Golfer Disqualified From DP World Tour Q-School Tournament After Damaging Green With Club

The DP World Tour announced Tuesday that it upheld its decision to disqualify a golfer from a DP World Tour Qualifying School event for damaging a green.

According to GolfMagic.com's Andy Roberts, 21-year-old British golfer Frank Kennedy was disqualified from the final stage of the DP World Tour Qualifying School tournament at Infinitum Golf Resort in Spain this week.

In a statement, the DP World Tour explained that the DQ was a result of Kennedy engaging in "serious misconduct after causing deliberate damage to the course."

Kennedy responded to the ruling in a post on Instagram, writing, "I am hugely disappointed to have been disqualified from the Final Stage of DP World Tour Qualifying School. Reports today say this was for deliberately damaging the course. I did not intentionally or deliberately damage the putting surface, and any comments saying otherwise are wholly incorrect."

He continued by noting that after missing a birdie putt on the par-five 11th hole, swung his putter and "accidentally caught the surface" of the green.

Kennedy wrote that he and his playing partner "repaired it straight away, and we were both satisfied it was properly fixed before we moved on."

However, Kennedy did admit that he "should have called the referee to check the repair."

Kennedy asked the DP World Tour to review its decision, and in a statement provided to Tod Leonard of Golf Digest, the tour stood by its ruling.

The statement read, "The ruling to disqualify him under Rule 1.2a of the Rules of Golf—made by the Qualifying School Rules Committee for serious misconduct for damaging the 11th green during the fourth round—stands."

Kennedy—who won the Euram Bank Open on the Challenge Tour in 2024—had been vying to earn his DP World Tour card, but the disqualification knocked him out of contention.