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Here is why competitive golf sucks and they need to have a @MSHSAAOrg official at every postseason sight:
A Joplin golfer held the pin out on the 18th hole and tapped in from 6 inches one handed to finish out with a 76.
Here is why competitive golf sucks and they need to have a @MSHSAAOrg official at every postseason sight:
A Joplin golfer held the pin out on the 18th hole and tapped in from 6 inches one handed to finish out with a 76.
One of the kids in his group while at the table to sign the scorecard after the round said it was a two-stroke penalty to hold the pin. The Joplin golfer didn't know it was a rule. The other team's coach came over and said it was indeed a penalty.
The Joplin golfer gave himself the penalty and signed the card.
Come to find out, that rule was eliminated two years ago so there should not have been a penalty assessed but because the kid signed his card, regardless of getting the wrong information from another team's coach.
Come to find out, that rule was eliminated two years ago so there should not have been a penalty assessed but because the kid signed his card, regardless of getting the wrong information from another team's coach.
The Joplin golfers score as of now is a 78 instead of a 76.
The kicker—Joplin would have beat the team who's coach said it was a penalty by one stroke. Instead, Joplin takes second by a stroke.
The kicker—Joplin would have beat the team who's coach said it was a penalty by one stroke. Instead, Joplin takes second by a stroke.
IMO, I don't give a damn if the card was signed. A 15-year-old kid was given incorrect information by someone he thought was an authority. The kid earned a 76, give him a 76.
