Hannah Gregg’s number was wrong.
Then she dialed one.
In play were a mistake and a confession for the popular pro, all of which she revealed recently over social media. Gregg had been playing last week’s Ladies European Tour’s Amundi German Masters at Green Eagle Golf Courses, where she carded a par on the 149-yard, par-3 14th hole during the second round — and therein lay this problem:
Gregg had made a bogey four. On her way home from the tournament, while inputting stats, she spotted the error.
She then called LET officials, and, due to the rules violation, she finished the tournament as disqualified. Notably, she appeared to miss the cut regardless of a par or bogey on 14 — the LET’s online leaderboard did not list Gregg’s second-round score, though another site reported it as being an 11-over 84, which would have put her above the cutline after a first-round 77.
A short while later, Gregg took to social media. Below is her complete post.
“Unfortunately had to DQ myself from the tournament last night. I realized when inputting my stats on the way home that I signed a card stating I had a 3 on hole 14, when in fact I had a 4. I immediately called the Tour and reported the error, but as it was more than 15 minutes past my score being turned in, it resulted in a DQ.
“Although it would not have affected the results of the tournament, I’m disappointed in myself for not paying closer attention… And for letting my emotions get the best of me after a tough round. I will use this as fuel for my next event and hopefully turn this season around. Thank you to everyone for the kind messages”
On the post, Gregg also answered some questions. Wrote one user: “Really don’t get what the point of the super stringent scoring rules are now that we have shot by shot data/scoring tracking. You really don’t need the players to even keep their own score anymore. This goes for women’s and men’s.”
That drew this response:
“We don’t have shot by shot data/score tracking on this tour. Just volunteer scorers and our own cards.”
Another user was more lighthearted, writing: “When I read this quickly at first I thought you said you had DQ on the way home, I wish it would’ve just been frosty treats for you instead of a frosty situation.”
And that drew this response:
“This just made me laugh out loud.”
This week, the 30-year-old from Sacramento is playing the LET’s KPMG Women’s Irish Open. Also over social media, she revealed she learned she was in the tournament on Monday.
