The relief of finding a lost ball.

[HankMarvin]

You're arguing about a point of language not an actual event though. This has since been clarified. To call someone a cheat over a poor descriptive choice strikes me as though you would be looking for an angle. The first responder is renowned for being a dick, and the rest of you jumped on the 2.15 to knobsville for no reason other than to cause a little episode!

You or me don't know the facts other than what was posted in the OP, when it all went (.)(.)'s up he was offered a free cop out which he took so you are taking his side after the comments were made but I tend to take his first post as how it went down. Like I have said he needs to man up do the the right thing anything else is just plain wrong.

 

[Sweep]

This thread is the perfect example about what's great and bad about this forum. An interesting and amusing story descending into farce through blatant flaming and trolling - at least I hope it's flaming and trolling because if some posts are serious some people need to get a life.
If this thread comes up on a Google search it will be enough to put anyone off playing golf for life. Embarrassing.

 

[HankMarvin]

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No nor should anyone if there is a breach of the rules then you are then just as bad as the offender if you turn the other cheek. Let's be clear this was not a bounce game but a club medal so there is no place for maybes.

 

[User20205]

No nor should anyone if there is a breach of the rules then you are then just as bad as the offender if you turn the other cheek. Let's be clear this was not a bounce game but a club medal so there is no place for maybes.

If you feel that strongly why don't you phone the club and report him?

 

[richart]

Rather than jump in accusing Tashy of being a cheat, why not just ask him to clarify the events, explaining as written he had broken a rule that he should know. Sort of thing a member of a golf community might want to do. Had he actually looked for the ball for five minutes and then found it outside the time allowed, or did he and his partners think he was still within the time and his initial post was a bit muddled (like many of his posts)

I love idea of someone blatantly cheating to win a comp, and then telling a golf forum about it.:mmm: Perhaps Tashy's crime was not writing the events very well, rather than being a cheat which some seem so keen to accuse him of.

 

[JohnnyDee]

Rather than jump in accusing Tashy of being a cheat, why not just ask him to clarify the events, explaining as written he had broken a rule that he should know. Sort of thing a member of a golf community might want to do. Had he actually looked for the ball for five minutes and then found it outside the time allowed, or did he and his partners think he was still within the time and his initial post was a bit muddled (like many of his posts)

I love idea of someone blatantly cheating to win a comp, and then telling a golf forum about it.:mmm: Perhaps Tashy's crime was not writing the events very well, rather than being a cheat which some seem so keen to accuse him of.

This summing up seems rather even handed and is the kind of thing that's making a laughing stock of this forum.

Would it not be possible for you to be a little more accusatory?

 

[Robster59]

No nor should anyone if there is a breach of the rules then you are then just as bad as the offender if you turn the other cheek. Let's be clear this was not a bounce game but a club medal so there is no place for maybes.

It gets to the point where everyone has a fixed view and isn't going to change, and will dismiss clarification as a cop out.
As a result of this, as far as this thread is concerned ..........

 

[HankMarvin]

It gets to the point where everyone has a fixed view and isn't going to change, and will dismiss clarification as a cop out.
As a result of this, as far as this thread is concerned ..........
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A rather poor view and one which brings the game I to disrupt.

People who are prepaired to turn a blind eye are just as bad as the offender and this is saddly becoming more visible in the game today.

 

[SaintHacker]

Sorry but I have been playing his game at the highest level for over 15 years and it's a game based on trust and if someone tells me they have looked for a ball for over 5 minutes then I would have no option but to believe them and as the OP states this then no matter how people want to twist things I would go by the first statement. The rule is simple the Tash was in the wrong simple as that and he should stand by his first statement and DQ himself from the competition it's that easy.

Wow! How many majors have you won?

 

[HankMarvin]

Wow! How many majors have you won?

Zzzzz if you have nothing worthy to add to this thread then best you hi the range Hacker

 

[SaintHacker]

Zzzzz if you have nothing worthy to add to this thread then best you hi the range Hacker

Hang on mate, by your own admission you go on the first statement without even considering the language used. So given that you have played at the highest level for 15 years, how many majors have you won?

 

[guest100718]

Agreed. It reads like a concerted attempt by 2-3 posters to blow the OP out of all proportion. To accuse someone of cheating on the vagaries of language is shameful. The confusion isn't over the amount of time spent, no one knows except tashy and his PP. it's about the language used
If you're gonna embark on a witch hunt at least do it with a bit of humour, otherwise you look like a bitter, twisted, massive throbber!!!

very good, but there is no vaguery of language in the OP. And there's a lot more than 2 or 3 pointing this out.
Its either the the long winded story where he searched and searched and then when all was lost a miracle occured and the ball revealed itself unto tash.

Or as he later grabbed liverphoolphils set up with both hands it was definetly found in under 5 mins and there was no story to be had....

 

[HankMarvin]

Hang on mate, by your own admission you go on the first statement without even considering the language used. So given that you have played at the highest level for 15 years, how many majors have you won?

Sorry Hacker this is not about winning Majors but about the integrity of the game. But I would say on a golfing front you wouldn't lace my shoes.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Think it's time to put this thread to bed

It is a pity that some are still casting doubts about Tashy's integrity after he clarified matters, poor, very poor indeed.