Rarely Used Rule Lets DP World Tour Tourney End … After Pitch Shot to 8 Feet

Rarely used rule lets DP World Tour tourney end … after pitch shot to 8 feet

A rarely used rule let the DP World Tour’s Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship end after a pitch shot to 8 feet. The post Rarely used rule lets DP World Tour tourney end … after pitch shot to 8 feet appeared first on Golf.

Rarely used rule lets DP World Tour tourney end … after pitch shot to 8 feet - Irish Golfer Magazine

Freddy Schott pitched to 8 feet, and about 5 seconds later, he extended his hand. He was your winner of the DP World Tour’s Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship. Wait. How? After all, the tournament at Royal Golf Club was neither a match play event, nor a pitching contest like the ones you have with pals. The event was stroke play. It was played over a 7,347-yard course. So what gives? In play here was a rarely used rule. And a pro all over the m…