The pro said they had felt obliged to pay her the money, however unlikely the score, as the card was marked properly as far as they could judge, signed by player and marker and the stableford points tallied with the marked scores.

Just my luck I guess, but I am still crying into my beer.[/quote]

I would think the Pro would have a duty to verify that the card was filled in correct and that both the player and marker knew what they were doing. If anything to protect the rest of the field in an event which they decided to hold and collect money.

Her round is either a round of a lifetime (around high 80's or 90) or a scoring error, I would think that a little question of did you write down your gross scores or net scores would have been appropriate. Now I can see that it is possible to have such a round of a lifetime and if that was the case then yes pay her the money. But where someone averages a birdie a hole I would think one or two simple questions should be warranted.

Oh well, nothing you can do now.