3 blooming years!!!

[Jacko_G]

Surprised that nobody else has picked up on this.

3 year ban for a middle finger salute to the crowd, blow me down. Monty would have been serving a life sentence out there!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/g...ARS-gave-spectator-finger-taking-picture.html

I find it quite staggering. Actually, I find it funny.

 

[Slab]

I saw it but figured it was just another October Fools wind up story

 

[Wolf]

Ridiculous, ban the player for 3 years potentially ruining his livelihood and the heckler gets away with it...

 

[Scoobiesnax]

And I thought it was only the North Koreans who were nuts

 

[Imurg]

He needed a sanction of some sort because, as a Professional, you shouldn't be doing that. Imagine the outcry if Pogba had done that at OT..
Point the idiot out to Marshalls, give them a cold hard stare or similar but you can't give the finger to a paying spectator.
3 years, though, is so ridiculous.
A donation to a local charity and a talking to would have been nearer the mark.

 

[ADB]

Ridiculous, ban the player for 3 years potentially ruining his livelihood and the heckler gets away with it...

It was a mobile phone going off that prompted the action I thought

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Definitely an OTT reaction but the punishment doesn't reflect the crime. I assume he'll simply look to ply his trade on other Asian tours or even consider ET Q school and carry on playing elsewhere

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Definitely an OTT reaction but the punishment doesn't reflect the crime. I assume he'll simply look to ply his trade on other Asian tours or even consider ET Q school and carry on playing elsewhere

They are currently clarifying if the ban covers all golf organisations and so all tours 😱. Ridiculously harsh.

 

[JohnnyDee]

I applaud that the offending digit has been blurred in the photo. I don't think I would ever have recovered from the shock had it not been.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

They are currently clarifying if the ban covers all golf organisations and so all tours 😱. Ridiculously harsh.

Surely he has a case for restriction of trade. How is he meant to earn his living? I can totally understand banning him from the home tour, but can't see how a ban to apply to join the ET as an example (even on the Challenge Tour as a stepping stone) could be upheld

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Surely he has a case for restriction of trade. How is he meant to earn his living? I can totally understand banning him from the home tour, but can't see how a ban to apply to join the ET as an example (even on the Challenge Tour as a stepping stone) could be upheld

Do the tours not join up in terms of disciplinary action? That happens in most sports, a unified front.

 

[USER1999]

Poulter used his digit on the 17th at Phoenix.

 

[garyinderry]

I saw a picture of him on his knees at a press conference begging for forgiveness.

You would like to think it would be vastly reduced in time.

Its obviously a completely differnt culture over there and respect is everything to them but even they should realise that 3yrs for a hand gesture is over the top.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

From what I can see it's not just making a rude gesture. He also swore at the spectator and some 'racket abuse' as well.

 

[drdel]

Well OTT, there are many 'famous' players on the ET and PGA who would have been punished if it was uniformly applied - since it isn't I can't see that it is justified/equitable to ban him from all 'tours'.

 

[Slab]

In other news; european tour chiefs have asked Sergio Garcia if he knows what harakiri is

 

[rksquire]

Middle Figure: 3 years
Repeated & Continued Slow Play: Millions of $$$$ as a reward

Understand the offences are different, understand the tours are different, and both need some sort of penalty. But think this might be disproportionate.

 

[Beezerk]

On a lighter note, fancy having a name like a washing powder

 

[User20204]

I'd have gave him sine die, absolutely disgusting man, no room for his type in the game.