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.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by big nasty kcnut

If they did that for football every chiefs fan would call about hali and justin houston being held.

C H U E F S

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by TambaBerry

I'm not even sure if it was in a different spot, but what a douche bag that emailed them about it. Seriously that person lives a sad life.

I think it was Hootie.

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

What am I not understanding? She put a marker down, picked up the ball, then put it right back down. Why did she do that? I thought you only put the marker down when someone else was taking a shot farther out.

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.

[thebrad84]

Beyond ridiculous. No reason to make that a four stroke penalty.

[Baby Lee]

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.

As an admitted outsider, I think the difficulty lies in the signing of the scoresheet being an old-fashioned matter of honor. It's a little bit of masochism injected into the sport for tradition and grace. But it's also notoriously unforgiving.

Didn't someone on the men's tour lose a major a couple years ago when he realized a scoresheet error and self-reported?

[tk13]

Just saw this on ESPN. Who do people call when they watch this stuff on TV and turn golfers in? There's no other sport like that.

[O.city]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

What am I not understanding? She put a marker down, picked up the ball, then put it right back down. Why did she do that? I thought you only put the marker down when someone else was taking a shot farther out.

They're interpreting she put it in a different spot than she marked.

[Buehler445]

I gotta give her some credit. She handled that way way better than I ever would.

I'd have lost my shit.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Lex Luthor

Viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes. Let's go @Lexi, win this thing anyway.

— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) April 3, 2017

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.

[jd1020]

Heard her interview saying that she had no idea she hadn't placed the ball in the improper spot and to penalize her a day later because of a ****ing TV viewer is bullshit. Then to penalize her 2 more strokes for signing the card after officials didn't catch it right then and there is just beyond my comprehension.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by TambaBerry

I'm not even sure if it was in a different spot, but what a douche bag that emailed them about it. Seriously that person lives a sad life.

She puts it back down like a quarter length of the golf ball off where it lied. I'm sure that changed the entire outcome of the putt.

I'm curious to know if you magnified and slowmo'd every single player that marked their ball and picked it up, how many of those players placed it back down in the EXACT location, not even 1 mm off?

[Gonzo]

She can place my balls anywhere she'd like as long as she chokes up on my putter.

[The Franchise]

If the officials didn't catch it that day....then to ****ing bad.

[srvy]

It's a Gentleman's sport. Oh wait.

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[Kman34]

Originally Posted by jd1020

She puts it back down like a quarter length of the golf ball off where it lied. I'm sure that changed the entire outcome of the putt.

I'm curious to know if you magnified and slowmo'd every single player that marked their ball and picked it up, how many of those players placed it back down in the EXACT location, not even 1 mm off?

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