Do we not have a running 2017 golf thread?

Bad thing about Tiger's was they had already talked about it once. Tiger gets on ESPN and tells them that he wanted to go back 2 yards to that number, red flags raised.

 

You'd need a Decisions book, really, to interpret everything. If you're struggling to fall asleep some night, dig into the decisions on Rule 13, and you'll doze off in no time.

 

The assumption that people are trying to change golf into a team sport is ridiculous. People who think people shouldn't phone in and be able to change the outcome of a tournament do not think you should be able to yell in someone's backswing. Where do you come up with this crap?

I also love that you believe golfers aren't taking PED's. Oh that's right, they haven't tested positive. There's no way such a morally upstanding man like Tiger would ever take PED's. I know it's just a coincidence that his doctor was arrested for dealing in PED's and that he's a physical specimen who breaks down the way many users have. I bet there is no drug use on tour either, no infidelity. Just upstanding young white men playing the game with honor and dedication.

Get out the gated community Hondo.

 

I remember that whole thing well. Everyone totally baffled, from Woods himself to the Masters rules guys and especially CBS. I think it was Feherty on the hole and he was frankly baffled as to the applicable procedure.

 

Telling Lexi her penalty as she is on the course in the middle of her round THE NEXT DAY is FUCKING INSANE.

 

And it's not like it's at the Walmart NW Arkansas Open. It's at a major.

 

So you think what Bamberger did was right?

 

The governing bodies have come out and said very clearly to all the millions of people watching at home: If you see it, we've seen it and we'll take care of it. But when they miss it, let's play out some possible scenarios to their possible conclusions.

Some pampered tour pro collects a six-figure check for a top-10 finish when, in fact, he should have been DQ'd because no one caught his infraction in time. We'll get over this and move on. But if the guy whose rules breach wasn't caught goes on and wins the tournament . . . and that's his only way into the Masters . . . that's quite the lucky break, eh? Maybe the win plays an important role in world ranking points, which determines if you can play in the majors, and maybe it affects Ryder Cup points. Can you imagine the cluster**** if that happens? The governing bodies want the sole responsibility for ensuring a level playing field; they'd better get it right every single time.

 

The outcome of a tournament gets changed when someone cheats or gets a rule wrong, benefits from it, and costs the players behind them their rightful spot in the final results and the money they would have won. Getting it right, however it's done, doesn't change the outcome of a tournament -- it gets the outcome right. And while the Lexi and Dustin Johnson situations, to name two, were handled wrong, the right decision was made in the end.

Tiger was the only player of any significance who stood up in interview rooms and demanded drug testing. You can look it up. So he's going to do that, and then take PEDs?

And who said there was no recreational drug use of infidelity? Not me?

 

Lance Armstrong did the same thing.