What do you all think about Mark Roe and Jesper Parnevik being disqualified?
The story so far:
Jesper Parnevik and Mark Roe failed to switch cards on the first tee, something that they do not normally need to do as they are normally given their playing partners' card, but the Open is different. After completing their round they went to the scoring hut were two officials are on hand to check the cards with the players, all four of them failed to spot the error. Apparrently it is a duty of the officials to ask the players if they had exchanged cards etc. Both players maintain that neither official asked them this.
At the end of the day the players are responsible for checking their cards. However if the Official's should have checked this then the players should be let off.
Apparently Bobby Locke made a mistake when marking his ball in the final round of the Open. He marked his ball one putter head to the side, but failed to place it back to its correct position (a putter head back to the side - where it lay originally). He then putted out. The R&A over-ruled this breaking of the rules as he did not gain an unfair advantage, Locke won the Open. Surely this could be done for both Roe and Parnevik, as neither player was unfairly trying to gain an advantage!
