Joel Dahmen already faces an uphill climb to achieve PGA Tour status in 2025.
However, the road became even more difficult.
In Thursday's opening round of the Shriners Children's Open, PGA Tour imposes four-stroke penalty on Dahmen. He had 15 clubs in his bag, one more than his maximum of 14. His 4-iron was the culprit.
So instead of making two pars on his first two holes, Dahmen added two strokes on each hole on the PGA Tour. This means Dahmen started with two doubles. It turned a benign beginning into a deteriorating one.
However, according to the United States Golf Association (USGA), Rule 4.1.b of the Rules of Golf states::
Do not start a round with more than 14 clubs or use more than 14 clubs during a round.
If you discover that you are violating this rule by owning more than 14 clubs, you must immediately remove the excess clubs from play.
For stroke play events such as this week's Shriners Children's Open, the penalties for violating this rule are as follows:
2 penalty strokes, maximum of 4 strokes: A general penalty (2 penalty strokes) is assessed for each hole where the violation occurs, with a maximum of 4 penalty strokes in the round (additional 2 penalty strokes on each of the first 2 holes) ). violation has occurred).
NBC Sports' Smiley Kaufman reported that Dahmen noticed an extra club on the fourth tee. However, as Kaufman pointed outDahmen only received a four-stroke penalty.
The situation remains tough, especially when Damheng is fighting for a living. He arrived at TPC Summerlin ranked 124th in the FedEx Cup fall rankings. Only the top 125 will earn PGA Tour status for 2025, meaning he has a lot of work to do in the coming weeks. After this week's Shriners Children's Open, there are four events remaining on the FedEx Cup fall calendar.
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