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At the time of writing Mark Rowe has been making the headlines
again, having regained his form of ten years ago. I watched the TV
coverage from Sandwich as he played his way into contention in the
2003 Open only to be disqualified when it was belatedly discovered
that he and partner Jespar Parnevik had failed to exchange their
scorecards. I was sad to see him depart in this manner, but was not
surprised at the dignified manner in which he accepted this massive
blow. As he said, ‘rules are rules’ and a player is responsible for
ensuring that his score is marked correctly. I would not argue with
that, but like many others, I wonder how this can be allowed to
happen when so many officials are recording and checking scores. No
doubt there will be changes to the procedures for future Opens.*
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