Golfer Matt Gogel has been suspended by the PGA Tour for violating its integrity program, the group introduced on Wednesday.
Gogel, 55, was handed a six-month ban from any PGA Tour-sanctioned occasion after being discovered to have gambled on tournaments.
Whereas the skilled didn’t place bets on any occasion he was competing in, the playing on PGA Tour competitions violates the Tour’s coverage.
Gogel competes on the PGA Tour Champions, the PGA Tour-sanctioned senior tour open to golfers age 50 and over.
He’ll now be unable to compete in any match sanctioned by the PGA Tour till February 22, 2027.
Gogel, who stated he ‘unknowingly’ violated Tour coverage along with his playing, cooperated totally all through the method, the PGA Tour said.
Golfer Matt Gogel has been suspended by the PGA Tour for violating its integrity program
The 55-year-old was handed a six-month ban from any PGA Tour-sanctioned occasion
‘In 2024 and 2025, I unknowingly violated the PGA TOUR coverage by putting small leisure wagers on golf,’ Gogel stated in a press release.
‘I need to be clear that these wagers weren’t positioned on common PGA TOUR occasions, PGA TOUR Champions occasions or any match through which I participated.
‘I might by no means knowingly violate the integrity of the sport of golf. I made an trustworthy mistake and I stay up for enjoying in 2027 on the PGA TOUR Champions.’
Gogel has competed in 18 occasions on the Champions Tour in 2026, incomes prize cash of greater than $760,000.
He at the moment stands twentieth within the Tour’s season-long Charles Schwab Cup factors race, which culminates with the Charles Schwab Cup Championship on November 12-15.
His ban got here into impact on Sunday, the day on which Gogel completed tied thirtieth within the Rogers Charity Basic on the senior circuit.
The participant was discovered to have positioned bets on PGA Tour-sanctioned tournaments
The PGA Tour Integrity Program prohibits wagering on any Tour-sanctioned occasion world wide by members, but additionally by anybody of their quick circle who receives credentials to tournaments, together with household, caddies and brokers.
‘Any Lined Individual, immediately or not directly, Betting on the end result or some other side of any PGA TOUR Occasion, some other skilled golf competitors or any elite novice golf competitors (together with Olympic Golf) wherever on the planet (‘Skilled Golf Occasion’),’ the tour’s guidelines state.
The guide defines ‘betting’ as ‘(A) putting any cash or different factor of worth on the incidence of an unsure end result with the expectation of return or (B) taking part in any fantasy or different sport that awards a prize of worth, together with any free-to-play, paid or each day fantasy sport, except expressly authorized by the PGA TOUR.’
Penalties vary from obligatory schooling to fines as much as $500,000, suspension to lifetime bans.
