Report: Asian Tour pro DQ'd at Singapore Open for breaking golf rule

Golf fans couldn't help but make the same joke about social media star Luke Kwon after an Asian Tour pro was disqualified at the Moutai Singapore Open.

Changwoo Lee fell foul of the golf rules on Thursday at Singapore Island Country Club when he arrived late for his tee time. 

Unfortunately for Lee, who is a former Asia-Pacific Amateur champion, he arrived for his first round 23 seconds after the five-minute grace period had ended. 

Tournament officials had no choice but to disqualify the golfer, with a spokesperson confirming to bunkered: "He was disqualified as he arrived late for his tee time. 

"If a player arrives within five minutes of their tee time they are assessed a two stroke penalty.

"A player arriving outside this window is disqualified. Unfortunately, he arrived five minutes and 23 seconds after his tee time and the Rules Committee had no choice but to disqualify him."

It just so happened that Lee was booted out a week after the aforementioned Kwon hit the headlines for his behaviour at the Internet Invitational. 

The Internet Invitational is an invite-only golf tournament organised by Barstool Sports in partnership with Bob Does Sports. 

It was held at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri over 12-16 August and at the time of publication the first four episodes have been released. 

The field was made up of social media superstars such as Paige Spiranac, Peter Finch, Robby Berger, Rick Shiels, Fat Perez, Kyle Berkshire, Grant Horvat and Kwon. 

Kwon hit the headlines after the first episode was released for oversleeping and missing his tee time at the $1m tournament. 

Some members of his own team - and a few keyboard warriors - felt his behaviour was disrespectful as he was extremely nonchalant over his tardiness. 

Kwon has since apologised and just so happened to be in the field at the Moutai Singapore Open. 

When he made his tee time, the social media team joked:

Not the only DQ this week

Muni He also fell foul of the golf rules this week but for different reasons. 

He was competing at the Aramco China Championship on the Ladies European Tour. 

She returned a card for four-under 69 in round one and followed it with a 73 on Friday. 

Or so she thought. 

Turns out, she signed for the wrong score and was disqualified.

She clarified on her own personal Instagram page: ""Hi everyone, just a quick update, I won't be playing tomorrow here in Shenzhen due to signing the wrong scorecard.

"This is the first time this has happened in my 20 years of playing competitive golf. 

"I'm extremely disappointed that this happened here in China, in front of my home crowd. However, as a golfer, I wished to take accountability for the situation.

"I'm so grateful for all the support I've received this entire week, and thank you to all the fans that came out and watched."