AIG Women’s Open hopeful disqualified after caddie blunder

Any hopes Ana Pelaez Trivino harboured of making a charge at the AIG Women’s Open this weekend have been dashed after she was disqualified from the championship – after her caddie made a dreadful error. 

Spanish ace Pelaez was sitting two-over after two rounds at St Andrews and comfortably inside the cut line.

However, it subsequently came to light that her caddie had used a Distance Measuring Device on two separate occasions – once on the tenth hole and again on the 18th.

That, unfortunately for the young LPGA rookie, was a breach of Model Local Rule G5.

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The penalty of disqualification was therefore applied under Rule 4.3.

Pelaez turned professional in 2021 after completing her studies at the University of South Carolina. She had reached as high as 11th on the World Amateur Golf Rankings before turning her focus to the paid ranks.

She won her first Ladies European Tour title in 2022 when she claimed the Madrid Ladies Open, and finished fifth on the LET Order of Merit last year.

Currently 190th on the world rankings, Pelaez was making her third appearance in the AIG Women’s Open.

Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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