Pro Golfer Eddie Pepperell DQ’d over Scorecard Error

Pro golfer Eddie Pepperell was disqualified on Thursday after handing in a scorecard with several errors.

Pepperell was eliminated from the European Tour’s Qatar Masters after officials found that he made several errors on his score, especially the 17th hole.

The golfer tried to explain what happened.

“My DQ today wasn’t due to me running out of balls, or hitting anyone, instead, I signed for a wrong score. My total, 71, was correct, and I indeed signed for that. However, my partner had me down for a 5 on one hole where I made a 6, and a 4 on another, where I made 3,” he wrote.

Pepperell added that he saw two errors on his card — holes 11, and 16 — but when correcting 16, accidentally altered hole 17.

I picked him up on it and I changed the card to reflect the fact I actually made a 6 on hole 11 as opposed to a 5, and a 3 on hole 16 as opposed to a 4. I then however mistakenly changed the 17th hole(🏼‍♂️🙈), not the 16th hole on my scorecard, and handed it in…

— Eddie Pepperell (@PepperellEddie) March 5, 2020

The British pro insisted that it was all “Quite disappointing” but he accepts the rules “100 percent.” Still, he said he feels that the rule is “a fair distance away from common sense.”

The rules are the rules and I 100% accept that, but I can’t help feeling that this particular way of disqualification is a fair distance away from common sense, and that’s also disappointing. I enjoyed the course however and hopefully next time I’ll do a better job 👍

— Eddie Pepperell (@PepperellEddie) March 5, 2020

This is the second time Pepperell has been disqualified. He was tossed from the Turkish Airlines Open last November when he ran out of golf balls during the third round.

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