Mackenzie Hughes incurs penalty for tardiness at 2024 Scottish Open

Mackenzie Hughes penalized for showing up late at 2024 Scottish Open


Missing or being late to a tee time is never a good thing. Especially at a professional golf event.

That’s what happened to Mackenzie Hughes on Saturday, who was penalized two shots for being late to his third-round tee time at the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club. The penalty was added to his score on the first hole, giving him a double-bogey 6.

Hughes’ tee time was scheduled for 2:45 p.m. local time in Scotland, so one can wonder how he was late.

However, the late start didn’t seem to hamper Hughes, who was 1 under for his round thru 10 holes and inside the top 20 on the leaderboard.