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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
That's the current process, I am not questioning the current process steps, but the need for that process to continue when you, the scorer, are sitting there with the official answers.
just more paperwork, which is what a player doesn't need to worry about after the day of golf. . . You think that the players sign for their card at the Ryder Cup?
The process should be that the player confirms the official score kept by the scorer, and has the opportunity to challenge / disagree with the official scorer (throws a red flag)
The situation with which I disagree, is when someone on the rules committee tells a golfer that hitting out of the bunker in a flying pile of sand, that he double hit the ball. The player, maybe named John Cook, says "I didn't feel any second hit, but if you say so!", then the player is not keeping his own scorecard, the scorer is, and you can't disagree with him. Again, you are just signing the card to confirm that the official score keeper is correct, nothing more. .
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A wrong scorecard on the PGA tour is pretty rare. You are given a scorecard for a fellow-competitor which also has a line for your own score. There is also an official scorer as well. At the end of the round you compare the score that you kept with the person who kept your score, and vice versa, then sign it and turn it in. There is also a comparison with the official scorer. This is exactly the same process we use on the Golf Channel AM Tour, and a problem is rare. I suspect that the pros have gone through this so many time that they occasionally get complacent and make a mistake. And even at that, if they hung around the scoring area until their score was officially posted, it could still be corrected.
BTW, as of January 2019, there is no longer a penalty for a "double hit"