 able to play without interference or distraction.' Ciganda claims the Evian penalty arrived after she took 52 seconds. 'They always say the time starts when it's your turn to play, but when is that?' Ciganda, the world No 31, said. 'It's just so subjective. If they put a referee in every group, a lot of girls will be penalised and I think sometimes it's not fair. It's not something that I can control so I don't want to think too much.' Ewing is one clear of a group in second including Denmark's Emil){kind=link}
Ciganda refused to sign her scorecard at the Evian Championship two weeks ago after being hit with a two-shot penalty for slow play
When even your own Solheim Cup captain is telling you “for everyone’s sake, just speed up” and the collision against Team USA is only a month away, surely it is possible to understand that you have a pace-of-play problem?
But, no, Carlota Ciganda continues to protest her innocence, insisting she is being targeted by the referees because of her reputation.
After a two-under 70 here at the AIG Women’s Open, which left the Spaniard two off the first-round pace set by American Ally Ewing, she made an impassioned plea for clemency. “It’s unfair,” Ciganda said. “I am a nice person and I respect everyone when I play, so I just hope they can do the same with me.”
Two weeks ago at the Evian Championship – the season’s fourth major – Ciganda was hit with a two-shot penalty for breaches of the stopwatch, but refused to sign the resulting scorecard when her second-round 72 became a 74. She was duly disqualified and embarked on a social-media rant, accusing the officials of “not understanding what professional golf is about”.