Adam Scott does ‘a silly thing.’ He’s then hit with a rules penalty

Adam Scott says it was “such a silly thing to do.”

He stated he’d by no means completed it earlier than in his profession.

He was additionally questioning what-if.

Scott had completed his Cadillac Championship third spherical on Saturday, however a second on Thursday lingered. Then, from the left tough on Doral’s 582-yard, par-5 eighth gap, Scott hit his second shot — then backtracked after he discovered that I hit the wrong ballwhich is a no-no. From there, Scott took a two-stroke penalty, performed his unique ball and completed the outlet with a double-bogey seven.

Interestingly, the harm might have been considerably worse. Wrong balls are addressed in rule 6.3c within the Rules of Golf, which read this way:

“In stroke play, the player must correct the mistake by continuing play with the original ball by playing it as it lies or taking relief under the Rules: The stroke made with the wrong ball and any more strokes before the mistake is corrected (including strokes made and any penalty strokes solely from playing that ball) do not count. If the player does not correct the mistake before making a stroke to begin another hole or, for the final hole of the round, before returning his or her scorecard, the player is disqualified.”

After the eighth on Thursday, Scott went on to shoot a four-over 76, then fired a 71 throughout Friday’s second spherical. On Saturday, he shot a bogey-free 66, and later, a reporter requested Scott how he was capable of rebound from the wrong-ball sequence two days earlier.

“Yeah, I mean, it’s such a silly thing to do,” he stated. “I think it’s the first time I’ve ever done it in my career. That’s probably one of those things everyone ends up doing once. But an odd set of circumstances leading up to me not checking it, which I think I’ve done thousands of times.

“To take two lumps there was, it’s tough, especially as you sit here now in the weekend and thinking if you’re two better you would be doing so well in the tournament.”

He then looked at things optimistically.

“But golf can be cruel at times, and I’ve experienced plenty of other tough things on the course, and you just have to get on with it and do the best you can,” Scott said.

“Luckily, it was like on the 8th hole and I had the rest of the day to try and salvage something out of it.”

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