A Mexican golf pro was disqualified from his home country’s biggest tournament after committing a rare “serious misconduct” rules violation. Emilio Gonzalez was in the second round of Mexico’s World Wide Technology Championship on Friday when the issue arose.

Emilio Gonzalez was found to have not made a reasonable effort to identify his ball Friday at the World Wide Technology Championship, which according to the rules could be grounds for DQ.

A golfer at a PGA Tour event was disqualified from the event for a "serious" rules violation. Emilio Gonzalez, a Mexican golf professional, was playing in his home country's biggest PGA Tour event this weekend,