He signed his opponent’s card because he had no choice, since if he refused, the rules official would do it, but Joel Dahmen was very clear that Sung Kang had cheated by dropping a hole. It happened at the Quicken Loans National on the PGA Tour. Several hours after the conclusion of Sunday’s round at TPC Potomac, Dahmen wrote on Twitter that Kang cheated on the 10th hole. The rivals argued there for more than 20 minutes, allowing another match to pass them, before a referee finally went with the version of events held by Kang.
When asked on Twitter about the long delay, Dahmen was adamant: “Kang cheated,” he wrote. “He made a bad drop from the hurdle. I argued until I got tired, and lost.”
Dahmen explained in subsequent tweets that he and Kang had what he described as “a typical dispute” involving a drop on 10. Kang, 31, believed his ball had landed in the hazard, allowing him to drop it on the side of the hazard that was closest to the hole. Dahmen disagreed on Kang’s drop.
Kang made par on that hole and finished third at 12 under par. Dahmen, who finished the tournament in 23rd place, said he had no choice at the end of the round but to sign Kang’s scorecard, officially certifying his result.
“At that point I couldn’t do anything else,” Dahmen wrote on Twitter. “If I didn’t sign the card, a rules official would. I would simply be delaying the inevitable.”
The PGA Tour explained that the referee interviewed both players, caddies and nearby marshals and determined that there was no evidence to show wrongdoing by Kang.
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