2023-07-18 05:42:00
‘Hyundai’s daughter-in-law’ Lydia Ko, 7 strokes for misunderstanding the rules… tied for 65th at the Dana Open – Gyeongbuk Newspaper
‘Hyundai’s daughter-in-law’, Lydia Ko (New Zealand), who is ranked 3rd in the women’s golf world, misunderstood the rules of golf and received a 7 penalty stroke. In the final round of the Open (total prize money of $1.75 million), he misunderstood the preferred lies rule and received a 7 penalty stroke and recorded a 7-over par 78, finishing the tournament in a tie for 65th (1-over par 285 strokes). . She slipped 41 places from her tie for 24th the day before.The reason Lydia Ko received a seven-stroke penalty was because she misunderstood the `Preferred Lie` rule and entered the game. At the Highland Meadows Golf Club (par 71) in Sylvania, Ohio, USA, where the tournament was held, heavy rain poured down to the extent that the previous day’s game was delayed by 45 minutes. has been applied. ‘Preferred Lie’ is a rule applied when there is an abnormal course situation where it is impossible to play where the ball is placed. Lift and clean the ball so that it can be placed and hit. In the LPGA tour, the ball is usually moved within 1 club length and allowed to be hit. However, on this day, the competition committee announced that the ‘preferred lie’ would be applied only on the 1st hole (par 4) and the 10th hole (par 4). Lydia Go misunderstood that the ‘preferred lie’ was applied in all holes, and picked up the ball on holes 3 (par 4), hole 7 (par 5), and hole 9 (par 4), cleaned it, and put it down and hit. Hole 11 Lydia Ko, who had also picked up the ball in (par 4), called the match commissioner at that time. The race commissioner came running after hearing that Lydia Ko had picked up the ball without permission in holes 3, 7, and 9 and placed it in a different place to play. 2 penalty strokes each. Bogey on hole 3, par on hole 7, and hole 9 were changed to double bogey, double bogey, and triple bogey, respectively. Lydia Ko received only 1 penalty stroke for lifting the ball without permission. Lydia Ko, who suddenly added 7 strokes, scored 1 over par 285 in the 4th round, falling to a tie for 65th place. The misunderstanding that it was applied is probably due to the situation in the third round the previous day. In the third round, it rained heavily even in the middle of the game, so the ‘preferred lie’ was applied to all holes.
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