A teenager from southern Wisconsin who retrospectively disqualified himself from a tournament he'd won said he "couldn't have lived with himself" if he had kept his indiscretion to himself.

Zach Nash won the 13 to 14-year-old's age division at the Milwaukee County Parks Tour Invitation event by three shots from closest challenger Dane Reinhardt.

However, he noticed later in the day that he had been carrying 15 clubs in his bag, despite rules stipulating that 14 is the maximum number allowed.

Despite the fact this was an honest mistake - the extra club belonged to a friend who had left it round his house - Nash phoned the tournament director and explained the situation.

This led to him being disqualified from the event and the win handed to Reinhardt.

Even so, Nash told the Associated Press that he was in no doubt this was the right thing to do, with this view echoed by his mentor Chris Wood.

"I think most people - not just kids - would have tried to justify in their mind having the extra clubs in their bag and not using them as an excuse to not call and disqualify themselves," Mr Wood told the news provider.

Ian Woosnam suffered a similar fate at the 2001 British Open. He discovered an extra golf driver in his bag on the second hole of the final round, leading to a two stroke penalty and costing him the chance of a tilt at the title.

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