Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño said goodbye to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship after the finale of a third round to forget. The Madrid native finished his round with a bogey and a double bogey, and later an error when the time came to turn in his card, which caused him to be disqualified.
Gonzalo was performing well in the third round of the tournament held on the Scarlet Course at the University of Ohio. The Spanish golfer was one under par for the day, just one step away from the top ten, an incredibly enticing result as far as Gonzalo’s objective. However, a series of casualties happened just two holes away from the finish line.
Gonzalo ended up with a bogey and a double bogey on the 17th and 18th holes and turned in his card right away without signing it. His golf partner, Harold Varner III, made a mistake and stamped his signature in the space designated for the score and the golfer. Amidst the commotion of a bad ending, Gonzalo didn’t realize, assumed it was his signature and turned in the card. Afterwards, Varner III apologized to Gonzalo, although the Madrid native didn’t try to make excuses and admitted it was solely his fault for not paying closer attention. Be that as it may, the reality is that Gonzalo was disqualified and thus will not make a dime this week. There’s one more tournament left of the Web.com Tour Finals and he’ll have to finish among the top four to mathematically assure the card for next year. Other positions could also still be of interest, such as top 7, but it would depend on what everyone else does.
