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tournament, has professed his innocence in the incident that led to his disqualification.
Yousuf signed a wrong score on his card and had to leave the tournament.
But the golfer is adamant that he disqualified himself, and was not thrown out of the tournament by the organisers, as no one could have noticed that he signed for a wrong score.

Yousuf said to label him as a player who was disqualified would be tantamount to calling him a cheat when, in actual fact, he was the one who exposed his mistake.
“I was not disqualified but I noticed the error myself and I disqualified myself,” he said.
“I only noticed the mistake in the evening in my room and I had to inform others, as this would have tarnished my image, if found out by someone else.

“I am a professional and I strive to lead by example. There was nothing I could do rather inform the responsible authorities.
“Referring to me as a disqualified golfer would mean that I cheated and it is not good on my side as the ZPGA president,” Yousuf said.
Robson Saurombe, who came on third at the Bulawayo tournament, was left devastated after he signed for a wrong score at the Premier Auto Services invitational tournament recently.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwean professional golfer Brendon de Jonge is improving with each outing and he came fourth at the Greenbier Classic for his best season’s finish in the US PGA at the weekend.
He missed a chance for a play-off by one stroke.
De Jonge’s best finish, until this weekend, was a fifth place. The big golfer set the pace in the first two rounds but, eventually, he could only finish fourth.

The top three golfers finished on 10-under-par and a play-off, in the last three holes, was held to determine the winner.
Scott Stallings eventually won the battle to pocket the US$1,080,000 first prize money.

Stalling admitted that it had been a tough ride.
“I felt really good going into 17. I hit a bad shot and got a bad break, hit the tree and went into the water. Then to birdie 18, like I did, was incredible.”
De Jonge, Andres Romero, Cameron Tringale and Jimmy Walker were all tied on fourth place after a nine-under par for a US$226,200 prize money.