First, Q-School of the LPGA Tour.
Doris Chen was thrown out of the tournament of qualification for the LPGA Tour when her mother was caught replacing a ball Chen shot out of bounds back in bounds.
Let that process.
Doris Chen (or, at the very least, her mother) thought they could get away with the equivalent of the ol' "foot wedge" or somesuch AT Q-SCHOOL.
And Chen is no lightweight, or at least supposedly so!!
She's the 2014 NCAA women's golf champion. Along with other honors.
And her caddie was told to shut up about all this!!!
There is no word on further penalty at this time, but I agree with the golf fan who sometimes anonymously gives me information and a bullshit detector: Start the bidding at about a FIVE-YEAR BAN.
And then, there's Kevin Harvick last Sunday.
We're smack dab in the middle of the Eliminator Round -- the final round before the one-race championship.
Harvick won the race, which would've gotten him automatic qualification for the Homestead finale.
Instead, he has received one of the stiffest possible penalties.
- 40 championship points
- Removal of the championship qualification
- Suspension of the crew chief for the remainder of the season
- A probable rule change for 2019 which will make offenses at this level (and perhaps others below it) OUTRIGHT DISQUALIFICATION (... which should've been the case for years already!)
- And changes in the inspection procedures, as it's now apparent the sport cannot be trusted by it's sanctioning body.
Harvick's team won the race with an illegal non-standard spoiler -- a very, very serious offense.
Harvick was also thrown out of his victory in Las Vegas -- and he has the pole for the final Eliminator race tomorrow.
Why is he not parked until Daytona? None of this is going to change until the sponsors are effected, monetarily. And there's only one way that gets done -- remove the damn car and team from the track.
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