INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT IN BUENOS AIRES

Leaders England disqualfied in Juan Carlos

Tailhade tournament in Argentina

Leaders England have been sensationally disqualified from the Juan Carlos Tailhade international pairs team tournament on the third day at Los Lagartos Country Club, Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Scottish open amateur stroke-play champion Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall) and Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) - both 18-year-olds - were ruled out for misinterpretation of the local rule about lifting, cleaning and replacing golf balls in the muddy conditions which prevailed. The course was flooded for several hours on Friday.
The Argentine Golf Federation said: "Both players applied wrongly the local rule that permitted lifting, cleaning and replacing their golf balls."
The two countries to benefit the most from England's disqualification were the hosts, Argentina, and South Africa. They are now tied for the No 1 position on 425 - six shots ahead of third place Norway.
Scotland's David Law (Hazlehead) and Ross Kellett (Motherwell) have never figured as a force in the tournament.
They are near the bottom on 446 with Kellett having had rounds of 73, 73 and 75 for five-over-par 221 and Law 77, 73 and 75 for 225.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216
425 South Africa 144 139 142 (J G Claasen 74 67 71- 212, Ryan Dereyer 70 72 71 - 213); Argentina 138 141 146 (Armando Zarlenga 68 71 72 - 211, Tomas Cocha 70 70 74 - 214).
431 Norway 141 142 148.
433 Peru 140 145 148.
434 Portugal 139 147 148.
435 Austria 145 146 144, Germany 145 144 146.
436 France 143 140 153.
437 Spain 137 147 153.
442 New Zealand 148 149 145.
443 Venezuela 142 151 150.
445 Holland 150 145 150.
446 Colombia 147 149 150, Scotland 150 146 150 (Ross Kellett 73 73 75 - 221, David Law 77 73 75 - 225).
450 Italy 147 147 156.
461 Finland 157 156 148.
464 Uruguay 149 159 156.
Disqualified: England 135 141 dq (Eddie Pepperell 68 73 dq, Tommy Fleetwood 67 68 dq).