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J.P. Hayes can sleep at night, knowing he did the right thing.
His sin?
Hayes inadvertently played a non-conforming golf ball - one not on the list approved for competition by the United States Golf Association - for one hole of a second-stage qualifier in McKinney, Texas.
It was then that Hayes realized the ball was not the same model Titleist with which he had started his round. That was in violation of the one-ball rule, which stipulates that a player must play the same model throughout a round.
"I realized there was a penalty and I called an official over," Hayes said. "He said the penalty was two shots and that I had to finish the hole with that ball and then change back to the original ball."
After the second round, as Hayes relaxed in his hotel room, it suddenly occurred to him that the wrong ball he had played in the first round might not have been on the USGA's approved list.
"I called an official in Houston that night and said, 'I think I may have a problem,' " Hayes said. "He said they'd call Titleist the next day. I pretty much knew at that point I was going to be disqualified."
Hayes refused to blame his caddie.
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Unreal....he could of said nothing, especially after taking the 2 shot penalty and then going back to the right ball, but to then realize the ball he used on ONE hole wasn't approved, he then basically disqualified himself from competing on the PGA tour for this entire upcoming season.
I applaud him and his morals. Just don't see this kind of thing much.
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/golf/34717824.html
A remarkable story of honesty...Golfer JP Hayes.
