PGA Tour star loses $300k in prize money after odd | Golf News

PGA Tour star Cameron Davis was pressured to kiss goodbye to over $300,000 in prize money after an unconventional gaffe between himself and fellow golf ace Will Zalatoris. The pair had been competing in the ultimate spherical of The Sentry on Sunday (January 5) having been paired collectively.

While the pair each walked away with healthy prize checks, they had been left wanting more after inadvertently hitting one another’s golf ball for his or her third photographs on the par-five fifteenth gap. The duo, who had been taking part in on the Plantation Course at Kapalua, Hawaii, had been slapped with a two-shot penalty for his or her unintentional error.

The PGA Tour‘s assertion on the controversy learn: “After realizing their mistake upon reaching the green, they returned to play from the proper location of their third shot – but now playing their fifth shot rather than their third, per the Rules of Golf.”

Zalatoris, 28, took home $163,000 after ending tied for twenty sixth in the event whereas Davis, 29, who was tied thirteenth on the ultimate leaderboard pocketed $410,000. However, had {the golfing} duo not have been handed penalties, they might have risen to fifteenth and fifth as their last event positions.

The American would have as a substitute earned $283,000 whereas the Aussie would have taken home a mammoth $715,000 – chalking up a devastating loss of $306,000. While they’re going to undoubtedly be disillusioned with their misplaced earnings, they might have confronted disqualification from the event had they not corrected their mistake.

Hideki Matsuyama triumphed, making historical past by setting a new PGA Tour document with a beautiful 35-under-par on the occasion.

Davis is not struggling financially, significantly after his $2.5 million win finally 12 months’s Rocket Mortgage Classic. Back in June, he claimed a close victory over Akshay Bhatia in a thrilling five-player contest – after which heaped reward on his opponent.

“This is crazy,” he stated. “I would not want what occurred to Akshay on anybody.

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