"We need to make sure the ECB has the powers in place to get a hold of the counties so we do not have a repeat of what we have seen at Yorkshire. Under Rule 13.3, if any part of the ball is overhanging the lip, the player is allowed a 'reasonable time' to reach the hole and then 10 seconds to see if the ball would drop. Sagstrom, playing partner Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Europe captain Catriona Matthew argued that the ball was not going to drop in, but the ruling of the on-course official was confirmed. "I will be getting in touch to hopefully use their training base every other Friday when we're travelling for away games! Hopefully that will help," Lowe jokes. The 32-player tournament will be staged at the Aldersley Leisure Village from November 13-21 - live on Sky Sports, with the players competing for the Eric Bristow Trophy and a £125,000 top prize.