Luke Donald cleared the controversy of carding wrong score in Masters – Golf News
The world number one, Luke Donald, cleared for the second round of the Masters Tournament after he was charged with a wrong entry on his scorecard during the first round on Thursday, April 5, 2012.
The incident happened when Donald signed his scorecard with three-over par 75 and later it was displayed as 73 on the leaderboard.
Therefore, the tournament officials were asked to look into the matter. After a thorough investigation, it was found that Donald three putted the fifth hole to suffer a bogey that he clearly mentioned in his scorecard.
However, when it was entered in the scoring system, the officials made the mistake by entering it as a birdie that caused the whole discrepancy. Therefore, he was then cleared to continue his run in the Masters.
Donald's coach, Patrick Goss, tweeted by saying that he talked to Donald about the issue and he was told that the scorecard was perfect and there was no issue from his side.
His wife also expressed a sign of relief after getting the news of his non-disqualification from the tournament.
Apart from the controversy, Donald’s performance in the opening round of the tournament was completely unimpressive.
He started off with bogeys on the 11th and 13th holes to go straightway two-over par. He looked completely out of focus.
Moreover, he made two consecutive bogeys on the fifth and sixth hole, which took him further back on the leaderboard.
Overall, he carded six bogeys against three birdies to tie for the 64th position on the leaderboard.
“I'm disappointed,” He said. “I three-putted five and six and was three over and playing catch-up. I didn't hit enough greens and give myself enough opportunity for birdies. This place, if you are a little bit off, can eat you up and I was eaten up today”.
"I hung in there, a nice birdie on 17 and holed a nice putt for par on 18. With the greens being soft I would have thought someone would have gone low, but I'm only six back and if I can go out tomorrow and get back in the red numbers, hopefully I will be
in the mix".
Meanwhile, Lee Westwood carded a spectacular five-under par to take the sole lead after the first round.
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