Former PGA Tour winner Greg Chalmers was disqualified from last week’s event on the senior circuit for a ‘freaky’ reason.
Chalmers teed it up at the Boeing Classic and the 51-year-old made a decent start at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge in Washington
Rounds of 69 and 71 saw the 51-year-old Australian safely make the cut.
His tournament, however, came to an abrupt end eight holes into his third round after he fell foul of the golf rules.
Chalmers explained on his X account that the infraction occurred on the third hole when he noticed a ‘blast motion sensor’ on the bottom of his gap wedge.
He had just hacked his golf ball out of the sand and noticed the sensor on the club when he was putting it back in his bag.
Chalmers said he thought he had lost it ‘ages ago’ and turned to a rules official for some guidance.
A blast motion sensor is a small, lightweight device that attaches to the grip of the club that can track swing and stroke metrics.
Chalmer said he was told that after a call to the United States Golf Association, his club was deemed non-conforming and he had to be disqualified.
Had a freaky DQ today.
Buried in bunker on 3rd..grab my lob wedge and hack it across over off the green on other side.
As I’m putting club back in bag I notice a blast motion sensor attached to the end of it..(I’d thought I’d lost it ages ago, but apparently it was in my bag…
— Greg Chalmers (@GregChalmersPGA) August 11, 2025
Chalmers did not seem too annoyed, though, and he paid tribute to his fellow Aussie Steve Allan.
“On the plus side Steve Allan won again and I caught and earlier flight to Calgary,” he wrote.
Allan held off charges from former Open winners Stewart Cink and Ernie Els to claim his third PGA Tour Champions win.
Not the only DQ
Chalmers wasn’t alone last week in getting disqualified from a professional golf event.
DP World Tour players Callum Hill and Sam Bairstow were booted out of the inaugural Nexo Championship at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen.
Bairstow signed for the wrong score whilst Hill decided not to hole out.
Grant Forrest won the tournament and was even Facetimed by the sitting US president.
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