Michael Block has been disqualified from the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship after failing to complete his final round.

The ruling comes from the European Tour Group Regulations – “Situations where Player fails to complete a round”.

1. “Player retires from current round with injury or illness deemed acceptable by the Tournament Director” – official listing is “retired”.

During the final round of the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship, Michael Block left the course before completing his round and without completing the necessary process of advising Tour officials of any injury or illness. As a result the official listing has been recorded as “disqualified” rather than “retired”. Under Rule 3.3c the player is disqualified for failure to hole out under this rule.

Michael Block was also assessed a two-shot penalty – added to his first hole score – for arriving late to his tee time. Block mistakenly believed his tee-time was 08:33 as opposed to his allotted 08:22 causing him to be late.

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