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Tiger should not have been penalized. (Original Post)
trumad
Apr 2013
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liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)1. The camera man moved
wilt the stilt
(4,528 posts)2. did you not realize
that the master's committee and Brandel Chamblee had an orgasm assessing Tiger a 2 stroke penalty.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. Aw, your hero didn't win...
Aww....
trumad
(41,692 posts)4. He's not my hero.
What makes you think that?
Seriously? I never hero worshiped Tiger. Great golfer---seriously flawed dude.
Then again, this is coming from a dude who has pinup posters of Curt Shilling over his bed.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)5. Apparently Tiger admitted he did it...
According to the statement of tournament headquarters, a TV viewer calls in to question the drop, and the rules committee reviews the drop and determines "he had complied with the rules." But after the round, Woods complicates matters when he says he deliberately dropped about six feet behind where he originally played his third shot from. "I went two yards further back, and I took -- tried to take two yards off the shot of what I felt I hit [previously]," Woods says, apparently unaware that this is an improper drop, outside the Rules of Golf. But he is essentially announcing for all to hear that yes, he did it. He broke the rule.
Read more: http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/tiger-woods-should-withdraw-2013-masters#ixzz2QYsCuHin
Pictures says he didn't do it, so he was mistaken.
Auggie
(31,156 posts)7. Ive heard the same critique ...
it wasn't the physical drop officials reacted to, but the statement Woods made.