than ‘player not penalised’. I will just have to put that down to poor syntax by CONGU, or me being too dense to understand the whole phrase. I can live with either. Lets face it, if someone as experienced as rulefan can be confused for a while, then the text cannot be as plain as it could be.
Would I DQ the guy if I marked the cards tomorrow? Of course not. As stated in my original post, if it was a qualifier I would not hesitate to DQ the player, as I have had to do in a number of comps this summer. In this instance, the greater good of golf is served by letting a guy have his first win, with a minor slap on the wrists to be more vigilant next time. I know that will not sit well with most on here, but I stand by it.
I thought it was an interesting topic, and has proved to be so. I really like the forum.
Much more effective than a minor slap on the wrists is what should have happened - a DQ. The fact if it not being a qualifier is a complete red herring - an organised comp, the rules of golf apply. Players learn even more quickly to make sure the card has been signed and the correct handicap entered if they think they have won and the prize is dashed from their grasp.