[ScottW]

My interpretation of the rule - as a certified official - would be to say that if a player intentionally quit during a round by either purposely playing poorly to drop a rating so much that it would fall 100 point or more than 2 Standard Deviations below their rating, or intentionally did not play their last shot so as to not officially finish a round, or not turn in their scorecard for a completed round then yes that would be in violation of the above rule that Gordy mentioned and would be reportable to the PDGA (as I think it should be, you are only cheating your self and falsely inflating your rating by doing so). I am not sure how this would apply to a final 9 playoff situation though. It would probably apply as long as the final 9 layout was announced in advance then it would be up to the player to decide whether or not to enter the tournament at all because the finals layout was announced in advance. Just my interpretation of the rules.