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Disqualification

February 1st, 2026

Tour pro explains reason for Farmers Open DQ, and it’ll make you respect him even more

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January 30th, 2026

PGA Tour player DQ’d from Farmers Open for using non-conforming yardage book

In a brief statement, the PGA Tour announced in the evening that Michael Brennan had been disqualified for a breach of Model Local Rule G-11 because he used “non-permitted green-reading materials”.

December 10th, 2025

Wrong balls, rangefinder woes and bird poop: The most outrageous rules issues of 2025

Here’s a look back over the past 12 months on nearly two dozen rules incidents that got our attention.

September 17th, 2025

Player gets bumped from US Mid-Amateur when caddie mistakenly commits unusual rules violation

[Picture: Steve Gibbons/USGA] When a match in a USGA championship ends on the 20th hole, it frequently wraps up with some drama. In a way that was the case during a first-round showdown between Ryan O’Rear and Paul Mitzel at the US Mid-Amateur Championship on Monday at Troon Country Club in Scottsdale. Just not the Read more…

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June 19th, 2024

A Jordan Spieth bathroom emergency led to a PGA Tour rule change on disqualifications

The rule change is going into effect immediately on all PGA Tour-sanctioned circuits, as well as the DP World Tour.

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June 15th, 2024

LPGA star posts letter critical of her recent disqualification

January 15th, 2024

John Lyras’ Korn Ferry Tour debut ends in a disastrous DQ after first-hole rules infraction

Sydney-based tour pro John Lyras has seen his Korn Ferry Tour debut cut short today in the worst fashion possible way: a rules-based disqualification after an error on the first hole of the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic.

March 6th, 2020

Eddie Pepperell finds another bizarre way to be disqualified from a European Tour event

Eddie Pepperell might be the most interesting man in golf, but he also definitely finds the most interesting ways to be disqualified from golf tournaments.

Leaderboard

Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard - 2026
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
-Joel Dahmen--1
-Daniel Bennett--1
-Jhonattan Vegas--1
-Tom Hoge--1
-Ryan Fox--1
-Billy Horschel--1
-Brian Campbell--1
-Patrick Rodgers--1
-Matt McCarty--1
-Max Greyserman--1
-Taylor Moore--1
-Andrew Putnam--1
-Daniel Berger--1
-Alex Noren--1
-Min Woo Lee--1
-Michael Thorbjornsen--1
-Harry Hall--1
-Corey Conners--1
-Cam Young--1
-Sepp Straka--1
-Harris English--1
-Patrick Cantlay--1
-Andrew Novak--1
-Robert MacIntyre--1
-Brian Harman--1
-Akshay Bhatia--1
-Collin Morikawa--1
-Justin Rose--1
-Xander Schauffele--1
-Shane Lowry--1
-Scottie Scheffler--1
-Russell Henley--1
-Aldrich Potgieter--1
-Adam Scott--1
-J.T. Poston--1
-Keith Mitchell--1
-Nicolai Højgaard--1
-Austin Smotherman--1
-S.W. Kim--1
-Bud Cauley--1
-Lucas Glover--1
-Ryo Hisatsune--1
-Ryan Gerard--1
-Jason Day--1
-Taylor Pendrith--1
-Denny McCarthy--1
-Kurt Kitayama--1
-Pi Coody--1
-Jordan Spieth--1
-Sam Stevens--1
-Jake Knapp--1
-Matt Fitzpatrick--1
-Sam Burns--1
-Sungjae Im--1
-J.J. Spaun--1
-Nick Taylor--1
-Keegan Bradley--1
-Maverick McNealy--1
-Ben Griffin--1
-Tommy Fleetwood--1
-Nico Echavarria--1
-Ludvig Åberg--1
-Jacob Bridgeman--1
-Chris Gotterup--1
-Justin Thomas--1
-Hideki Matsuyama--1
-Rory McIlroy--1
-Viktor Hovland--1
-Rickie Fowler--1
-Michael Kim--1
-Chris Kirk--1
-Sahith Theegala--1
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Adelaide 2026 Leaderboard
PosPlayerTotThruRnd
1Anthony Kim-23184
2Jon Rahm-20184
T3Bryson DeChambeau-17184
T3Tyrrell Hatton-17184
T3Peter Uihlein-17184
T6Lucas Herbert-16184
T6Dean Burmester-16184
T8Cameron Smith-15184
T8Sebastian Muñoz-15184
T8Branden Grace-15184
T8Marc Leishman-15184
T12Abraham Ancer-14184
T12Joaquin Niemann-14184
T14Matthew Wolff-13184
T14Graeme McDowell-13184
T14Brendan Steele-13184
T17Caleb Surratt-12184
T17Jason Kokrak-12184
T17Dustin Johnson-12184
T17Charl Schwartzel-12184
T17Ben Campbell-12184
T17Talor Gooch-12184
23Richard Bland-11184
T24Byeong Hun An-10184
T24Scott Vincent-10184
T24Yosuke Asaji-10184
T27Ian Poulter-9184
T27Thomas Pieters-9184
T27Elvis Smylie-9184
T27Victor Perez-9184
31Thomas Detry-8184
T32Danny Lee-7184
T32Minkyu Kim-7184
T32Josele Ballester-7184
T32Michael La Sasso-7184
T32Charles Howell III-7184
T37Louis Oosthuizen-6184
T37Sergio Garcia-6184
T37Bubba Watson-6184
T37Wade Ormsby-6184
T37Richard T. Lee-6184
T42Adrian Meronk-5184
T42Carlos Ortiz-5184
T44Younghan Song-4184
T44Harold Varner III-4184
T44Tom McKibbin-4184
T44Miguel Tabuena-4184
T44Ben Schmidt-4184
T44Luis Masaveu-4184
50Anirban Lahiri-3184
T51David Puig-2184
T51John Catlin-2184
53Laurie CanterE184
T54Bjorn Hellgren+2184
T54Paul Casey+2184
56Sam Horsfield+3184
57Cameron Tringale+4184
PosTeamTotThruRnd
1RIPPER GC-55184
2LEGION XIII-53184
34ACES GC-52184
4SOUTHERN GUARDS GC-49184
T5TORQUE GC-48184
T5RANGEGOATS GC-48184
7SMASH GC-41184
8KOREAN GOLF CLUB-28184
9CLEEKS GOLF CLUB-27184
10CRUSHERS GC-25184
11HYFLYERS GC-22184
12FIREBALLS GC-19184
13MAJESTICKS GC-10184
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