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Due to damp conditions at Champions Retreat
Golf Club a rule was in place that allowed players to mark,
lift, and clean their ball on the fairway but Davis thought
preferred lies were being played.
"I knew we were playing lift, clean and place. I asked my scorer
if we were doing it like everywhere, but I guess he didn't know.
But he said, yeah, we were. So whatever. It happens," Davis
said.
The 17-year-old Davis was not informed of the penalties until
she got to the fourth hole and went on to card a four-over-par
76 that left her 10 shots behind first-round leader Rose Zhang
and in a share of 43rd place.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond)
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