Quite the unique way to finish a Club Championship...

[iacas]

Player B thinking that they tied, accepts and signs the card as a 72 moving in to a playoff.

You were fine up until this point.

The committee is responsible for the math. The only responsibility of the player is to get the hole-by-hole scores correct. You can write nothing, "I won," or "12" or "7323" down for your "total" score and it's irrelevant. You don't have to add - just get each of the 18 hole totals correct. Player B wins if his 18 hole score was lower. That's it. What they did after - "playing" a hole - was irrelevant.

[Zeph]

OK, here are missing peices i guess that weren't expressed. The scores, marked hole by hole, on the scorecard were written down by the opponent. such as a does b's card, b's does a's. after each hole was written down, the final score was written by each opponent. THEN...the player was to review and sign. it was then handed to the committee, who deemed it correct, and checked addition only after the final scores were posted. hope this helps...?

Not really. Exactly where was the mistake? That's the question here. Did he write a wrong hole score or did the committee sum it up wrong?

If he wrote let's say a bogey instead of par on the card, which was signed and turned in, the bogey counts. If he wrote every hole correct, which gave him a total score lower than his oponent, he won the tournament. Then it was the committee that added it up wrong, only to realize this after the playoff. A player keeps track of his own score, as well as the playing partners. If he wrote his hole-by-hole score correct, he would know at the 18th tee how many shots he had used. Since he is also writing for the other player, he should know his score. If the committee announce that player A is leading by one shot at the 18th, both should quickly see if this was correct or not. Since they didn't say anything and played the hole as if player A was in the lead, was the scorecard wrong?

[plugged]

I think its obvious the OP is saying the committee added the scores up incorrectly, and only did so after the playoff had started. In that case, Player B won.

Stupid mistake on their part. They were probably rushing so everyone could make it back to the bar in time.

[tjy355]

I guess we'll never know...

[imtomtomim]

I don't see what the problem is. Player B shot a better score. That's why they double check.