177 20.2d Wrong Rulings and Administrative Mistakes (1) Wrong Rulings. A wrong ruling has occurred when a referee or the Committee has attempted to apply the Rules but has done so incorrectly. Examples of wrong rulings include: • Applying a wrong penalty or failing to apply a penalty, • Applying a Rule that does not apply or does not exist, and • Misinterpreting a Rule and applying it incorrectly. If a ruling by a referee or the Committee is later found to be wrong, the ruling will be corrected if possible under the Rules. If it is too late to do so, the wrong ruling stands. If a player takes an action in breach of a Rule based on a reasonable misunderstanding of a referee’s or Committee’s instruction during a round or while play is stopped under Rule 5.7a (such as lifting a ball in play when not allowed under the Rules), there is no penalty and the instruction is treated like a wrong ruling. See Committee Procedures, Section 6C (what the Committee should do when there has been a wrong ruling). (2) Administrative Mistakes. An administrative mistake is a procedural error in relation to the administration of the competition and there is no time limit for correcting such a mistake, even after the result of a match is final or a stroke-play competition has closed. An administrative mistake is different to a wrong ruling. Examples of administrative mistakes include: • Miscalculating the result of a tie in stroke play, • Miscalculating a handicap resulting in the wrong player winning the competition, and • Awarding a prize to the wrong player after failing to post the winner’s score. In these situations, the mistake should be corrected and the results of the competition should be amended accordingly. 20.2e Disqualifying Players After Result of Match or Competition Is Final (1) Match Play. There is no time limit on disqualifying a player under Rule 1.2 (serious misconduct) or Rule 1.3b(1) (deliberately failing to apply a penalty, or agreeing with another player to ignore any Rule or penalty they know applies). This may be done even after the result of the match is final (see Rule 3.2a(5)). For when the Committee will give a ruling when a request is made after the result of the match is final, see Rule 20.1b(3). Rule 20
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