Grant Whybark loses hole on purpose, lets foe Seth Doran into finals | Is this ethical?

Whybark, who had already qualified for the NAIA national championship by virtue of his team's victory in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament on April 27, made a double-bogey on the first playoff hole to allow Seth Doran of Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) University to qualify as an individual.
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I don't know what to think of this. If it were a teammate who would get in along with me, I'd have to think about it. However, I think it would have been tough for me "lose" on purpose. Knowing I was already in the nationals, I'd have played straight up and maybe not have been quite so disappointed if I'd have lost. Still, the point of athletic competition is to do your best to win.