Chilean golfer Felipe Aguilar was slapped with a four shot penalty following the completion to his second round in the Turkish Airlines Open in Belek.
Aguilar had replaced a club in his bag in between a suspension of play in the second round on Friday and the restart to the round on Saturday morning.
The Santiago-born golfer, who turned 40 last week, had moved to been three under par through 13 holes when play was halted and under Rule 4-4 he was penalised two strokes for ‘each hole which any breach occurred with the maximum penalty per round – four strokes’.
Red hot chilean Felipe Aguilar wins the Championship at Laguna National. (Photo – David Lloyd / www.golffile.ie)
It meant the winner of this year’s The Championship in Singapore had to record a double bogey at his 13th and 14th holes in an eventual round of 74 for a two over par 36-hole total.
The incident brought back memories of a similar ruling handed to Welshman Ian Woosnam on the final day of the 2001 British Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes.
Woosnam stood on the first tee tied for the lead with three others but it was not to the second hole he was informed by his caddy that there was 15 clubs in his bag, and one more than allowed under the rules
Woosnam, who was seeking to win a second Major after capturing the 1991 Masters, was hit with a two stroke penalty and showed his disgust by throwing the 15th club, a driver, into long grass.
Woosnam ended up sharing third place and four shots behind American David Duval while it also cost the Welshman a place on the European Ryder Cup team.
