LPGA dishes out slow play penalty in Utah, while another player self-reports infraction

USA Today

05-05-2025

LPGA dishes out slow play penalty in Utah, while another player self-reports infraction
There were two noteworthy rulings at the inaugural Black Desert Championship, where South Korea's Haeran Ryu put together a stunning five-shot, wire-to-wire victory.
The first involved the tour's second slow-penalty of the season. Rookie Chisato Iwai was assessed a two-stroke penalty on the eighth hole Friday and would go on to miss the cut by two. The LPGA put the information out via its LPGA Media twitter account.
Earlier this season at the T-Mobile Match Play, Hira Naveed was assessed a one-stroke penalty for slow play on the 16th hole. The penalty did not impact the outcome, however, as she had already lost the hole.
It's worth noting that in both instances, two of the slowest players on tour were in the same group as the player that was penalized.
In February, the tour released a new Pace of Play Policy that introduced a one-shot penalty.
LPGA player self-reported a rules violation
On Saturday in Utah, Perrine Delacour self-reported that she had an improved lie on the 18th hole and was therefore in breach of Rule 8.1, Your Actions That Improve Conditions Affecting Your Stroke.
She was assessed a two-stroke penalty, resulting in a double bogey on the closing hole. Delacour recorded back-to-back rounds of 75 on the weekend to take a share of 64th.
"At the end of the day," said Delacour, "I did the right thing for myself."