The European Tour Group has handed a 10-tournament suspension to a golfer for a ‘reckless’ breach of its Code of Behaviour throughout a HotelPlanner Tour occasion earlier this season.
Cedric Gugler was disqualified in the course of the opening spherical of Raiffeisenbank Golf Problem on the Kaskáda Golf Resort within the Czech Republic on June 12, the place he carded an opening-round 75.
Gugler disqualification was for taking part in his ball from the improper place on placing surfaces on a number of events, with the Swiss golfer adjudged to have fallen ‘under the requirements of behaviour and moral conduct anticipated of Tour members’.
An Impartial Disciplinary Panel, consisting of Philip Evans KC, sports activities administrator Ian Larsen and Legends Tour Member Markus Brier, met on November 3 and dominated that Gugler’s conduct was a severe breach by advantage of a reckless infringement of the Guidelines of Golf.
Gugler primarily performs on the HotelPlanner Tour, the tier under the DP World Tour, with the panel suspending him for the primary 10 occasions of the 2026 season.
The season begins with the SDC Open in South Africa from January 29, with Gugler unable to return on the circuit till after the occasion first 10 occasions have concluded. The 2026 HotelPlanner Tour schedule has but to be introduced.
Gugler was two photographs off the early lead in the course of the ultimate stage of the DP World Tour’s Qualifying College earlier this month, solely to overlook the reduce on the six-day occasion after rounds of 64, 75, 73 and 72.
The 25-year-old gained 3 times on the ProGolf Tour in 2024 however struggled on the HotelPlanner Tour in the course of the 2025 season, making simply seven cuts from his 19 begins and ending no larger than tied-Thirtieth.
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