dal4018 wrote:Tiger was nearly DQ'ed for signing incorrect sheet was assessed two stroke penalty dropped to -1 heard this on Twitter!!!! Hey on this day 16 yrs ago the Golf Gods allowed him to make history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msEEKhnc ... ata_player" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The scorecard wasn't the direct problem; it was an illegal drop. Instead of dropping at the exact spot where he played his second shot, he dropped back two yards to account for the distance he got the first time he made the shot. That's illegal:
Woods had 87 yards to the 15th hole for his third shot.
Under Rule 26-1, Woods had three options at the yellow-staked (not lateral) hazard, which is a pond that fronts the green:
• He could have played from a designated drop area, which he chose not to do because he did not like the lie.
• He could drop the ball, keeping the point where it last crossed the margin of the water between the hole and the spot on which the ball would be dropped. Since the ball entered the water well left of Woods' position from the fairway, it would seem he did not choose this option -- which would have allowed him to drop on a straight line as far back as he wanted.
• Or, he could return to the original spot from which he played, and drop "as nearly as possible,'' from where he played the third shot.
This is the option Woods took, and the question appeared to be: Did Woods drop the ball as near as possible to his original spot?
After the round, Woods said: "I went back to where I played it from, but I went 2 yards further back and I took, tried to take 2 yards off the shot of what I felt I hit.''
On a CBS-TV highlights show late Friday night, analyst David Feherty showed the replay and questioned the legality of the drop.
dal4018 wrote:Tiger was nearly DQ'ed for signing incorrect sheet was assessed two stroke penalty dropped to -1 heard this on Twitter!!!! Hey on this day 16 yrs ago the Golf Gods allowed him to make history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg5V0Idy ... ata_player" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
89Hen wrote:BTW, I am sick of asshats calling in to the networks to report infractions. I'll bet they get 1000 calls every week from armchair officials.
89Hen wrote:BTW, I am sick of asshats calling in to the networks to report infractions. I'll bet they get 1000 calls every week from armchair officials.
I agree. Golf should not allow this. There are other golfers in each group and caddies as well. If an infraction isn't caught at the time, or reported in a timely fashion by someone who was there in person, it should be ignored. I don't think Tiger was trying to cheat, and if someone pointed out his error at the time I'm sure that he would have done the right thing.
This rule hurts the better golfers, since they get more TV coverage. Joe Blow does the same thing Tiger did and there is a good chance that nobody knows he did anything wrong.
dal4018 wrote:Tiger was nearly DQ'ed for signing incorrect sheet was assessed two stroke penalty dropped to -1 heard this on Twitter!!!! Hey on this day 16 yrs ago the Golf Gods allowed him to make history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msEEKhnc ... ata_player" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The scorecard wasn't the direct problem; it was an illegal drop. Instead of dropping at the exact spot where he played his second shot, he dropped back two yards to account for the distance he got the first time he made the shot. That's illegal:
Woods had 87 yards to the 15th hole for his third shot.
Under Rule 26-1, Woods had three options at the yellow-staked (not lateral) hazard, which is a pond that fronts the green:
• He could have played from a designated drop area, which he chose not to do because he did not like the lie.
• He could drop the ball, keeping the point where it last crossed the margin of the water between the hole and the spot on which the ball would be dropped. Since the ball entered the water well left of Woods' position from the fairway, it would seem he did not choose this option -- which would have allowed him to drop on a straight line as far back as he wanted.
• Or, he could return to the original spot from which he played, and drop "as nearly as possible,'' from where he played the third shot.
This is the option Woods took, and the question appeared to be: Did Woods drop the ball as near as possible to his original spot?
After the round, Woods said: "I went back to where I played it from, but I went 2 yards further back and I took, tried to take 2 yards off the shot of what I felt I hit.''
On a CBS-TV highlights show late Friday night, analyst David Feherty showed the replay and questioned the legality of the drop.
dal4018 wrote:Tiger was nearly DQ'ed for signing incorrect sheet was assessed two stroke penalty dropped to -1 heard this on Twitter!!!! Hey on this day 16 yrs ago the Golf Gods allowed him to make history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg5V0Idy ... ata_player" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
ENGLISH, MOTHER ****! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
Quite well and it doesn't include cursing like you seemed to do regularly.
Ibanez wrote:
ENGLISH, MOTHER ****! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
Quite well and it doesn't include cursing like you seemed to do regularly.
Nobody is looking for A+ writing, but your posts are often so poorly written that your meaning gets lost. Take your time and proof read your post if necessary, make sure that it says what you intend it to say and doesn't have some other meaning. Punctuation helps.
Ibanez wrote:
ENGLISH, MOTHER ****! DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
Quite well and it doesn't include cursing like you seemed to do regularly.
I seriously doubt that. Your posts articulate a message of ignorance and laziness. Furthermore, there is no such thing as a bad word. We give words meanings and somewhere slog the way a group if prudes felt that some words made them sad and are therefore VERBOTEN!
dal4018 wrote:Quite well and it doesn't include cursing like you seemed to do regularly.
I seriously doubt that. Your posts articulate a message of ignorance and laziness. Furthermore, there is no such thing as a bad word. We give words meanings and somewhere slog the way a group if prudes felt that some words made them sad and are therefore VERBOTEN!
