So I'm on the 1st playoff hole of our club's match play championship, which is also the first hole.
It's a par 5.
My opponent and I tee off. We then both hit our second shots, and, upon seeing the green for my third shot, I note that there is no flag in.
The cart guys remove the flags from the front 9 30 minutes before dark, as a precaution from keeping them from getting stolen by the ghetto-ass renters that run rampant through the front's ugly housing development.
I tell my opponent that the hole is essentially closed, and therefore don't want to continue on--I want to go to 10 where the flag is still in.
He wants to play on.
We call the 1st Assistant, he says it's up to the players--we wanted a ruling--he called the head pro, who said the hole must be played as-is.
What's the proper ruling?