any opinion on tigger's antics yesterday??

[fadada1]

or did i miss that conversation?

1 - since when has ANY clubhouse in america (with the exception on alabama) been designated as a "temporary immovable obstruction"???

2 - since when does 35 minutes of looking for a golf ball (in competition, mind you) equate to the 5 minutes you are allowed???

3- how is losing a golf ball not actually "losing a golf ball" as defined by the rules?

4 - is it me, or did the PGA, R&A, and USGA just modify the rules of golf because "it was tiger"??

5 - if that's the case, i'm going to start aiming for every clubhous coming into the 18th hole, because apparently, there is no penalty!!!!!

[Newbomb Turk]

I was curious about all of that too - didn't make sense to me.

I also didn't agree with it years ago when he got all of those people to move that boulder for him so he could hit a shot. I think if you can't move a "loose impediment" yourself, you shouldn't be able to move it at all.

[Newbomb Turk]

and he's not a happy camper right now!

[fadada1]

I think if you can't move a "loose impediment" yourself, you shouldn't be able to move it at all.
but if it takes 5 grown men to move it, it's cool:rolleyes:

[fadada1]

and he's not a happy camper right now!
HAHAHA!!!

4 bogeys in a row will do that. even I can do that!!!!!

[King Crimson]

i've posted this before: but, at the 05 US Open at Pinehurst on Friday, Tiger willfully dragged his putter on the 4th green after a missed putt causing potentially penalizable green damage. Eldrick was in danger of missing the cut, and eventually no penalty was assessed.

My pops has been an USGA walking rules official/network camera escort for the Open for a decade. he invited me to go and i got the hang in the USGA hospitality tent, see the tournament, free food and drink, and such (which was VERY cool). that afternoon, after the round, sitting around a big table over drinks with other USGA rules officials nearly all of them concluded ALONG WITH THE OFFICIAL WITH TIGER'S GROUP that he should have been penalized. now, just to say it, these are people who have spent a lot of time in their lives working USGA events (setting pins at the Oklahoma mid-am on your day off, countless hours of unpaid work for the game of golf) and take written either/or "you make a ruling" interpretive law school type USGA rules exams in which you have to score 96% to even sniff getting to work an Open--cause a no-name guy has to step up possibly on TV and make a ruling that's defensible and correct). And all of them agreed TIger should have been penalized 2 shots...since it damaged the level field of competition for every player who played #4 after him. All of them.

word comes down after a "consultation" with the network execs and USGA higher ups....that no penalty should be assessed. 2 shot penalty and Tiger misses the cut and no Tiger ratings on the weekend. but, no penalty and Tiger makes the cut. if it were James Driscoll or Lucas Glover, he gets penalized.

[walkoffsooner]

Jordan got breaks so will Tiger, they are the money machines. I would like to know tv ratings Tiger vs no Tiger

[sooneron]

... but tiger doing well is good for golf. It's the only reason that people tune in, right?

[walkoffsooner]

i always watched golf before Tiger. Now I won't watch unless he is playing. weird

[MamaMia]

You would think Tiger, with all his blessings, would not accept any gimme's.

[Stanley1]

HAHAHA!!!

4 bogeys in a row will do that. even I can do that!!!!!

I can do it, and trust me, its NO fun. ;)

[BajaOklahoma]

I thought the PGA commercial on USA this morning was a bit of a slap at Tiger.
"No one taught me how to hold my club." And several more along the same line.