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.

[TimeForWasp]

She makes my balls move a little bit.

[Shag]

Originally Posted by Fish

This sets a rather dangerous precedent for golf in general. What's to stop people from going over other past golf tournaments and finding little mistakes like this? That could be quite a can of worms....

Once a tournament is over, no further adjustments can be made. So, if this loser had been watching Sunday's round today and seen this, there would have been no retroactive penalty. Yet another reason this is ****ed up.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Fish

The point is that she didn't knowingly break the rules. Which means she didn't knowingly turn in an incorrect score card. I understand that the technicalities make this a correct decision. But that doesn't mean it's reasonable. The prevailing public view is that she got screwed over by rules and the way it was enforced.

I disagree that she didn't knowingly break the rules. The rules of the golf tourney are the responsibility of each contestant. Maybe the enforcement wasn't correct and I am sure the LPGA is discussing that today, but whether the ruling came down yesterday or a week from now, it doesn't chang ethe fact that she broke the rules.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

If it had been noted by an official and not some scrub at home, it would have been a righteous penalty. As is, it's like assessing a penalty a quarter after the infraction and taking points off the board in a football game.

This isn't football. Why apply the same approach to football that you apply to golf?

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

so I'm sure you've never offered advice to another person on the course?

I have as a caddie and in friendly practice rounds, but never in a tournament. It's against the rules in single stroke play, but in a two-man event, it is allowed between me and my playing partner.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Fish

This sets a rather dangerous precedent for golf in general. What's to stop people from going over other past golf tournaments and finding little mistakes like this? That could be quite a can of worms....

It's been going on since golf has been a mainstream televised event. The RNA and USGA take this sort of thing seriously. There is nothing wrong with feeling sympathy for Anderson, but she did break the rules. I can see it.

[RippedmyFlesh]

She is beautiful would love to console her during this difficult time.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Shag

Once a tournament is over, no further adjustments can be made. So, if this loser had been watching Sunday's round today and seen this, there would have been no retroactive penalty. Yet another reason this is ****ed up.

I didn't realize that. But yeah, still ****ed up. Sounds like lots of improvement could be made regarding the enforcement of things like this.

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

Who would ever play golf if what she did is considered cheating? What a stupid rule.

Wild ass guess: Millions?

I mean, unless a bunch of folks are going to quit playing golf over this.

[BlackHelicopters]

My male parts tingle when I see her play.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by MahiMike

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.

What golf official is watching for infractions? Golf has always been about policing yourself. The officials are there to be called on to interpret the rules its still the golfers responsibility to call the penalty basically. This has happened time and again through the years where the golfer has remembered an infraction long after the round was over and called it out. These golfers know how to mark and re-spot the ball accurately and with HDTV so does the audience. Regardless of how minutely she misplaced it its still improving your lie a penalty. Gary Player made a living doing this and I remember Tom Watson calling him out on it. Player was never satisfied where his ball lied.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Wild ass guess: Millions?

I mean, unless a bunch of folks are going to quit playing golf over this.

I play league golf, my buddies and I were discussing this last night. We've all had this type of thing happen. It's a part of the game.

[kstater]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

I play league golf, my buddies and I were discussing this last night. We've all had this type of thing happen. It's a part of the game.

You've all had someone watch your round the next day while sitting on their couch call in the league organizer saying your ball was a fraction of an inch different when viewed under slow motion?

Interesting if true.

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[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by kstater

You've all had someone watch your round the next day while sitting on their couch call in the league organizer saying your ball was a fraction of an inch different when viewed under slow motion?

Interesting if true.

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No, but that doesn't matter. If I break a rule in the tournament, my fellow competitors will take notice and a discussion ensues. Based on that discussion if the group (which includes a Marshall) determines that I did break the rule, then I am subject and accepting of the penalty. It's my fault for breaking the rule. Why are you hung up on how the cheating was discovered?

Mine was that I shot a great round in the Tourney, but my group did not finish within 15 minutes of the group in front of us, so each member in my group incurred a stroke penalty for slow play. One of my buddies lifted his ball to check if it was his, and did not replace the ball properly and got DQ'ed from the club championship.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Dayze

I haven't played golf in probably 10 years, and even then, I was god awful at it. But, I used to play with my nephew who was equally as bad. We met up for one round, and I asked what she shot and he said something like 90. Well...I was way worse than that. So, we're playing, and I keep seeing him moving his ball after almost every lie. I asked what he was doing and he said something to the effect of "oh, as long as you don't improve your position, you can move your ball".


is that right? I didn't have the energy to argue with him at the time and never really followed up. but every time I hear him to this day talking about his golf score, I think to myself "Bullshit". lol

Winter rules are allowed on some courses under certain circumstances.

Places like my home course that has buffalo grass, and rounds are scored with empty cans. We allow a club back as long as you don't improve your line to the hole.