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Tom Murray DQ’d from European Tour Q-School

By Christopher O'Day

RAS AL KHAIMAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 02: Tom Murray of England tees off from the 1st hole during Day Three of the Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final at Al Hamra Golf Club on November 2, 2018 in Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)
RAS AL KHAIMAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 02: Tom Murray of England tees off from the 1st hole during Day Three of the Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final at Al Hamra Golf Club on November 2, 2018 in Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images) /
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Tom Murray was in the final stage of Q-School trying to earn his European Tour Scorecard. His hopes came to and end after he signed an incorrect scorecard, leading to a disqualification.

After much controversy last week on the women’s side with the Doris Chen fiasco, one of the men’s participants found himself disqualified as well. In Tom Murray’s case, it was for turning in an incorrect scorecard.

Murray didn’t turn in a scorecard that added up to the wrong number. When looking through his card after the round, he signed off on it seeing that it added up to the correct number. The issue was that Murray had two incorrect scores written down, one high by a stroke, the other low by a stroke.

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The mistake wasn’t noticed when he was checking his card, and he signed and turned it in. That was when he realized his error. Alas, it was too late. Murray took the high road, and accepted the ruling.

According to the USGA, Rule 6-6d, Tom Murray was then disqualified.

The final stage of the European Q-School is a six round event. The six rounds run concurrently, starting on November 10th, and ending with the final round on November 15th.

His first round score of 66 was a solid indicator that he was playing good golf. If he was able to keep up that pace, he would be in a good position come the final rounds to make the needed cut line.

After a round of 2-under 70, Murray had put himself in a decent position. Still a ways back of the top 25 placing needed to qualify, Tom Murray would have been tied for 55th place.

He will now go back to the Challenge Tour, where he spent 2018 playing. This is the European Tour equivalent of the Web.com tour.

Murray was close to earning his card there this season. The top 15 money earners all get a card to the European Tour for the upcoming season. Murray finished less than a 1,000 Euro’s back, in 16th place, narrowly missing a card.

For now, it’s back to the Challenge Tour for Tom Murray. Currently the 369th ranked player in the world, he is going to have some work to do over the next year to try and make it onto the European Tour.

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Being the first one to miss the cutoff, Murray knows he has the talent to make it. If not, there is always Q-School next year. One thing we know for sure, is that Tom Murray will be checking his scorecards closely from here on out.

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