![]() ![]() Many golf fans will no doubt exclaim “hallelujah!” to the fact that in the women’s game sanctions are being applied to the snails. I think there are a lot of slow players and they don’t get penalised and they don’t get timed as much as I do.” “I know I’m not quick, like I know that there are a lot of quicker players out there. “I mean, of course, I can be quicker, but a lot of them can be quicker too. “Some players, they play quicker and some players, they are slower,” she said after a fine and, in the circumstances, gutsy morning’s work featuring three birdies and one bogey. But I guess speeding up would solve that issue.”Ĭiganda is simply not having it. She disagreed with what the rules official had to say and that’s on her. ![]() She had a couple of incidents in the Evian. “She’s obviously not one of the fastest players to start. “I mean, she’s got to take the point and speed up, right?” Pettersen said. If the visitors want to rattle Ciganda, who will be the local hero at Finca Cortesin, they must now be certain of her weak spot. Ciganda – who is all but certain to earn a sixth appearance in the blue and gold – lost a matchplay encounter to American Sarah Schmezel because of a slow-play penalty on the last hole two years ago. World no 1 Nelly Korda said: “I enjoy playing with her but The Rules of Golf are The Rules of Golf and they should be enforced and it’s good that they are.”Įarlier this week, Suzann Pettersen, who is the Europe captain for the match in Spain in five weeks’ time, chimed in. Tellingly, however, there was little, if any, sympathy in the locker room. She was duly disqualified and embarked on a social-media rant, accusing the officials of “not understanding what professional golf is about”. Two weeks ago at the Evian Championship – the season’s fourth major – Ciganda was hit with a two-shot penalty for breaches of the stopwatch, but refused to sign the resulting scorecard when her second-round 72 became a 74. “I am a nice person and I respect everyone when I play, so I just hope they can do the same with me.” If it's an Android phone, for "EAP method" select "PEAP" and for "Phase 2 authentication" select "MSCHAPV2".When even your own Solheim Cup captain is telling you “for everyone’s sake, just speed up” and the collision against Team USA is only a month away, surely it is possible to understand that you have a pace-of-play problem?īut, no, Carlota Ciganda continues to protest her innocence, insisting she is being targeted by the referees because of her reputation.Īfter a two-under 70 here at the AIG Women’s Open, which left the Spaniard two off the first-round pace set by American Ally Ewing, she made an impassioned plea for clemency.
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