Picture this scenario. You are the last group on the 18th green at Poplar putting for a birdie (back pin) on a windy day. The ball teeters on the edge of the cup and is within a dimple of going in for a birdie. Wait for it ….. wait for it …… wait for it ….. and sure enough it finally does go in. High fives all around!
You turn in your card, take a congratulatory sip of beer and then get a tap on the shoulder.
You've just been DQ'd.
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The scoring table in the club house was waiting for you and was standing outside watching you finish. While you did make the putt and did win your flight before being disqualified, you took longer than 10 seconds to determine if the ball was going to drop in. Regardless of you being the last group and you were not holding up anyone, you have to play by the same rules as everyone else.
This scenario happened to Lee Janzen during the 1998 NEC World Series of Golf. He saw his putt hang on the 17th hole and consulted with playing partner Vijay Singh who also saw the ball very slowly creeping towards the hole. Janzen waited 20 seconds or so before attempting to tap in for par, but the ball had other ideas and dropped for what he thought was a birdie. Janzen was disqualified after officials deemed he waited too long for his putt to drop.
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