The Golf Thread - Page 158

crazyguy · 07-20-2008, 04:27 PM

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you don't think she gets the chance to explain her side of the story? when do you expect them to allow her that opportunity? in the middle of the round? of course not. so they waited.

they've pulled players aside during the course of play before. I speculated, and I was wrong...no big deal.

doozer · 07-20-2008, 04:27 PM

who caught the rule? have they said?

i'd imagine she's under a microscope and somebody there was just waiting with a rule book to catch her on something.

doozer · 07-20-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyguy

they've pulled players aside during the course of play before. I speculated, and I was wrong...no big deal.

when? i don't recall.

crazyguy · 07-20-2008, 04:28 PM

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who caught the rule? have they said?

i'd imagine she's under a microscope and somebody there was just waiting with a rule book to catch her on something.

that's kindof the attitude that I have been hinting at all along.

doozer · 07-20-2008, 04:29 PM

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that's kindof the attitude that I have been hinting at all along.

then be more clear about it. we assumed you meant it was some conspiracy by the LPGA.

**GAVol** · 07-20-2008, 04:35 PM

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that's kindof the attitude that I have been hinting at all along.

I guess there's a slight chance something like that happened, but I doubt it.

Obviously I wasn't there but . . . chances are, the volunteers manning the scoring tent didn't even realize anything had happened and then somebody recounted what happened to sombody that knew the rules.

I actually witnessed something like this happen at a Nike Tour event where I was in the scorers tent. We realized a guy hadn't signed his card about 30 seconds after he left the tent and there was nothing we could do since there was a rules official right next to me.

crazyguy · 07-20-2008, 04:36 PM

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when? i don't recall.

Sluman Disqualified for Using Mislabeled Ball - New York Times

crazyguy · 07-20-2008, 04:37 PM

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then be more clear about it. we assumed you meant it was some conspiracy by the LPGA.

I felt that I was clear. it's assuming things that will get you in trouble.

doozer · 07-20-2008, 04:40 PM

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Sluman Disqualified for Using Mislabeled Ball - New York Times

different set of circumstances.

he had already broken the rule, alerted an official as such, so when the ruling came, they yanked him.

doozer · 07-20-2008, 04:40 PM

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I felt that I was clear. it's assuming things that will get you in trouble.

think again.

**GAVol** · 07-20-2008, 04:41 PM

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Sluman Disqualified for Using Mislabeled Ball - New York Times

There was clearly no choice but to DQ Sluman on the spot for that violation. SLuman knew what he had done and called it on himself. It was cut and dried.

In Wie's case, the LPGA had a signed scorecard and a story that Wie had left the scoring area illegally before coming back and signing the card. They didn't even know there was a problem until Wie was on the course Saturday and they needed to hear Wie's side of the story. They weren't going to stop the entire golf course and hold People's Court for 15 minutes trying to sort things out.

crazyguy · 07-20-2008, 04:43 PM

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think again.

crazyguy · 07-20-2008, 04:45 PM

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different set of circumstances.

he had already broken the rule, alerted an official as such, so when the ruling came, they yanked him.

I stated that players had been yanked before, you didn't remember. I gave an example of a player being yanked-I did not say that the circumstances were the same.

crazyguy · 07-20-2008, 04:46 PM

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There was clearly no choice but to DQ Sluman on the spot for that violation. SLuman knew what he had done and called it on himself. It was cut and dried.

In Wie's case, the LPGA had a signed scorecard and a story that Wie had left the scoring area illegally before coming back and signing the card. They didn't even know there was a problem until Wie was on the course Saturday and they needed to hear Wie's side of the story. They weren't going to stop the entire golf course and hold People's Court for 15 minutes trying to sort things out.

I already said that my speculation on Wie was incorrect. Even in the sluman situation the waited 3 holes before pulling him out.

doozer · 07-20-2008, 04:48 PM

we're talking about scorecard errors, not playing improperly labeled balls.