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Cameron Tringale was disqualified from last week's PGA Championship after alerting officials that he felt a scorecard error had occurred during the final round.
Tringale, 26, who is in his fifth season on the PGA Tour out of Georgia Tech, said in a statement that he failed to record a stroke on the 11th hole Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club when he went to tap in a putt and the putter passed over the ball.
Cameron Tringale had finished tied for 33rd at the PGA Championship, meaning his DQ cost him $53,000.
He contacted the PGA of America and asked to be disqualified, an unusual occurrence so long after the competition had concluded.
"While approaching the hole to tap in my 3-inch bogey putt, the putter swung over the ball prior to tapping in," Tringale said. "Realizing that there could be the slightest doubt that the swing over the ball should have been recorded as a stroke, I spoke with the PGA of America and shared with them my conclusion that the stroke should have been recorded. I regret any inconvenience this has caused the PGA of America and my fellow competitors in what was a wonderful championship."
Cameron Tringale was disqualified from last week's PGA Championship after alerting officials that he felt a scorecard error had occurred during the final round.
Tringale, 26, who is in his fifth season on the PGA Tour out of Georgia Tech, said in a statement that he failed to record a stroke on the 11th hole Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club when he went to tap in a putt and the putter passed over the ball.
Cameron Tringale had finished tied for 33rd at the PGA Championship, meaning his DQ cost him $53,000.
He contacted the PGA of America and asked to be disqualified, an unusual occurrence so long after the competition had concluded.
"While approaching the hole to tap in my 3-inch bogey putt, the putter swung over the ball prior to tapping in," Tringale said. "Realizing that there could be the slightest doubt that the swing over the ball should have been recorded as a stroke, I spoke with the PGA of America and shared with them my conclusion that the stroke should have been recorded. I regret any inconvenience this has caused the PGA of America and my fellow competitors in what was a wonderful championship."