As the winner of the 2021 Masters prepared to play the 10th hole of the opening round of the Jack Nicklaus tournament, the same one where Niemann and Mito Pereira face off, the organization informed him that he could not not continue to compete because he had painted the face of one of his sticks. This is the first time he has experienced such an unusual situation in his career.
The first day of the Memorial Tournamente, where Joaquín Niemann and Mito Pereira face each other, was marked by the disqualification of Hideki Matsuyama, as he was about to play the 10th hole of Muirfield Village Golf Club. The reason for this was that the Japanese three wood had white paint on the face of the club.
The 2021 Masters winner was informed that he had been disqualified from the event for breaking one of the equipment rules, minutes before the start of hole 10. A punishment that occurred because he also had white markings on the face of the stick. like some stripes painted around.
The main problem was that Matsuyama used this wood on the first hole , thus specifying the default. This is because golfers can carry clubs that are deemed not to comply with the rules, but they cannot use them during play.
Steve Rintoul, the tournament’s head umpire, approached the Asian on the second hole to ask if he had used the club in question, to which Hideki answered honestly. After discussion with the other judges at the event, it was decided to punish the golfer for violating Equipment Rule 4.1A, which states that “you may not apply any substance or treatment to the face of a club that may affect ball flight, spin, loft or anything else on the ball ”.
The referee appeared to the media after confirming the news, to clarify what happened. “Material has been applied to the clubface to align Hideki to place the ball inside the circle of lines began by saying Rintoul, who later clarified that the amount of liquid was the underlying issue.
“Applying a small, inconspicuous dot with a Sharpie to help with alignment is fine. We have players who do it all the time. But the amount of stuff that was on the clubface was just too much. This is what could affect the performance of the ball added the judge.
East this is the first time the 30-year-old golfer has been disqualified from a PGA event since turning professional in 2013, no doubt causing the discomfort of the player, who did not want to make statements when leaving the field. Hideki had a +3 accumulated card after the first nine holes of the day.
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