Ben Crane disqualified for playing wrong ball at Corales Puntacana Championship

Ben Crane was disqualified during the third round of the Corales Puntacana Championship for a breach of Rule 6.3c(1) that occurred on hole No. 8 at Puntacana Resort (Corales Golf Course).

Crane played a wrong ball on hole No. 8 and failed to correct the error before making a stroke to begin hole No. 9.

Crane carded rounds of 69-71 in the first two rounds of Corales Puntacana to make the cut and teed off alongside David Lipsky for Round 3. He began the day 12 stokes behind 36-hole leader Joel Dahmen.