Rules Infractions

photo credit: SethLemmons   Ian Woosnam, playing in the British Open,  received a two-shot penalty while tied for the lead at the start of the final round.  Woosnam’s bag contained 15 clubs.  The offending club was a second driver which would have been noticed on any other starting hole.

Jeff Maggert earned a two-shot penalty on the third hole of the final round, after a fairway bunker shot hit the lip of the hazard and rebounded to hit him in the chest.  The resulting triple bogey-seven knocked Maggert out of the lead for a fifth place finish.

Craig Stadler was disqualified for kneeling on a towel while playing a shot from a muddy lie.  He violated a rule against building a stance and failed to include that in his final score for the round.