During play on the 16th hole, on the first day of the 68th Spanish Professional Championship, Jordi García Pinto's ball was resting on the green. Jordi prepared his shot, after which a gust of wind caused the ball to move.

In accordance with Rule 18-2b:

“If a player’s ball in play moves after he has prepared his stroke (for any cause other than as a result of a stroke), the player is deemed to have moved the ball and incurs the One Stroke Penalty.

The ball must be replaced, unless the movement of the ball occurs after the player has begun the stroke or the backswing of the club to make the stroke and the stroke is executed.”

However, in January 2012, Rule 18-2b was amended to add an exception whereby "if it is known or virtually certain that the player did not cause his ball to move, Rule 18-2b does not apply."“

The three players in Jordi's group knew that the rule had changed and that, since it was known that Jordi had not caused the movement of the ball, but rather that it had been caused by the gust of wind, the player did not incur a penalty.

However, Jordi mistakenly picked up his ball in play and placed it back where it had been before the wind moved it, believing he had to replace it. As Decision 18-2b/11 clarifies, “if it is known or virtually certain that a ball in play has been moved by wind, water or other elements, once the player has prepared the shot; there is no penalty and the ball must be played from its new position.”

When Jordi lifted the ball from the new position and placed it in the original position, playing the ball, he incurred a two-stroke penalty for breach of Rule 18 by moving his ball in play and not replacing it, playing it afterwards.

Naturally unaware of the rule infraction, Jordi did not include this penalty in his score for the 16th hole, submitting a scorecard with a lower score for that hole than he had actually achieved. This constitutes a breach of Rule 6-6d, which states that “the competitor is responsible for the correct recording on his scorecard of the score for each hole. If he submits a score on any hole lower than the one actually achieved, he is disqualified.”

Once the first day of play was over, a member of the refereeing team received a phone call from Jordi García Pinto. Reflecting on his return, the player had recalled the incident and reviewed the applicable Rule in the quiet of his hotel room, concluding that he had indeed unintentionally broken the Laws of the Game.

He called one of the championship referees and, after recounting the events, they both agreed that he should have included a two-stroke penalty on the 16th hole, and therefore, he should be disqualified under Rule 6-6d, for submitting a score on that hole lower than the one actually obtained.