Eddie Pepperell On Disappointing DQ: "A Fair Distance Away From Common Sense"

The Englishman was disqualified from the Qatar Masters after signing for a wrong score

Eddie Pepperell On Disappointing DQ: "A Fair Distance Away From Common Sense"
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The Englishman was disqualified from the Qatar Masters after signing for a wrong score

Eddie Pepperell On Disappointing DQ: "A Fair Distance Away From Common Sense"

Eddie Pepperell wasn't even going to play at the Qatar Masters this week, and he probably now wishes that he didn't make the long trip to the Middle East.

The Englishman pulled out of last week's Oman Open due to coronavirus fears but then decided to tee it up in Qatar to attempt to make it into the WGC-Match Play and then The Masters.

The 2018 Qatar Masters winner ended up being disqualified following his first round after signing for the wrong score.

Pepperell revealed the reasons why he was DQ'd on Twitter, calling it "disappointing" and "a fair distance away from common sense."

That's because he shot 71 and signed for a 71, except two holes were marked down incorrectly according to the Englishman.

"FYI- My DQ today wasn’t due to me running out of balls, or hitting anyone, instead, I signed for a wrong score," Pepperell wrote in a series of Tweets.

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"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...

"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...

Pepperell actually made a 3 on the 16th and a 4 on the 17th

"Therefore this meant I was disqualified. Quite disappointing as I actually took the time to change the original error, only to make a costlier one myself. I asked the referee if this had any bearing on my disqualification but it didn’t...

"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".

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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