Disqualification under 6.1b (2) | Golf Monthly
Daniel Johnston
Updated on April 06, 2026
Im unsure what other outcome the OP would have expected and see no scope for appealing anything.
It seems clear, to me at least, that whoever witnessed the incident and reported it, seen the FC teeing off at the wrong tee. One of the options was to tee off again, given the person was in the ditch. I'd argue that once they played the ball from the ladies tee, this was now the ball in play. It should have been from the white tee so I'd also argue the ruling of a DQ 6.1b (2) is correct.
Im not sure you can declare a ball a practice ball given practice is prohibited. Unless it's established the ball is a provisional, then it is now the ball in play.