The Rules of Amateur Status will read differently come January 1, 2022. And yet for the large majority of everyday amateur golfers, little will be different, save for the fact that prize limits have been bumped $250 and may, under certain circumstances, be payable in cash.
It was the strangest and most innocent of mistakes, but no matter how unintentional the error was, it didn’t help the bottom line on Mark Hensby’s result in the Palmetto Championship at Congaree.
The last notable slow-play penalty in a men’s Major came in the 2013 Masters, when then-14-year-old Tianlang Guan was assessed a one-stroke penalty in the second round after being warned four times.
