Did Marcel Siem really cheat? BMW PGA Championship Disqualification Explanation
German golfer Marcel Siem won two weeks of pain in the DP World Tour as it was disqualified from the BMW PGA title.
He was disqualified from the Wentworth Championship after notifying officials of a mistake on the 18th after forcing the 45-year-old out of the first round of the Irish Open last week.
Siem lost his original tee, shot from the boundary to the right, and then took the temporary off the tee.
His fourth shot is about to be resolved when a public finds his original T-shirt shooting near water danger.
Siem announced that Ball was “not playable” to pick it up and went on to make his fourth shot on his makeshift ball.
He ended the bird on the 18th and made a bogey after imposing the punishment.
It wasn’t until he returned to the scorer’s cabin to sign the card that he realized his mistake and informed the officer that at this point, he was disqualified for breaking the rules.
According to Rule 27, once the original ball is found and is not a cross country ball, the golfer must play the original ball under the dangerous rules or make appropriate relief. Playing temporary in this case is not allowed.
After the incident, Siem went to social media to explain the situation, first denied that he was “cheating”.
“I just wanted you to know I wasn’t cheating,” Siem explained on Instagram. “I would never do that, so unfortunately, I was disqualified.
“At 18, I pushed the driver to the right and hit a temporary one, thinking it was on the right side of the right.
“Anyway, I found my temporary. I was about to hit my temporary, so my fourth shot, one of the spectators found my ball, which was my first one.
“I walked in there, tired of the whole day, the ball was under the branches and couldn’t break it. I said, OK, this is not to play. Pick up the ball and foolishly hit me for the fourth time.
“It can be said that just keep moving forward, made a birdie with my second ball, and then did a taboo.”
Siem Reap thinks something was wrong when he went to sign the card and told the referee, and was told about his disappointment.
Siem added: “I was about to sign my card and I just realized something was already there.”
“I said ‘Man I don’t think I hit six, let’s call the referee’. 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 of water, if I declare not to play, I have to go back and I can’t hit the temporary ball.
“That’s it, so I was disqualified.”
Siem is about to finish a grim round, which brings him closer to the last of five holes. He burned the bogey bogey on the first, third, fourth and ninth holes.
He was in the 11th and 15th birds in the last nine games, but he collected seven bogeys before he entered the last hole.
This is not the first time a foul on a dominant violation. He withdrew from the French Open in October 2019 Rules 14.7A – Playing from the wrong place.
Siem mistakenly believed that the favored lies were working and violated the first nine holes in the first round five times, which put him in 10 free throws. Instead of moving forward, he withdrew.
“I’ve been better on the fairway and the whole 5 times right now. Then, of course, I played from the wrong place and got 10 free throws. It’s a little too much for me, I lost my qualifications. I qualify myself, I owe you my own explanation,” Siem posted on social media. ”
What rules did Marcel Siem break?
Rule 27-2c temporary ball abandoned
If the original ball is neither lost nor boundary, the player must give up the temporary ball and continue playing the original ball.
If the original ball is known or almost certain that it is in water hazard, the player can do it according to Rule 26-1.
In either case, if the player further touches any further strokes on the temporary ball, he will hit the wrong ball, and the provisions of Rule 15-3 apply.
From USGA Golf Rules.
