The official makes a bad call. The player gets punished. How unfair. Why is this allowed in golf?
Provisional Ball:
Perhaps the unluckiest player of the day was American Angela Stanford, who was at 4 under after a 72. She could have been two better but for a bizarre incident on the final hole.
A steward indicated that her second ball had gone out of bounds, so she played another but didn’t declare it “provisional.”
Her first ball had kicked back inbounds, but when she got to it it was too late as her second ball was now the ball in play. So she was on the green in four and two-putted for a 6.
“I learned something today,” Stanford said. “I didn’t think I had to ever say `provisional,’ but I guess you always say `provisional.”’
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