Ouch. Feel really bad for the kid, but the committee followed the rules.
http://www.cogolf.org/index.php?mod=NewsMedia_Read&ArticleID=878
http://www.cogolf.org/index.php?mod=NewsMedia_Read&ArticleID=878
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I'll never understand stuff like this. Obvious mistake.
I'll never understand stuff like this. Obvious mistake.
Rules are rules. They are supposed to know what he really shot on the last hole?
I see the pitfalls, but they couldn't contact him to ask?
Yeah, but think about it.
What if the committee person assumes that the 35 was a mistake, and doing the math, figures out he must have gotten a 5 on 18. So, he records that as the official score. Later, he finds out the kid actually got a 6 on the hole, and the kid made a mistake adding the scores up when he wrote down 35. Thus, some other kid gets hosed because of what the committee assumed. That's why you can't do it - the assumption.
Now, it'd be nice if they'd just go find the kid and the marker and attempt to clarify the mistake rather than just saying, "Hey - he left the tent - it's official," but the responsibility HAS to be on the player.
It's a tough lesson, but you see this so often in the news. I would be surprised if he had never seen or read a news story about this happening.
Can you score a 35 on a hole? i thought there was a shot limit on a hole?????
Wow, that sucks to be this kid an easy mistake to be for sure but the rules be the rules. I would think who ever he turned his card into would have at least glanced at his card and could of said something to him before he left the tent.
Being a HS Coach I have to wonder about this call. Rules may be rules but really?? There is no way this is fair to anyone involved.....
Just last year I had a kid from another team throw his card down and walk off. It was easy to see he was upset about his score. One of my guys looked at it and said, "Coach he didn't fill in the last hole." I sent him to find the kid and we fixed it. Pushed us from second to third but we did the right thing......
The rules of golf need some serious revisions in my mind. I see so much stuff every year that makes no sense......
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