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re: USGA issues statement on Tiger Woods drop
Posted on 5/2/13 at 11:13 am to medtiger
Posted on 5/2/13 at 11:13 am to medtiger
Bump for this...a Champions Tour player, David Eger, is the person who called Augusta and pointed out the rules violation to the committee during Tiger's round.
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Interesting read about how it all went down that day.
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"I could see there was a divot -- not a divot, a divot hole -- when he played the shot the second time that was not there the first time," Eger said. "I played it again and again. I could see that the fairway was spotless the first time he played the shot and there was that divot hole, maybe three or four feet in front of where he played after the drop."
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Eger knew immediately there had been a possible rules violation. He also knew he had to act quickly so that Woods would not sign an incorrect scorecard, which almost always leads to disqualification.
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At 7:30 p.m., 10 minutes after Woods completed his round, Ridley responded by text to Bradley. Regarding Eger's estimate of three to four feet, Ridley wrote that Woods "was closer than that." To look at it closer, he wrote, would be "splitting hairs." Ridley determined that Woods had done nothing wrong, so there was no point in asking him about the drop.
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At about 10:15 on Friday night, nearly three hours after his return text to Bradley, Ridley was informed of Woods's comments to ESPN, by way of a call from Jim Nantz of CBS.
Interesting read about how it all went down that day.
This post was edited on 5/2/13 at 11:18 am
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Posted on 5/2/13 at 11:45 am to medtiger
This is why we can't have anything nice. The attorneys have taken over all aspects of our life. The attorneys and the ratting arse douchebags.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 11:46 am to medtiger
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a Champions Tour player, David Eger, is the person who called Augusta and pointed out the rules violation to the committee during Tiger's round.
I'm with threeputt, I don't see where Tiger intentionally did something wrong, especially with where is ball ended up sitting after the drop. We can split hairs on his comment at the press conference (which I still think was in jest, yet people on this board have told me Tiger could hit the flagstick everytime from 135yds out yet somehow doesnt have enough control to short it, but I digress.)
My issue, from the start, is that a viewer instigated this review. A man, sitting in his house, watching TV, insinuated that he observed the drop and had a better view than the goddamn Augusta National rules official standing six feet away? And it was actually taken seriously? I don't care if Bobby Jones rose from the grave to call in, the idea that a viewer could impact the golf tournament is insane.
This, to me, was the equivalent of a viewer calling in during the World Series telling someone that he saw on TV that a guy was safe at first, then having the ruling overturned. Its really absurd to think about.
This post was edited on 5/2/13 at 11:47 am
Posted on 5/2/13 at 12:18 pm to medtiger
Good read. It would have been complete sham if Tiger would have got DQ'd after reading how this went down.
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