Paramor, the chief referee for the European Tour, said that when they reached the 16th green, Woods and Harrington were 17 minutes behind schedule.

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John Paramor, the chief referee for the European Tour, said he warned Guan as the group walked to the 17th tee that he needed to speed it up.

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But that was later over-ruled by chief referee John Paramor.

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The RFU will also consider whether the South African has a case to answer after he revealed he received an apology from referee's chief Ed Morrison for David Richards' handling of last week's 23-19 loss to London Irish.

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