The PGA Tour announced the amendment to a rule regarding the signing of scorecards. It’s being called the Jordan Spieth rule.

“Across all our Tours and other major golf organizations, a player’s scorecard is considered ‘returned’ to the committee once the player has left the defined scoring area … We are pleased to announce that an amendment to ‘scorecard returned’ will now provide a player a 15-minute window to correct an error on his scorecard, even if he has left the scoring area,” the PGA Tour memo to players stated.

In February at the Genesis Invitational, Spieth mistakenly signed for a 3 on the par-3 4th hole at Riviera Country Club, despite making a bogey on the hole.

Spieth said he was distracted from a bathroom break and turned in a card with a 72 instead of a 2-over 73 which he actually shot.

In the future, players will have 15 minutes to return to the scoring area to make a correction.

“In general, all players will have the ability to correct an error within this 15-minute period which may have previously resulted in disqualification. However, exceptions may apply when constraints within the competition limit a player’s correction time to less than 15 minutes, such as releasing tee times following the cut, starting a playoff, or the close of competition.”

• If a scorecard is validated in the scoring system and the player has left the scoring area. The player may return to correct an error within 15 minutes of its validation.
• If a player has left the scoring area and an error is identified before the scorecard is validated in the scoring system. The player may return to correct the error within 15 minutes of the error being identified by the scoring official.
• If a player is in the scoring area when the 15 minutes expires, their scorecard is considered “returned” when they leave the scoring area.The rule change is going into effect immediately on all PGA Tour sanctioned circuits as well as on the DP World Tour. Count Tour pro Michael Kim as a fan of the change: “I think it is way better this way,” he wrote on the social-media platform X. “Hopefully no more scorecard DQ’s in the future.”

The rule change will take effect immediately on the PGA Tour. The DP World Tour will also implement the change.

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