Former PGA Champion’s DQ Shows Outdated Incorrect Scorecard Rule Needs To Go

On the second day of the 2021 PGA Championship, Y.E. Yang was disqualified from the competition for signing an incorrect scorecard. The veteran pro, now ranked No. 672 in the world, accidentally wrote down a “4” on his scorecard for the par-4 10th hole instead of a “5.” It is not known whether he used a pen with ink or the traditional golf pencil. The error changed his would-be second-round 84 (now erased from the record books) to an 83.

But it still sits wrong for a few reasons.

GOLF.com’s Kevin Cunningham breaks it down.

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