Undue delay
As Pete walked back to play his drive on the 13th tee, Jennifer walked on down the fairway to ball-spot. While waiting she took shelter from the wind behind a toilet. Hearing a ball land in nearby rough she started searching for it. A few minutes later she realised that the golfer searching alongside her was definitely not her husband, nor was it his fellow competitor. Meanwhile, Pete was standing at a bunker on the other side of the fairway, where his drive had landed, wondering where she was. After waiting a few minutes for her to arrive with his clubs he started back towards the teeing ground. When he got there he surprised the spectators by asking, “I’ve lost my wife – have you seen her?”
Andy McFee, European Tour senior referee, takes up the story;
PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 6-7: Match play – Loss of hole; Stroke play – Two strokes. For subsequent offense – Disqualification.