Chris Crawford of Drexel disqualified from U.S. Amateur for rules violation

Chris Crawford of Bensalem was disqualified Tuesday from the U.S. Amateur Championship in Los Angeles because of a rules violation.

A U.S. Golf Association statement said Crawford, a former star at Drexel and now the Dragons' assistant coach, violated Rule 14-3 of the Rules of Golf "for multiple uses of a distance-measuring device with the slope feature activated by his caddie" during his second round of stroke-play qualifying at Bel-Air Country Club.

A person familiar with the situation said Crawford did not realize what his caddie had done, and reported the violation to a rules official when he found out. One such use would have been a 2-stroke penalty, but multiple uses necessitate disqualification.

Crawford, 23, who was competing in his fifth U.S. Amateur, shot a 3-over-par 73 in Monday's first round of qualifying at Riviera Country Club.