What an awesome series of events at Augusta!
First of all, Tiger deserved the ball going in the water. Philandering aside, the man gets plenty of breaks and has not cause to complain over a bad one. If he had hit a shot like that on the last hole of an event and lost because of it, it would have been deserved. A golfer must control his ball, including hitting things with it.
Second, he handled it quite admirably, except he should have smiled. I wanted him to laugh, ask for another ball, and say he was going to do it again. He pouted, walked around, and did it again.
Third, no reasonable competitor would have taken issue with where Tiger dropped. He was close enough. 30,000 people on the scene were fine with it. This issue was 100% media created, including the worthless piece of rotten feces that called the incident in.
That being said, Tiger did say he dropped the ball where he did for an advantage that does seem to be significantly different than where he originally played from. For that thinking, he should have disqualified himself.
A very interesting case that explains why golf has a 100 page rule book and a 1000 page book of resulting decisions on those rules.
And how far this country has come in terms of civil rights? Can you believe Augusta National Golf Club has been accused of making a decision giving a favorable benefit to a black man?
I'm only sure of one thing: that person who would call in about a rules violation he sees on TV is the lowest, most vile form of life on this planet or any other. The worst dredges of eternal hell are too good for that foul miscreant.