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Mark Roe eased the pain of his Open championship heart-break by drinking himself to sleep with a bottle of champagne.

But the morning after the night before the 40-year-old from Sheffield called on golf's governing bodies to change the "blatantly unfair" rule which saw him robbed of the chance of Open glory.

Roe should have been playing with Tiger Woods in the final round at Royal St George's.

Instead he had to watch events unfold on television after he and third-round partner Jesper Parnevik were disqualified, having forgotten to exchange scorecards on the first tee and signing for a wrong score.

Roe, 306th in the world and without a tournament win since 1994, said he was "dumb-founded and absolutely shell-shocked" and feels a "clerical error" should not have denied him the opportunity to win the Claret Jug - and a cheque for £700,000.

He told Talksport: "I didn't get a lot of sleep. I got a bottle of champagne and drank myself to sleep.

"I feel numb - it could have been one of the great days of my life.

"I went through the events in my mind when I was driving home and the only thing I remember was checking my total four times and then handing it to the gentleman.

"I remember him saying clearly 'congratulations Mr Roe, great score'. I do remember very clearly 'nice score, two signatures, well played'.

"I think maybe it's time for a change of certain rules. There are rules that rightly penalise and rules that we all know are just blatantly unfair.

"I don't feel I made a mistake yesterday - it was a clerical error, it was nothing to do with the game of golf, it was a piece of paper. My score was 67.

"I can't tell you the shock and I can't explain that contrast in emotions. When I came of the last green I blew three kisses to my wife Julia and the girls. I felt fantastic - probably the greatest feeling I've ever had.

"The contrast from being so high and then walking into the hut looking down and seeing my score on Jesper's card - it didn't feel real."

But he added: "I can't apportion blame in all honesty to the people in the hut. I felt responsible for my scorecard and I accept the blame."

It is standard procedure on the US Tour for a player to be given his partner's card so no exchanging is necessary. But in Europe the accepted way is to be handed your own card.

However, Tom Lehman claims in the first two rounds each player was initially given a colleague's card.

"I can see how it happened," said the 1996 champion. "Yesterday we were given our own card and I was just about to put it in my pocket, but I just happened to notice as I was folding it up that it was my card.

"I can see where they assumed it was the same as the day before."

As did Phillip Price and Stuart Appleby, who made the same mistake before Appleby spotted it after the round.

"My personal feeling is that rules are rules and there has never been a change," added Lehman. "But the fact of the matter is that through television and the internet with electronic scoring everyone knew what he shot. Nowadays you can verify it so easily.

"Going forward, maybe that rule should be looked at so that something as simple as this could be a correctable mistake."

John Paramor, the European Tour's chief referee, said: "We are not asking for a lot in the rules of golf for players to make sure the right name is on their scorecard.

"It would be wrong to react to one incident and change a rule in these circumstances because it would destroy one of the great principals of the game. That is, it is up to the player to attest that score.

"At the end of the day it is the player's responsibility."

Roe wants to remember all the good things that happened to him at Sandwich rather than the one bad.

"I enjoyed the crowd, I enjoyed the attention. It was a real thrill and I learnt a lot about myself," he said.

"I'm playing well again too and I'm going to think about that rather than disqualification. I'm going to take something positive from it. I'm not going to walk away with a negative because it's been a great week.

"I love the Open championship. I shall probably go out and shed a tear in private, to be honest with you, but at the end of that, when I see my kids, this won't seem so bad.

"I won't look at it in a monetary sense. There's no point. These things happen. The rules of golf are there to protect the game of golf. And we adhere to the rules of golf. Whether I had won £700,000 or £7,000 is irrelevant because I don't get the chance to play."