TIGER AVOIDS DQ BECAUSE OF RACE ???

It is an interesting catch 22. The committee ruled that there was no infraction thus allowing the player to continue on without penalty or notifying him of said decision during the round. The penalty was not assessed until hours after the round reversing the original decision.
Enter the new rule about TV viewers calling about potential rules violations that are determined after the fact.
The addition of the two shot penalty is correct as well as the determination by the new rule that he is not disqualified.
End of subject.

The addition of the two shot penalty is correct as well as the determination by the new rule that he is not disqualified.
End of subject. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

Hmmm, I wonder if ol' Trendy is listening?

BigKoTits thinks this story is nothing,,,,he lives in his own world....he isn't aware that is the biggest sports news story of the weekend.

BigKoTits thinks the Sandbox is for more enlightened bullshit. But he rarely contributes to the enlightenment.

he isn't aware that is the biggest sports news story of the weekend. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Spoken by the same individual who was actually gullible enough to fall for the "news story" that:

Wisconsin and America were "Trending" Romney!

It isn't the "end of the story"..not if you understand that the application of Rule 33-1 is discretionary.........and others in the sports world also don't think this is the "end of the story."

BigNothing; you still don't understand what the definition of "trending" is do you?

Spoken by the same individual who was actually gullible enough to fall for the "news story" that:

Wisconsin and America were "Trending" Romney! Originally Posted by bigtex

It isn't the "end of the story"..not if you understand that the application of Rule 33-1 is discretionary.........and others in the sports world also don't think this is the "end of the story." Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Spoken by the same Trendy individual who was actually gullible enough to fall for the "news story" that:

Wisconsin and America were "Trending" Romney!

This is the sum of your intelligence ? You are quite the loser.

You are quite the loser. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

All of this time I thought the "Winner" I voted for (Obama) won the election this past November.

Not the "Loser" you voted for (Romney)!

Who is it again that is "quite the loser?"

The problem with the ruling decision is three-fold;

1. They never communicated to Tiger the determination;
2. Before making their final determination they should have called Tiger into the control room to review video and discuss what happened;
3. They got their initial interpretation wrong!

The rules committee should have never invoked the "flexibility" rule that was recently adopted. It was never intended for these types of clear rule violations.

Tiger should have withdrawn; but he isn't capable of keeping the integrity to the game. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

1. The Chairman of the Rules Committee Tweeted Tiger the following morning and requested Tiger to call him.

2. Tiger returned the call and was instructed to attend a meeting of the Rules Committee.

3. Tapes were reviewed of the drop until a decision was made the drop was illegal.

4. The Committee accessed the mandatory penalty set by PGA rules.

FACT.... THE END.


whirlie ol buddy, problem is youre a pathetic moron ... 99.9 % of the shit you bitch about is nothing but hot air, if that.

Tigergazi !!!

HERE WE GO!

whirlie ol buddy, problem is youre a pathetic moron ... 99.9 % of the shit you bitch about is nothing but hot air, if that. Originally Posted by CJ7

Has anyone other than me noticed that Ol' Trendaway seems to be on the wrong side of every issue, whether it's political or whatever.

One day he is going to get something right. If and when that occurs, let's have a party!

However, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for the near-impossible to occur!

Maybe, maybe not....It wouldn't surprise me....

No matter the reasons why (tv ratings, stupidity, race, otherwise); the 2-stroke penalty was the wrong decision.

Tiger signed a wrong scorecard and should have been DQ'd - either by the rules committee, or by his withdrawal.

Ignorance of the Rules of Golf, or brain-freeze while playing isn't an "escape jail time" card.

By his own admission, Tiger tried to gain an advantage by breaking the drop rule.

By remaining in the tournament, Tiger (as well as the rules committee) demeaned the game. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Why the hell would you demean yourself by injecting race into the issue?

Some other asshole in this thread made some dopy comment about preferring Tiger to some wrinkled old guy - demonstrating his love of sterotypes and his complete ignorance of the game.

If Tiger doesn't win a tournament, it is typically won by the likes of Rory McElroy, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwoor, Jim Furyk, or the like. None of whom is old or wrinkled.

Returning to you, however, do you think the result would be any different if Rory McElroy - the world's other "hot" golfer right now - had done the same thing? Of course not. To the extent favoritism is shown, it would be based on popularity - not race. Professional golf loves its TV ratings just as much as any other sport and no one wants to see the big teams/players eliminated.

But I doubt it was even that. Golf has had a lot of problems with TV armchair experts calling in disqualifications by watching TV replays that the judges did not have access to when the actual violation occurred. So they CHANGED the rules in recent years to make them less severe (penalty strokes instead of disqualification).

Tiger caught a break under the new rules that he might not have gotten 10 years ago. Good for him. But EVERYBODY is playing under the new rules so there is nothing unfair about it.

It is an interesting catch 22. The committee ruled that there was no infraction thus allowing the player to continue on without penalty or notifying him of said decision during the round. The penalty was not assessed until hours after the round reversing the original decision.
Enter the new rule about TV viewers calling about potential rules violations that are determined after the fact.
The addition of the two shot penalty is correct as well as the determination by the new rule that he is not disqualified.
End of subject. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

i think the right call was made. and some higher up in golf are saying the tip came from lindsey vonns
ex husband a want to be an never was. he is just sorry his ex has a boyfriend . to bad he did not have
a his own private jet to come pick her up when she got hurt