Any answer to this ?

[wuuki456]

This was posted by some one on a non golf forum I use can any one explain this only thing I can think of was to not get banned from the next comp.
My other question to the below are they both disqualified for sharing clubs?

 Question for fellow golfers.
Was playing in a comp on Saturday, was supposed to be three of us in our group. Got to the first tee and one lad was there, then a young lad came up with his dad, said he couldn't play as he had done his wrist in, so I signed his card to say he had turned up and we had accepted he couldn't play.

But then he got on the first tee asked to borrow my driver tee'd a ball up and then just knocked it off, picked it up and went on his way, neither me or the lad who I went round with knew why he did it?? Any ideas?

[SkankyShanky]

maybe he thought he had to "hit" at least one shot to put the card in?

[Tin Pot]

What does it matter if he wasn't competing?

[SkankyShanky]

Not saying he was right, just speculating as to what he might have been thinking

[Tin Pot]

I thought the question was 'were either disqualified'?

[SkankyShanky]

That was one (no idea). I don't know why he even turned up and didn't just scrub his name off the start sheet.

[Tin Pot]

That was one (no idea). I don't know why he even turned up and didn't just scrub his name off the start sheet.

+1 Though I know of clubs that do penalise you for a no show.  Surrey National I think bar you from the next comp or two.  At ours they just get cheesed off.  If it's a club that does penalise for a no show, I'm sure they would see right through this charade and penalise him anyway.

I mean WTF?  If you've come all the way to the club, play FFS.

[jonnyc]

+1 Though I know of clubs that do penalise you for a no show.  Surrey National I think bar you from the next comp or two.  At ours they just get cheesed off.  If it's a club that does penalise for a no show, I'm sure they would see right through this charade and penalise him anyway.

I mean WTF?  If you've come all the way to the club, play FFS.

The guy claimed to have done his wrist in.

[Keve]

If he borrowed your driver then I'm sure you get DQ'd if you use it.

[srp973]

Could be as simple as you have to play in so many certain games to qualify for a major later in the season - seen this done before at our course where you have to play in 3 out of 6 Winter Bogies to qualify for Presidents in the Summer.
Normally just playing in 3 is enough to qualify as score tends to be irrelevant.

Why it's still done - not sure, but guess tradition.........

Agree about being DQ as well.

[Stu-Pid]

Agree about being DQ as well.

The DQ will depend on whether he is deemed to have participated in the competition or not.  The fact that he said that he wasn't going to take part would indicate to me that he wasn't making a stroke in a competition, and certainly I doubt that the other player in the story thought that was the case.

I guess that the question then also becomes, are you disqualified if another player uses one of your clubs without your knowledge or without you being aware of his intentions?

[srp973]

Stu - surely there is a defined time for the competition - he had his name on the sheet and then decided he couldn't play because of injury - took a card and signed it and proceeded to borrow a club and hit a ball - as far as I'm concerned he was participating in the comp - be interested to see if he paid the entrance fee.

[Stu-Pid]

Stu - surely there is a defined time for the competition - he had his name on the sheet and then decided he couldn't play because of injury - took a card and signed it and proceeded to borrow a club and hit a ball - as far as I'm concerned he was participating in the comp - be interested to see if he paid the entrance fee.

Indeed, and it may well be the case that he was deemed to have played, but I don't think that the other player in the OP thought that he was playing in the comp, and so I don't think that he realised that he intended to make a stroke in a competition with his driver.  I guess it would be similar to someone asking if it was okay to look at your driver and you agreeing thinking that they were just curious, but before you could stop them they wander onto the tee and smack a ball down the middle.  Do you have to knowingly participate in the act of sharing clubs or is it just tough luck if someone does it against your wishes?

[Tin Pot]

The guy claimed to have done his wrist in.

The OP gives the impression the injury was beforehand.

I don't see any reason to DQ the player who is competing. He has his own clubs and isn't using any other competitors equipment.

What rule are we suggesting has been broken, precisely?

[MisterS3]

The OP gives the impression the injury was beforehand.

I don't see any reason to DQ the player who is competing. He has his own clubs and isn't using any other competitors equipment.

What rule are we suggesting has been broken, precisely?

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