Rare decision gives Grand Champion mulligan at TGL: ‘Terrible’

Tuesday night featured one DATE double-header, with two-time main champion of Xander Schauffele New York Golf Club playing both matches. But the strangest incident came from the first game, when Schauffele was officially rewarded a mulligan.

At a critical moment of the match, a strange situation and a rare decision led to the mulligan. The good news for Schauffele was that the mulligan gave him a chance to repeat a terrible bunker shot. The bad news is that his mulligan also went horribly wrong and may have cost his team the match.

Here’s what you need to know.

Xander Schauffele squanders the rare TGL mulligan opportunity

IN First game of TGL on Tuesday nightSchauffele’s New York team faced the Bay Golf Club. Bay Golf Club got off to a hot start, winning the first three holes.

But New York fought back and tied the score at 3-3 at the 11th hole.

When the game reached 13, Schauffele countered Ludwig Aberg in singles. Schauffele’s tip shot ended up in a right bunker, where things began to go sideways quickly.

As Schauffele settled in to hit his shot into the bunker, Bay Golf Club’s Wyndham Clarke decided to throw down the hammer. If New York were to accept Hammer, the hole would be worth two points. If they refused it, they would have to forfeit the hole and give Bay Golf a point.

With Aberg sitting pretty on the green, Schauffele’s teammates rejected the Hammer. But it was too late. Schauffele went forward and hit his shot into the bunker and it didn’t go well at all. His ball failed to escape the sand.

At that time a rules official stepped in to give Schauffele a redo.

After reviewing the video, the official determined that Schauffele had already driven his ball when the hammer was thrown. Teams are not allowed to use the mallet after the opponent is up on the ball.

So the official decided that Hammer would be hidden (as well as New York’s decision to reject him). Instead of missing the hole, Schauffele would take a mulligan on his shot into the bunker.

But Schauffele could not escape from the bunker BACK on his second attempt. The end result? New York lost the hole anyway.

“Yeah, it was terrible for us. We were going to turn it down anyway, and then I hit such a bad shot, they didn’t even get a chance to drop a hammer, so it actually worked out worse,” Schauffele explained after the round. “Maybe if I hit him a third time it would be better.”

In his post-match press conference, Clark blamed the referee.

“So Derek (Stafford), our referee, he normally puts his hand out, like there’s a signal he makes, and you can’t throw it anymore. argued. “It could have been really controversial.”

Stafford, the referee in question, officiated NBA games. Clark’s teammate Shane Lowry suggested that had he made that mistake in an NBA game, it would have worked out much differently.

“If he made that call in his NBA days, I’m not sure the players would be as good,” Lowry said. He continued. “If we had plugged the hole, I would have been…” before Clark cut him off to finish his thought.

“I would be pissed,” Clark said. “Or even if we lost it. Oh, god, they could have taken us out for charging.”

Of course, Bay Golf Club won the hole despite the embarrassing decision. Better yet, they went on to beat New York 5-3.

Unfortunately for New York, the second game wasn’t kind to them either. they took a 9-2 score at the hands of Keegan Bradley’s Boston Golf Club to complete the night’s entertainment.