ELLIOT SALTMAN FREE TO PLAY IN SPANISH SATELLITE TOUR

SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR - FEBRUARY SCHEDULE
120,000 Euros MURCIA SUN SERIES
Entry fee per event 400 Euros.
1-3 HACIENDA DEL ALAMO (Fuente Alamo de Murcia).
8-10 EL VALLE (Murcia).
15-17 LA PERALEJA (Murcia).
22-24 LAS SAURINES (Murcia).

It is understood that Elliot Saltman, banned for three months by the European Tour for alleged cheating in a Challenge Tour event last autumn, has entered this week's event at Hacienda del Alamo, alongwith his younger brothers Lloyd and Zack.
All three have played regularly on this Spanish mini-tour but this will be Elliot's first appearance since his ban by the European Tour, which applies only to events under the jurisdiction of the European Tour.
Editor's note: There are those who feel that a ban on a pro golfer should mean just that - he or she is not allowed to play in a pro event for the period of the ban. But there is a precedent for a player playing "elsewhere" during suspension.

Fifty-odd years ago, before the European Tour was set up, Ryder Cup player Harry Weetman (Selsdon Park), pictured, was suspended by the PGA after comments he had made about Dai Rees' captaincy of the Great Britain team in the 1957 Ryder Cup match at Lindrick (where GB won 7 1/2-4 1/2). Rees held a team meeting after the foursomes to determine who should play on the final day. Harry Weetman and Max Faulkner were "chosen" to stand down. Weetman was later quoted as never wanting to play again for a team captained by Rees. Weetman was later suspended by the PGA of Great Britain for one year.
During his suspension, Weetman came up to play in the Northern Open (I think at Peterhead). The Northern Open was, at that time, run independently by the late Bill Connon and Jack Hall, round a circuit of eight clubs' courses in the North and North-east. Connon and Hall raised the prizemoney every year.