The Wyndham Championship is the PGA Tour’s final regular-season event. It is the last opportunity for players to improve their FedExCup positions before the playoffs. But during such an important event, American professional Aaron Wise made a basic mistake by not communicating his situation to the committee.

The officials decided to halt play at the Wyndham Championship 2026 at 5.26 pm local time because of inclement weather. Play resumed later at 6 pm local time. Aaron Wise, who was one of the few professionals yet to complete their round, was not present at the course. This resulted in the violation of Rule 5.7(c) 2, which led to his disqualification.

According to Rule 5.7(c) 2, a player must be in the same place as he was at the time of suspension. If he were in the middle of a hole, he should be available at the next teeing area. In both cases, the golfer must be ready to resume play at the time communicated by the committee. If resuming play is delayed for some valid reason, like the former group had to play first and move out, the rule is not breached. But if a player does breach the rule, the penalty is “disqualification.”

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Since Aaron Wise failed to communicate his status with the committee, he faced disqualification.

However, it is not clear if he did it on purpose because there’s no official statement from anyone yet. But his position on the leaderboard hints that he might have opted to do so intentionally.

The 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson winner opened the final regular event of the season before the playoffs with a round of two-over 72. This featured five birdies, five bogeys, and a double bogey on the par-four sixth. On Friday, he started on the back nine and was through 14 holes when play was suspended. He had scored three birdies and four bogeys by then, which means that his cumulative score with only four holes left was three-over.

With the cut for the Wyndham Championship 2026 at three under, Aaron Wise had to gain six strokes in the remaining four holes, which was very unlikely. He might have, therefore, opted not to come back after the weather delay.

Aaron Wise’s performance in the current season so far is in line with his previous seasons. Of the 11 starts he has had until now, he made the cut in the John Deere Classic, the ISCO Championship, and the Corales Puntacana Championship. The 30-year-old started the year with six consecutive missed cuts.

He entered the Wyndham Championship 2026 after two consecutive missed cuts at the 3M Open and the Rocket Classic last week.

With all these missed cuts, he stands at 149 in the FedExCup standings. While it would be impossible for him to jump close to 80 positions to be eligible for the playoffs, making the cut here would have helped him gain some important points before the FedExCup Fall to secure his PGA Tour card.

But this isn’t the first disqualification because of this rule. Raul Pereda faced the same consequence at the 2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. The officials had suspended play because of darkness, and it was to resume Saturday morning. Pereda had only two holes left, and he was four shots outside the cut line. Therefore, he decided not to show up on Saturday and faced disqualification for not being in position when play restarted.

Whether intentional or not, Aaron Wise’s disqualification adds another example of how failing to follow Rule 5.7(c) 2 can have serious consequences.