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

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Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Jon Rahm	-21	18	4
2	David Puig	-15	18	4
3	Josele Ballester	-14	18	4
4	Scott Vincent	-12	18	4
T5	Branden Grace	-11	18	4
T5	Thomas Detry	-11	18	4
T5	Tyrrell Hatton	-11	18	4
T5	Tom McKibbin	-11	18	4
T5	Matthew Wolff	-11	18	4
T10	Cameron Tringale	-10	18	4
T10	Marc Leishman	-10	18	4
T12	Louis Oosthuizen	-9	18	4
T12	Harold Varner III	-9	18	4
T12	Luis Masaveu	-9	18	4
T15	Dean Burmester	-8	18	4
T15	Richard T. Lee	-8	18	4
T17	Carlos Ortiz	-7	18	4
T17	Dustin Johnson	-7	18	4
T17	Victor Perez	-7	18	4
T20	Charles Howell III	-6	18	4
T20	Joaquin Niemann	-6	18	4
T22	Yosuke Asaji	-5	18	4
T22	Abraham Ancer	-5	18	4
T22	Minkyu Kim	-5	18	4
T25	Ian Poulter	-4	18	4
T25	Sebastian Muñoz	-4	18	4
T25	Byeong Hun An	-4	18	4
T25	Laurie Canter	-4	18	4
T25	Martin Kaymer	-4	18	4
T25	Brendan Steele	-4	18	4
31	Bubba Watson	-3	18	4
T32	Peter Uihlein	-2	18	4
T32	Sam Horsfield	-2	18	4
T32	Caleb Surratt	-2	18	4
T35	Paul Casey	-1	18	4
T35	Lee Westwood	-1	18	4
T35	Elvis Smylie	-1	18	4
38	Adrian Meronk	E	18	4
T39	Charl Schwartzel	+2	18	4
T39	Sergio Garcia	+2	18	4
T39	Cameron Smith	+2	18	4
T39	Younghan Song	+2	18	4
T43	Anthony Kim	+3	18	4
T43	Talor Gooch	+3	18	4
45	Richard Bland	+4	18	4
T46	Lucas Herbert	+5	18	4
T46	Anirban Lahiri	+5	18	4
T46	Thomas Pieters	+5	18	4
T49	Travis Smyth	+6	18	4
T49	Jason Kokrak	+6	18	4
T49	Miguel Tabuena	+6	18	4
T52	Danny Lee	+7	18	4
T52	Graeme McDowell	+7	18	4
54	Björn Hellgren	+8	18	4
55	Michael La Sasso	+9	18	4
56	Ben Campbell	+11	18	4
	Luis Carrera		18	4
	Bryson DeChambeau	+2		3

Disqualification

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

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

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

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

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

LPGA star posts letter critical of her recent disqualification

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

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

Australian Courses

Bondi Golf Club forced to close holes after boundary complaints from Harry Triguboff’s daughter

Bingara Gorge Golf Course acquired by Golf NSW in landmark deal

7 Mile Beach to host the next three Tasmanian Amateur Championships

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2	FIREBALLS GC	-36	18	4
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4	TORQUE GC	-22	18	4
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