Two Brit golfers booted out of Donald Trump Invitational tournament as one gives up and other makes huge error
England 's Sam Bairstow and Scotland 's Calum Hill were among DP World Tour pros in action for the Nexo Championship at Trump International Golf Links in Scotland this week.
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However, disaster struck as the duo endured a nightmare tournament on the green.
Bairstow, who had been among the bookies' favourites to win a maiden DP World Tour title event, saw his game go off course with a major error at the end of his opening round.
The 26-year-old had noted down a five on the par-4 14th hole, when he had actually shot a seven after missing a fairway with his tee shot and forced to hit a provisional.
And having not found his original tee shot, the Englishman played a tap-in thinking he had made a bogey, a mistake neither of his playing partners had picked up either, when he actually made a triple bogey
He had headed into the scorers' tent believing he was one-over with a score of 73, but it was later revealed to him that he was actually three-over 75.
Bairstow then dropped another stinker with a double-bogey at the par-5 closing hole.
And less than 24 hours later, Hill was also ejected from the Championship after failing to hole out at the eighth - his penultimate shot of the day.
The two-time DP World Tour winner endured a frustrating afternoon in tough conditions as he finished round one on four-over courtesy of a torrid back nine holes on Thursday.
A bogey on par-5 on Friday gave way in the second round to a birdie on the par-4 15th - only for that to be immediately cancelled with a dropped shot attempt on the following par-3.
At six-over he then suffered another birdie-bogey before adding another bogey on the fourth.
His tournament then ended on hole 17 as Hill missed a par putt from inside nine feet - with the cut-off line being three-over. - before he decided to call it a day.
The duo won't collect anything from their efforts on Scotland's north-east coast either.
However, Hill is not likely to fall any lower than his current 26th rank in the Race to Dubai, while Bairstow is set to fall four places from 54 to 58.
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