PEBBLE BEACH (CALIFORNIA) – Thailand’s Natthakritta Vomgtaveelap has been disqualified from the 78th U.S. Women’s Open because her caddie Jinsup Kim used a distance measuring device on several holes.
Vongtaveelap was par for five holes on the Pebble Beach Golf Links, where she was competing in her very first U.S. Women’s Open.
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The USGA issued a statement which read:
The caddie of Natthakritta vongtaveelap repeatedly used a device to measure distances during the first round. This is prohibited in the U.S. Women’s Open. The first violation is a penalty that can be applied to all players, while the second violation results in disqualification.
The KPMG Women’s PGA in Baltusrol allowed distance measuring devices.
