Unexpected Entry: 2 Golfers Sneak Into Black Desert Championship Field

In what can only be described as a wild and rather extraordinary sequence of events, the PGA Tour's inaugural Black Desert Championship has found itself in the middle of a burgeoning controversy.

At the heart of the stir are two players, Chris Korte and John Sands, who, according to Ryan French of MondayQ Info, managed to secure spots in the prestigious tournament through an unlikely set of circumstances.

Typically, entry into a PGA Tour event such as the Black Desert Championship involves a stringent qualification process, including a Monday qualifier and, for those not already exempt, a pre-qualifier event. However, Korte and Sands benefitted from what was described by Devin Dhelin of the Utah PGA as "a clerical error," which mistakenly placed them in the Monday qualifiers without completing the prerequisite pre-qualifying rounds.

"It was a clerical error by our tournament director. It is our first PGA Tour Monday, and he just made an error. He has done hundreds of tournaments without an issue. He just missed this one," Dhelin explained to French, shedding light on an unprecedented oversight that inadvertently paved the way for the four golfers to enter the qualifier. 

The inclusion of the non-exempt players did not go unnoticed by their peers, leading to their initial removal from the Monday qualifier. However, the story took another surprising turn as the PGA Tour intervened, allowing all four of the initially disputed players to partake in the qualifier after meeting with their legal department.

As fate would have it, both Korte and Sands went out and shot a 64 during Monday's qualifying round, both securing their places in the tournament field this weekend.