Rule book hits French hard at World Cup in Mexico

IAN WOOSNAM, at the centre of drama in the Open championship last year, has now watched somebody else suffer at the hands of the Rules of Golf. Two people, in fact.

Woosnam, given a two-stroke penalty when leading at Lytham after the discovery of an extra club in his bag, expected to be congratulating French pair Thomas Levet and Raphael Jacquelin on breaking 60 in the opening fourballs of the World Cup in Mexico.

But then both went in the hazard twice at Vista Vallarta's final hole and one of Levet's penalties came without him even touching the ball.