Pro golf has seen some bizarre stories over the past year. From Wyndham Clark’s locker room antics to the Rory McIlroy non-conforming controversy. But none were as shocking as the incident involving Ryan Ang. The Singaporean pro was caught blatantly cheating after he dropped a ball out of his pocket on the fairway. Turns out, this has opened the doors to a new opportunity today.

As Monday Q Info reported, “It all started in February of 2025, when Ryan Ang was DQ’d from a Webex Players Series Mixed event. He was suspended from the Aussie Tour. This week, Ryan Ang is playing on the DP World Tour, based on his Order of Merit finish last season on the China Tour, again something that likely wouldn’t have been possible if he had played the full season in Aussie.”

Looking at his career trajectory, leaving the Australian Tour helped his career immensely. He ended up in the Asian Development Tour before playing a full schedule of the China Tour. As per reports, he finished tied at sixth in the Tour’s Order of Merit leaderboard. That helped him earn a DP World Tour event qualification.

Since he was a prominent member of the China Tour in 2025, he has received an automatic qualification for the European Tour’s event in China. The 2026 Hainan Classic will see him compete against Francesco Molinari, Thirston Lawrence, and the Dubai Invitational 2026 champion, Nacho Elvira.

Ang may be excited to receive the opportunity. But the golf community is not too thrilled to see him in action. Let’s see how the fans reacted to his comeback.

Fortune may favor Ryan Ang, but the netizens don’t fancy him

Even Ryan Ang might probably feel that he is fortunate to find his way back to professional golf. However, those who followed the story aren’t fans of his journey.

Someone wrote, “Sorry, guy should not be playing on any tour anywhere. Blatant cheating like this should be a permanent lifetime ban from competitive golf.”

As per the timeline of events, Ang never faced any consequences for his actions. Besides getting banned from the Australian Tour, of course. That, too, turned out to be a blessing as it opened doors to better opportunities in the present. Had he received a permanent ban as a pro golfer, then the Singaporean wouldn’t have been able to exploit the opportunities.

Another fan wrote, “Any suspensions for rules infractions should be handled through R&A and USGA. That will allow for uniform handling of cases, decent appeals procedures and justice will the be seen to be done. It will also protect the smaller tours from litigious lawsuits.”

The Australian Tour evaded media attention on Ang’s suspension to avoid negative publicity. However, that ended up helping Ang revitalize his career. Had the situation been handed over to the R&A, then they would have imposed a global ban on him to limit his growth in professional golf.

One of the comments read, “If it doesn’t start with a certain gentleman who fended off Tiger at Riviera what are we even doing? 🤷‍♂️”

They believe this situation is similar to the one involving Billy Mayfair. The veteran pro, who famously stopped Tiger Woods from winning the 1995 Genesis Invitational, was involved in a number of controversies on the fairway. He is most famously known for anchoring the putter to gain an advantage on the green. More recently, Akshay Bhatia has been accused of the same.

Lastly, someone said, “And with that, Q’s invites from all tours, stopped…! 🤔”

The PGA Tour had already restricted the Monday Qualifiers to only a few events from 2026 onwards. The fan believes that after Monday Q Info‘s exposé, even the DP World Tour might take action against them.