Foxholer
Blackballed
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Molinari DQ
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Foxholer
Blackballed
If you check the Definitions, you will see that the Definition of Rule/Rules includes Conditions of Competition are defined as Rules - amongst other things, like specs for balls/equipment.
So he breached a Rule - as defined by the Rules of Golf!
rulefan
Tour Winner
An retired tour referee phoned in and got a message to a member of the committee. He decided (for whatever reason) there was no breach. At this point he could have informed the rest of the committee and/or have spoken to Woods before Woods returned his card. He chose not to.
Subsequently, it was determined that there was a breach. Woods was penalised 2 strokes but the DQ was not enforced as the fault lay with the committee for not following their obligation to prevent players incurring penalties if they can.
As I understood it, after his ball bounced off the flagstick into a water hazard, Woods elected to play another shot from as near as possible to the previous position. He actually dropped a few feet behind the original spot as shown by his divot mark. This was pointed out to the Competition Committee, who looked at the video, decided that it was close enough and took no further action. It was only Tiger's admission at a press conference next day that he had deliberately dropped further back to get a better yardage that caused the problem! The committee had been negligent in not bringing his attention to this issue before he signed his card, so they decided not to DQ him and imposed a 2-shot penalty for a breach of the rules instead. They are allowed to waive a DQ in exception circumstances under Rule 33-7, although in this case the TV ratings might have come into it!
rulefan
Tour Winner
Not quite. Only one official (Ridley) was involved in that decision. It has been suggested (but not confirmed or otherwise) that Ridley didn't know which clause Woods was proceeding under. The Committee didn't get involved until the next day.
A bit of a mess whoever was involved! Tiger obviously didn't deliberately breach the rules, because he wouldn't have admitted what he had done at the press conference next morning if that had have been the case. Maybe he also might have got his options for relief from a water hazard mixed up in his mind?
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Snelly
Guest
This is definitely in the top 3 dullest threads ever on the forum.
Am inspired to start a new one - "Do GRB's (Golf Rules Bores) put people off golf, trigger narcolepsy, need to get out more or all of the above?"
Even the "how many calories burned in a round" thread is mildly more interesting than this coma inducing bilge.
Am inspired to start a new one - "Do GRB's (Golf Rules Bores) put people off golf, trigger narcolepsy, need to get out more or all of the above?"
Even the "how many calories burned in a round" thread is mildly more interesting than this coma inducing bilge.
CheltenhamHacker
Journeyman Pro
Either you've read it all the way through, in which case you certainly have a masochistic/OCD trait if you found it boring, or you've skipped to the last page, to throw in a useful opinion, that's really necessary and contributes to the thread.
On topic, I can't believe people actually believe something like this impacts people joining the sport. I would estimate it's such a tiny % of golfers that even know this happened that it will have an infinitely tiny impact, close to none.
Tongo
Journeyman Pro
Mmmmm!
