It wasn’t the homecoming that Emilio Gonzalez doubtless imagined.
The 27-year-old Gonzalez, who’s from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, carded rounds of 73-71 to overlook the minimize by two pictures Friday on the World Huge Expertise Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico. Nevertheless it obtained worse for Gonzalez, who was later disqualified for violating Rule 18.3, often known as the provisional ball rule.
Based on a Golf Digest report, Gonzalez, who was taking part in alongside opponents Alejandro Tosti and Andrew Walker, hit his tee shot at El Cardonal’s par-4 fifteenth gap right into a desert space earlier than hitting a provisional drive. After a short search, a ball was discovered, however although it was inside 3 minutes, Gonzales, per the PGA Tour, didn’t make a “cheap effort” to establish the ball and continued taking part in his provisional ball, finally carding bogey.
The foundations stipulate: If the provisional ball has not develop into the ball in play and a ball is discovered that may be the unique ball, the participant should make all cheap efforts to establish that ball. If the participant fails to take action, the Committee could disqualify the participant underneath Rule 1.2a if it decides that this was critical misconduct opposite to the spirit of the sport.
Gonzalez, who performed school golf at St. Mary’s earlier than turning professional in 2020, spent this previous season on the Korn Ferry Tour, logging 25 occasions. This was his second profession PGA Tour begin, following this yr’s Houston Open, the place he tied for 74th. He’s certified for last stage of PGA Tour Q-College in December.
