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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
A friend of mine lost the Massachusetts Open because of this exact situation. He needed to make a putt of less than two feet on the 18th hole in order to win. He marked his ball and moved his marker over one club head length so that his fellow competitor, who happened to be Dana Quigley, could putt first and finish out. Dana made a sixty foot putt to capture second place by himself. In all the excitement, my friend forgot to replace his marker back to it's original position. They must have changed the rule because back then, (I think it was 1983) the penalty for playing from a wrong place was disqualification. They made and exception because of the circumstances and there was a playoff which Dana won.
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If the Mass Open was match play then the mistake would have been loss of hole. Maybe that's what happened? I really don't think an exception was made. These state opens are played to the letter of the law. (BTW: Dana was a great name from my area of the world in Rehobeth, MA - I think he won every New England State open at some point!).
Let's not forget that Zack's caddie's dad died last week. I think there was true emotion over that. Of course the player, and only the player, has the obligation of remembering but usually the caddie or fellow competitor will remind you.