LPGA officials dish out another two-stroke slow play penalty at Amundi Evian Championship
China's Yan Liu received the penalty on the seventh hole (her 16th of the day) of the Amundi Evian Championship, resulting in a double bogey on the par 5. Liu, who was informed of the penalty while on the course, finished bogey/birdie on her last two holes to shoot 75. She ultimately finished the championship at 5 over, missing the cut by three.
Lui played alongside Andrea Lee and Mi Hyang Lee on Friday. Lee, who has been contending all week, noted in her post-round interview that the group was on the clock the last six holes.
"I felt a little bit rushed," said Lee.
The LPGA has handed out four slow-play penalties since the new pace-of-play policy was put in place at the Ford Championship in March. Two of those were one-stroke penalties and two were two strokes.
In May, Rookie Chisato Iwai was assessed a two-stroke penalty on the eighth hole Friday of the Black Desert Championship in Utah and went on to miss the cut by two.
In February, the tour released a new Pace of Play Policy that introduced a one-shot penalty.
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