EUROPEAN TOUR POSITION ON SIMON DYSON DISQUALIFICATION
On Friday October 25, 2013, Simon Dyson (pictured) was
disqualified from the BMW Masters presented by SRE Group at Lake Malaren
Golf Club in Shanghai, China.
Under the Rules of Golf he was found to have
breached Rule 16-1a, which states that a player must not touch his line
of putt. He subsequently failed to add a two-shot penalty to his score
when signing his card, and as a result was disqualified
under Rule 6-6d. Television viewers had alerted The European Tour to
the incident, which took place on the eighth green during the second
round.
At the conclusion of the tournament, and having
reviewed subsequent reports from Tournament Director Mikael Eriksson and
Chief Referee John Paramor, it was decided by David Garland, Director
of Tour Operations for The European Tour,
that further action was required under The European Tour’s Code of
Behaviour and Disciplinary Procedure, which states:
“3. Serious Breach. If, at the conclusion of an
investigation into an alleged breach of the Code by a Member, it is
evident that a serious breach of the Code may have occurred, then a
disciplinary hearing shall take place before an independent
disciplinary panel.”
Under The European Tour regulations, the three-person panel will comprise an independent lawyer, an ex-Member of the
European Tour or current player on the European Senior Tour and an
experienced sports administrator.
The player in question
will then be asked to appear before the Disciplinary Panel at a hearing
that will be convened on at least 21 days’ notice to the player.
If, following the hearing, the panel decides
that a breach of the Code has been established, it shall impose a
sanction that it considers appropriate having regard to the
circumstances. Such sanctions may range from a reprimand, a censure,
a fine, a suspension of Membership, a suspension from participation in
one or more tournaments or for a given period, or expulsion from The
European Tour, or otherwise as the panel shall determine.
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