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.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by notorious

Winter rules are allowed on some courses under certain circumstances.

Winter rules ended on the 1st I believe, but some courses have different rules for different areas.

[Rain Man]

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

Why would you move your ball if it's not to improve your position? I think there's a huge flaw in his argument.

[notorious]

Not all courses are perfectly manicured masterpieces. I have golfed a lot of tourneys that allow at least a club back from any place on the fairway, and sometimes they extend those areas into the rough.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Why would you move your ball if it's not to improve your position? I think there's a huge flaw in his argument.

Some people think improvement just means closer to the hole. It doesn't. Maybe there is a bad spot on the green that cannot be repaired (not to be confused with ground under repair). Maybe there is a tree in the way. Either way, it's against the rules of Golf. There are rules by which relief can be granted. For example, a man-made object that prohibits the ability to take your stance or swing the club.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

Some people think improvement just means closer to the hole. It doesn't. Maybe there is a bad spot on the green that cannot be repaired (not to be confused with ground under repair). Maybe there is a tree in the way. Either way, it's against the rules of Golf. There are rules by which relief can be granted. For example, a man-made object that prohibits the ability to take your stance or swing the club.

yeah, I remember him referencing that. "Welll, I'm not advancing the ball so..." or something like that. It's been years, but I remember thinking "Wat"?

almost every shot he would move his ball. rough, fairway, etc...didn't matter.
like if the ball came to rest in the fairway in a dead spot of grass that was dirt - like an old divot spot no one replaced- he would move it back to a nice chunk of grass that would prop his ball up nicely.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Dayze

yeah, I remember him referencing that. "Welll, I'm not advancing the ball so..." or something like that. It's been years, but I remember thinking "Wat"?

almost every shot he would move his ball. rough, fairway, etc...didn't matter.
like if the ball came to rest in the fairway in a dead spot of grass that was dirt - like an old divot spot no one replaced- he would move it back to a nice chunk of grass that would prop his ball up nicely.

playing golf is in a sense about mastering the self. it sucks when you end up on some hardpan. I recommend staying in the fairway.

[Dayze]

after my first motorcycle crash in 2003, I decided to try to appease friends and family by 'getting a new hobby' and I figured Golf would be it. I somewhat enjoyed it, but it was just too frustrating for me. Definitely a hard game. I didn't play enough, coudln't afford to play enough or take lessons to make for any sense of a consistent game / swing etc.

nearly every shot was like trying to diffuse a bomb by cutting a wire. Might work....might not. lol. But, I did see where the addiction to the game can come from. When you swing, don't even feel the ball hit the club, and either have a nice straight drive, or landing a few feet from the hold on the green from like 130+yds out. that was an awesome feeling. I just never experienced that too often lol.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Wild ass guess: Millions?

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

So MILLIONS of people are taking two stroke penalties for moving a ball 1/4 of an inch? Hell two strokes for moving it even one inch is stupid as hell. You have to be a total anal douche to even consider such a thing.

[suzzer99]

They showed a close up on ESPN. She pretty clearly marked the ball on the side (relative to the hole) then put the ball back down on the far end of the coin away from the hole. So she actually moved the ball farther from the hole and a little to the right.

Just to clarify what happened.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

So MILLIONS of people are taking two stroke penalties for moving a ball 1/4 of an inch? Hell two strokes for moving it even one inch is stupid as hell. You have to be a total anal douche to even consider such a thing.

Following the rules is anal I guess. I'll try that statement on the wife next time.

If they are playing by the rules, and the LPGA is doing that, then what's the problem?

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

playing golf is in a sense about mastering the self. it sucks when you end up on some hardpan. I recommend staying in the fairway.

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[CoMoChief]

I'm a big fan of Gubs

Shes a hottie.

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

So MILLIONS of people are taking two stroke penalties for moving a ball 1/4 of an inch? Hell two strokes for moving it even one inch is stupid as hell. You have to be a total anal douche to even consider such a thing.

If that's the question you'd rather ask because your initial question was idiotic, you should ask it. Is that the question you'd rather ask?

[trd84]

i can understand the 2 stroke penalty for not putting the ball back in the right spot, if they enforced it before the next round. but the extra 2 stroke penalty is crazy. it was correct when she turned it in. And the officials should have gave her the penalty when it happened or shortly after. At the latest before she started the final round. you play completely different with a lead than you do when your behind.

And how can you let viewers enforce rules. they don't see every stroke from every player so its really unfair to those with more tv time.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

It doesn't matter who reported it. These are the rules of the game. It's funny to me that we have a person that was caught cheating and everybody want to poo poo the person that reported it. Remember that the next time you want to nail Jesus to the cross.

My problem with this situation is the timing....and one other thing.

If you are doing this to one golfer, you MUST, in fairness, review every golfer in the tourney. Selective enforcement of a rule goes against the very principle you are standing on....fairness.

Cow all you want about the rules.......but you cant be selective in enforcement.