re: TIGER SPEAKS!! Plus Did Masters' get caught giving leniency to Tiger???

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Anyone who thinks there shouldn't be a penalty doesn't know the rule. The drop is supposed to be as near as possible. He specifically stated that he intentionally did not drop as near as possible. That means he broke the rule. By the letter of the law he should be disqualified. The hd rule is meant for unreasonable circumstances of rule breaks that the naked eye in real time on a course cannot pick up. It's meant to protect ignorance of the action not ignorance of the rule.

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I did not say a rule was not broken. I am just saying if the on course official did not catch it, then a caller from home should not be allowed to report it and cause further investigation. So on your eyes, should the official now lose his job for missing it.

The caller from home was not what caused this. Tiger admitting to breaking a rule is what caused this. I don't think you understand the situation at all. The rule break was on the intention of the ball placement not the placement itself..

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So if someone drops a foot from the divot, should they be DQ'ed? I mean, that's obviously not as near as possible. The rule language is just so fricking terrible that I can't believe it even made it into the book. A club length is so much easier to interpret and enforce.

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If the drop was from as near as possible to not gain a competitive advantage and it rolls to a foot away that's fine. Tiger chose to drop at his original shot but admittedly did not drop as near as possible. I don't see how there's any grey area in that. Originally the officials were giving him the benefit of the doubt. When he explicitly states that his intention as to be feet away from the shot so as to gain an advantage their hands were tied.

Wait so people really think he was worried about hitting the pin again....

I get what you're saying, but he dropped 3 feet away for fricks sake. I find it hilarious that the golf police are running rampant over this.

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Tiger stated that's why he chose the distance he did.

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He specifically stated that he intentionally did not drop as near as possible.

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Dude he said he moved it two yards so as not to hit the pin again (Obviously said in jest). Plus you don't think the officials questioned him some before giving their decision prior to the signing of the card.

This only happened bc people freaked out on social media about dropping a ball a couple feet away in the fairway (obviously this wouldve been a bigger deal if rough was involved) instead of a couple of inches away.

Golf needs to tighten up the rule to state a distance and eliminate this problem. Based on your logic if he would have said he dropped 6" to the right of his previous spot instead 6" to the left bc the angle was better then we would be breaking the rules as well!

Dudes just a regular comedian about his drops


He obviously put a little more on it then he meant too and he judged that shot for distance on his next shot just as one would get a green read off someone else

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The caller from home was not what caused this. Tiger admitting to breaking a rule is what caused this. I don't think you understand the situation at all. The rule break was on the intention of the ball placement not the placement itself..

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Not according to the golf channel interview with course officials. They stated it was not until after 1000 pm est time that a second caller called to report what he said in the interview. This was after your officials had already cleared him of any wrongdoing.

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The rule says you drop near the original spot but they need to define near. There are rules that are very specific about two club lengths for drops , why is this one not more specific.

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This is my main beef. The rule's language is just very poorly framed and opened to a variety of interpretations (which the MSB is obviously evidencing).