It wasn’t the homecoming that Emilio Gonzalez doubtless imagined.
The 27-year-old Gonzalez, who’s from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, carded rounds of 73-71 to overlook the minimize by two pictures Friday on the World Large Know-how Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico. Nevertheless it received worse for Gonzalez, who was later disqualified for violating Rule 18.3, also called the provisional ball rule.
In accordance with a Golf Digest report, Gonzalez, who was enjoying alongside opponents Alejandro Tosti and Andrew Walker, hit his tee shot at El Cardonal’s par-4 fifteenth gap right into a desert space earlier than hitting a provisional drive. After a quick search, a ball was discovered, however although it was inside 3 minutes, Gonzales, per the PGA Tour, didn’t make a “cheap effort” to establish the ball and continued enjoying his provisional ball, ultimately carding bogey.
The foundations stipulate: If the provisional ball has not grow to be the ball in play and a ball is discovered that is likely to be the unique ball, the participant should make all cheap efforts to establish that ball. If the participant fails to take action, the Committee could disqualify the participant below Rule 1.2a if it decides that this was severe misconduct opposite to the spirit of the sport.
Gonzalez, who performed faculty golf at St. Mary’s earlier than turning professional in 2020, spent this previous season on the Korn Ferry Tour, logging 25 occasions. This was his second profession PGA Tour begin, following this 12 months’s Houston Open, the place he tied for 74th. He’s certified for closing stage of PGA Tour Q-College in December.
