Card carnage for Delagrange

Another European tour player was disqualified for a scorecard error today.

Six days after Mark Roe and Jesper Parnevik were kicked out of The Open for forgetting to exchange cards Frenchman Sebastien Delagrange brought about his own early exit from the Nissan Irish Open at Portmarnock.

Delagrange, 226th on the Order or Merit and needing every penny he can muster to earn a place on next season’s circuit, handed in a one over par 73 in yesterday’s first round.

But on his return to the course this morning – he was due to tee off first at 8.20am – he reported that he had signed for a birdie four on the 16th when he had actually taken a par five.

Thomas Bjorn and Michael Campbell, first and second overnight at eight and six under par respectively, had a long wait to resume, not teeing off again until 2.30pm along with pre-tournament favourite Padraig Harrington, who was three under.