Truth & Rumors: Honesty costs Hayes PGA Tour card

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J.P. Hayes can sleep at night, knowing he did the right thing. That doesn't mean the last few days haven't been difficult and it doesn't mean the coming months won't be a challenge. They have been, and they will be. But as a professional golfer, playing a sport that is self-policed - a sport in which integrity is as important as winning titles and cheating is practically non-existent - Hayes knows he did the right thing. His sin? Hayes inadvertently played a non-conforming golf ball - one not on the list approved for competition by the United States Golf Association - for one hole of a second-stage qualifier in McKinney, Texas. The 43-year-old Appleton native disqualified himself from the second stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament last week. The first DQ of his career was especially harsh because it left him ineligible to play fulltime on the PGA Tour in 2009.

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