Emilio Gonzalez, a Mexican golf professional, was disqualified from the PGA Tour’s World Extensive Expertise Championship after a “severe misconduct” violation.
Gonzalez was collaborating within the second spherical of his nation’s greatest match when he hit his tee shot on the fifteenth gap right into a desert space on the golf course.
The 27-year-old proceeded to hit a provisional second shot off the tee as a result of his preliminary tee shot was misplaced. Nonetheless, when on the lookout for that second ball, Gonzalez appeared to search out one within the tough.
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Emilio Gonzalez of Mexico traces up a putt on the primary gap in the course of the first spherical of the World Extensive Expertise Championship 2024 at El Cardonal at Diamante on November 7, 2024, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Pictures)
However the match’s officers decided that he had “didn’t make cheap efforts to determine the ball,” as he believed it to be his first tee shot.
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“If the provisional ball has not develop into the ball in play and a ball is discovered that is perhaps the unique ball, the participant should make all cheap efforts to determine the ball,” the PGA Tour guidelines state.
“If the participant fails to take action, the Committee could disqualify the participant below Rule 1.2a if it decides that this was severe misconduct to the spirit of the sport.”
Emilio Gonzalez of Mexico performs his shot from the second tee in the course of the second spherical of the World Extensive Expertise Championship 2024 at El Cardonal at Diamante on November 8, 2024, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Pictures)
After deliberation, it was decided that Gonzalez had damaged the rule, and he was forged out of the match in his house nation.
Whereas it is a huge blow for Gonzalez, will not be docked any earnings, and he will probably be allowed to take part in PGA Tour Q College subsequent month.
Emilio Gonzalez of Mexico is seen on the 18th gap in the course of the second spherical of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship introduced by United Leasing & Finance at French Lick Golf Resort on October 4, 2024, in French Lick, Indiana. (Jennifer Perez/PGA Tour)
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Gonzalez, like most of the golfers within the discipline subsequent month, is hoping to complete top-five in Q College as it will earn a promotion to the PGA Tour.
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