Players who do not shout โFore!โ at the appropriate time in DP World Tour and Challenge Tour events will now face tougher sanctions, a spokesperson for the European Tour Group has confirmed.
In a meeting of the tournament committee on April 15th, it was agreed that due to โthe serious nature of โball strikesโ at tournaments,โ players and caddies must maintain the traditional warning or etiquette when there is a danger of a golf ball hitting someone.
Should this not occur โwhen it was clear to the tournament director this should have been the caseโ, the player in question will be deemed to have breached the regulation and the โappropriate sanctionโ will be imposed. The DP World Tour says the exact punishment is โnot pre-definedโ and โmay depend on the situation.โ
- DP World Tourโs statement โ which appears in the Player Information Portal โ on X earlier this week, which read: โPlayers are reminded that the use of the warning โfore!โ remains the traditional and expected warning/etiquette when there is a danger of hitting someone (see Rules of Golf 1.2, Conduct Expected of all Players) and that DP World Tour Regulation (& Challenge Tour) F.I.2. (b) require all to โcomply with normally accepted standards of golf etiquette.

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