Anybody see Lexi Thompson get totally screwed by the LPGA today?

[Lex Luthor]

I was watching this on live TV a few minutes ago. This is bullshit. They've got to change this bullshit rule.

Leader Lexi Thompson hit with 4-stroke penalty a day later at ANA Inspiration

Cameras were rolling as then-leader Lexi Thompson was informed by a rules official that she be assessed a 4-stroke penalty Sunday during the final round of the LPGA Tour’s ANA Inspiration.

A television viewer watching a delayed version of Saturday’s third round alerted tournament officials that Thompson had placed her ball in a different spot than where she marked it before putting on the No. 17 green. That led to a retrospective 2-stroke penalty in addition to a 2-stroke penalty for signing for the wrong score after the third round.

Thompson held a 2-shot lead at 16 under when she was informed of the penalty from a day earlier while walking to the No. 14 green and suddenly trailed by two at 12 under.

She still has a chance to win the tournament despite this bullshit. She birdied the next hole (even though she was fighting back tears) and Suzanne Peterson bogied it. So in about 5 minutes she went from leading by 2, to trailing by 2, to tied for the lead.

[lawrenceRaider]

One more thing to hate about golf. That's fu cking re tarded.

[crayzkirk]

As was noted on the Golf Channel, this is really unfair because most of the field isn't even on TV. The leaders are shown much more often than any of the other players. If this is to be allowed, then every shot, placement, etc. of every player must be shown on TV.

Probably some 30+ year old living in Mom's basement and can't get a date. I'm sure Lexi would like to meet him and let him know how much she appreciates his input into her career.

Sad. Lots of the rules of golf make sense however most of them simply don't.

[Garcia Bronco]

you guys are missing the point. in golf the person that is most responsible for playing by the rules is the golfer. All this s*** about a TV viewer what other golfers do doesn't matter. it only matters what she did in the moment. She put the ball down clearly away from the marker. What I'm hearing from the golfer is that she does this all the time because she said she didn't notice. b*******. She knew where she put that ball down and she got penalized for it like she should have. These are the rules of golf, specifically championship tournament golf.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Kman34

This.. you can't put the ball back exactly where it was... I bet it happens all the time...

You can put the ball back exactly where it was that's the whole point of marking it. golf didn't used to be that way because one could stymie other golfers.

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

lol...testimony of a busted cheater for the same reason. I saw the video, she put the ball down in the wrong place. It was a proper call. Too bad she didn't call the penalty on herself. You live and you learn. She'll mark and place the ball properly next time.

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.

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 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.

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.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Garbage "sport" (it's not one)

[philfree]

Who ever sent the email probably didn't have Lexi on their fantasy team or maybe they were related to one of the other players. It's a bogus call to be made almost 24 hrs later. IMO once the clock strikes midnight it should be too late to make such a call. That and every single shot of every single player goes under video review if they are going to allow replay to call penalties. Lexi got jobbed.

[ClevelandBronco]

Nothing wrong with cheating at pro sports as long as you figure in the cost of getting caught on occasion.

[MahiMike]

I watch every tournament - mens, womens, college, etc. I was so pissed last night I turned it off in disgust.

What other sport allows a fan to post something - A FRICKING DAY LATER - and penalize them - IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FINAL ROUND OF A MAJOR!

IT'S INSANE!

She handled it way better than I could have. I would have stormed off the course and called my attorney.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

you guys are missing the point. in golf the person that is most responsible for playing by the rules is the golfer. All this s*** about a TV viewer what other golfers do doesn't matter. it only matters what she did in the moment. She put the ball down clearly away from the marker. What I'm hearing from the golfer is that she does this all the time because she said she didn't notice. b*******. She knew where she put that ball down and she got penalized for it like she should have. These are the rules of golf, specifically championship tournament golf.

Bullshit. She didn't Judge Smails the ball and boot it out of the rough with her foot, she set it down literally a fraction of an inch from where she picked it up. The difference in spot was so incredibly miniscule that the ONLY way anybody noticed was after some hyper obsessed fan paused and slo-mo'd the spot over and over until he was sure she cheated, then he emails the LPGA because Lexi likely wasn't on his fantasy golf women's team.

Lexi got ****ed, plain and simple, by a process that should never have merit in the first place.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Bullshit. She didn't Judge Smails the ball and boot it out of the rough with her foot, she set it down literally a fraction of an inch from where she picked it up. The difference in spot was so incredibly miniscule that the ONLY way anybody noticed was after some hyper obsessed fan paused and slo-mo'd the spot over and over until he was sure she cheated, then he emails the LPGA because Lexi likely wasn't on his fantasy gold women's team.

Lexi got ****ed, plain and simple, by a process that should never have merit in the first place.

You must get some really good naps.

[MahiMike]

Originally Posted by Lex Luthor

She was about to tap it in, and then decided to take more time. She marked it, picked it up, turned it slightly so that the writing on the ball would be parallel to her putting line, and put it back down.

I've got to think the LPGA and the PGA have to change the rule on this. Once the day is over, the scores that have been recorded should be official. She won that tournament by 4 strokes and wound up officially coming in second.

THIS! This is exactly what I said last night.

Cheating happens in every sport. Bad calls happen in every sport. But once the play is over - it's fricking over! If no official said anything after that hole was over, too bad.

I can see penalizing/disqualifying for an incorrect scorecard. But if you had no clue your score was incorrect, it's not your fault.

This whole thing is like me calling in today about a play I saw where Tom Brady stepped out of bounds during the Super Bowl and it wasn't called. Let's just change the outcome.

So stupid.

[lawrenceRaider]

Any "sport" where having the ball moved that tiny amount anywhere on the field costs a penalty that severe is officially a joke.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by vailpass

You must get some really good naps.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

You watch women's golf, so you must sleep well during the afternoon.