2013 Golf Majors



Theres the clip of his first shot and then his second for anyone who missed it.
 
According to GMac on twitter you get a 2 stroke pen for accidentally signing the wrong score. For doing it on purpose you should get DQ.

It's a tough one but IMO common sense has prevailed for a change.
 
Erm, actually...

Right, eyes down. These are the words of the United States Golf Association rulebook, subsection 20-7 - Playing From The Wrong Place.

"If a competitor becomes aware that he has played from a wrong place and believes that he may have committed a serious breach, he must, before making a stroke on the next teeing ground, play out the hole with a second ball played in accordance with the Rules.

"If the competitor has committed a serious breach and has failed to correct it as outlined above, he is disqualified."

That will be the one that critics of the Masters officials' decision will be putting to Woods later today.
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:lol: That doesn't look good.
 
That's quite vague though unless I am misreading it. He can probably argue he wasn't aware it was a breach.
 
Proud_Lyon said:
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter who is playing and made that same shot, the rules are the rules and for me, Woods should be disqualified, otherwise it will set a precedent where others will do it in future tournaments and will use what happened to Woods in their defense should he not be disqualified. Cheated on his wife, and he is now cheating against his fellow professionals, what a low-life.
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So annoying to read this. Which rules are you applying? Or are new rules not on equal footing as old rules?
The rules officials made a determination that Woods' actions were OK prior to the end of the round and Woods signed his card in reliance on that ruling. Now the officials change thier minds after the fact and he's supposed to be DQ'd because he relied on that ruling? Woods isn't liable to DQ for the bad drop. He would be liable to DQ for singing an incorrect scorecard. That's the key difference.
 
Tim Clark has birdied FIVE of the opening seven holes. Outstanding.

It appears we're in for a treat with the evening's golf, so. Lots of opportunities to score low by the looks of the earlier scorecards.
 
This American coverage of the Masters is a joke. I've been watching it since about 3.30 and I think I've only seen about 2-3 actual golf shots. They love to talk shit.
 
Mickelson is in last? Mr. Augusta himself? Yeah.......just had to be the year I decided to use him as a banker bet for each way.

Cmon Rickie Fowler then. Put me on suicide watch.
 
Irwinwastheking said:
This American coverage of the Masters is a joke. I've been watching it since about 3.30 and I think I've only seen about 2-3 actual golf shots. They love to talk shit.
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Actual coverage usually doesn't start until later in the afternoon. It's usually recaps and talking heads up until then.
 
There's some great play and scoring going on right now. The holders of three majors are on the course right now, but instead we're watching the COMPLETE press conference with a rues official about Tiger, who's round we will watch later in full. It's a joke. Also, why does sky or BBC not have coverage now?
 
Saturday's third round coverage

Television coverage:
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: "Live Masters - On The Range" on CBS Sports Network (preview show)
3 p.m. - 7 p.m.: Live Coverage on CBS

Meaning live coverage starts one hour from now.
 


This is a good video analysing the situation.

I think that it's right for Tiger to get penalised 2 strokes and anyone saying he should withdraw (Faldo and others) is an arse.

He broke a rule and intentionally dropped it 4-5ft back (according to the video, 3:45), so a 2 shot penalty is in order. He shouldn't get DQd because not only has the officials reviewed it before he signed his card, but it would be the most harsh thing ever.

In this situation, generally you will drop the ball 2ft back of where your divot is anyway, because neither do you want to cheat nor do you want your ball to end up in the divot.

Unbelievable hard luck from Tiger, he'll do amazing to put up a fight now.
 
I've been watching actual golf shots for like 2 hours now.....on Sky. 15 & 16 holes. Good enough for me, nice mix of players and then move onto a featured group in a bit.
 
Zen said:
I've been watching actual golf shots for like 2 hours now.....on Sky. 15 & 16 holes. Good enough for me, nice mix of players and then move onto a featured group in a bit.
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Decent holes to watch too! I'm hoping coverage on iplayer will come on in a bit.
 
Good, no one wants Tiger to win.......RORY CHARGE
 
Earthquake said:
I was going to pop a few bucks on Rickie Fowler, not sure what I was thinking there, but glad I didn't.
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I really think golf is too unpredictable to bet on. Snedeker, Dufner and Kuchar are just about consistent enough to ever warrant bets, but I have no clue otherwise!
 
Say Goodbye said:
I really think golf is too unpredictable to bet on. Snedeker, Dufner and Kuchar are just about consistent enough to ever warrant bets, but I have no clue otherwise!
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Aye, the table looks noting like I'd have expected. Probably one of the best things about golf, that unpredictability.

Woods just circled the drain and came back out... mad.
 
And I said Tiger had got to 3 under... the putt did a 270 round the cup :O Disgusting.
 
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