“Tired” Pro denies that it was “cheating” after BMW PGA’s singular rules DQ

Senior professional Marcel Siem hasn’t had a great day at the 2025 BMW PGA Championship. But the six-time DP World Tour Champions Day got worse in the scorer’s tent after his tour, and he reminded the rule officials of his bizarre action on the 18th hole before being disqualified.

Siem gave him the weird nature of DQ, went on social media Thursday night to thoroughly explain the situation and deny that he was cheated.

This is what you need to know.

Marcel Siem DQ violates rules in BMW PGA

SIEM competed in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship at 2:40 a.m. ET. After a disappointing season, he entered the 72nd season of the Dubai rankings, Siem hopes a good week in Wentworth will improve his position.

But these hopes were shattered very early. Siem Reap bogeyed on the par 4 4 hole and shot his tee onto the tree stand. The first shot will prove to be a sign of what is about to happen.

Then bogeys of 3 and 4 followed, and he used another square as an example on the scorecard to end the top 9 with a score of 39.

Things looked a little better for Siem in the back nine, where he traded two birdies with two bogeys by the 15th. But his seventh bogey arrived on the 16th.

Wentworth’s 5-shot 18th hole was five years old when he reached the last hole of the day. Even an unlikely eagle can’t save his game.

The 18th position is the dog legs on the right, and the tees extend along the right. About half of the hole, a stream is dangerously cut in the fairway and continues along the right side of the hole to the green.

In the mirror of his first shot of the day, Siem Reap lost its driving force on the 18 Well. Then, even if there is no outbound mark on the right, Siem hits a temporary shot from the tee.

He then continued to play his temporary role, punching holes with 6 times after stroke and distance fine

But, a few minutes later, when Siem Reap quit the scorer, six out of six became disqualified.

So, what exactly happened on the 18th that led to DQ? Fortunately, SIEM shared a video note on Instagram Thursday night, providing much-needed background for the bizarre rule situation.

Siem explained the error: “I didn’t cheat”

SIEM began in his video confession by explicitly declaring that he was “no cheating”.

“Hello everyone, just want you to get a quick look at what happened today. I just want you to know that I didn’t cheat. I would never do that, so unfortunately, I was disqualified.”

He then elaborated on the 18th hole event from his perspective.

Siem claims he mistakenly believes OB is on the right side of the 18th hole. That’s why he chose to play a temporary rather than walk and look for his initial tee.

He explained: “At 18, I pushed the driver to the right and hit a temporary, thinking it was out of range on the right. Never knowing the water hazard on the right. I found my temporary anyway.”

That was a strange turning point in the story.

Siem Reap claims that before he hit the second shot with a temporary ball, the audience reminded him that they had found his first tee. It is not out of scope, but rests before or in danger of water.

Siem then later admitted that he was “tired of the whole day” at the time, and he chose to pick up his first tee and continue playing the temporary.

“I was about to hit my temporary, so my fourth shot…a viewer found my ball, my first ball. I walked in and was tired of the whole day. The ball was under the branches and couldn’t throw it away. I said, OK, OK, this is not to play. It is not to play. Then I kicked my four-quarters of the ball. “Just keep going, birding with my second ball, which made the bogey.” ”

Siem’s ​​choice to play temporary is clearly a violation of the rules. As he later said, if his initial tee had caused water damage, he shouldn’t have encountered temporary at all.

Instead, he should search his first ball and find it, either comforting according to the yellow or red stake rules, or get hits from the free throw and then return to the serving area to hit his third shot.

As he explains in the video, in the scorer’s tent, Sim suddenly realizes his mistake.

“Then we went into the scoring section, signed. I was about to sign my card and I just realized there was something going on here.

He then explained the situation to the rule officials, causing him to disqualify.

“I said, man, I think I made a mistake here, right? I should go back to the 18th T-shirt box to hit my third shot, right? Because it’s a hazard to water, if I declare myself not to play, I have to go back and I can’t hit my temporary ball,” Siem recalled.

He continued, “That’s true, so I was disqualified because of it. It’s weird that two weeks, very frustrated. That’s the truth, guys. I just wanted to tell you what happened.”

As for explanations about why such an experienced professional makes such an obvious mistake in career activities, SIEM doesn’t have much to offer.

He ended his video and said, “Sometimes you can’t explain what’s going on in life. Everything is fine. Have a great night.”

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