[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Lex Luthor

If the call had been made at the time, you could argue it was the proper call, even though it was completely inconsequential and had no effect on anything. It was a ****ing tap-in.

maybe, but it's the rules

But the LPGA waited until 24 hours later and THEN they penalized her because some douchebag television viewer sent a ****ing email to the LPGA to bitch about it. And on top of that they penalized her ANOTHER two strokes for signing a scorecard that was 100% correct when she signed it. THAT is where this situation became the ultimate cluster****.

She should have called a penalty on herself, but she missed it, mistakes happen. Because she failed to call the penalty on herself once she picked up her marker, she turned in an incorrect score card, which is another mistake.
This is a gentlemen's game and we expect ethical conduct. This isn't football.

She beat the field by 4 strokes in a major tournament and had the tournament stolen from her. The douchebag who sent the email undoubtedly shot a load in his pants over this. It's the highlight of his miserable life. Hopefully he will get AIDS and die.

She has no one but herself to blame, she cheated and got caught

The PGA and the LPGA should just state flat out that they won't respond to rules infractions "detected" by television viewers. That would solve this problem immediately.

Golf belongs to the public, not the PGA or LPGA. So, I don't have a problem with it.

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