Tiger Woods given two-stroke penalty at Masters

[Kilroy]

Tiger Woods has been assessed a two-stroke penalty for taking an illegal drop at the 15th hole during Friday's second round of the Masters.

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[Duper]

Don't you mean 2 $$$$$troke penalty...... same rules that DQ a golfer for not signing a CORRECT scorecard allow another golfer to sign an INCORRECT card , without dq ? Doesn't make sense to me until you think about the $$$$ involved for the Master's organizers.

[dlb]

Don't you mean 2 $$$$$troke penalty...... same rules that DQ a golfer for not signing a CORRECT scorecard allow another golfer to sign an INCORRECT card , without dq ? Doesn't make sense to me until you think about the $$$$ involved for the Master's organizers.

Agree he should be DQ'd ... most if not all of the commentators and ex-pro's are calling on Tiger to DQ himself !! He should do the right thing and not tee-off today. He obviously did not drop NEAREST the spot of his last shot - he admitted it verbally after the round. No brainer - incorrect card - DQ !!!!!

[Golfer100]

This all stems from the slow-play penalty against the 14 year old, Chinese. If that had not happened and the flack that the Masters and PGA Tour were taking from social media all over the world then Woods would not have been penalized. Tiger would have gotten away with another one just like the time he enlisted 6 men to move a stone from in front of his ball.

[stevek]

It's up to the player to know the rules including the local rules and what to do in the event of a Yellow staked or Red staked hazard.

Tiger should DQ himself.

[Kak]

Chamblee and Sir Faldo should have grieved the new rule (33-7) when it was put in place last year, why now, because it's Tiger? what if it was Phil? The committee's decision is a wise and fair one.

[Golfer100]

Once a cheat always a cheat...he should do the honourable thing and DQ himself.

[dlb]

yep agree 100% .... if he plays it'll follow him forever !! DO THE RIGHT THING TIGER !!!!

[kemcheca]

If this was Phil or Rory the white boys the media loves a lot, would they be DQ? Tiger should and will play the 3rd round. I hope he wins!

[dlb]

If this was Phil or Rory the white boys the media loves a lot, would they be DQ? Tiger should and will play the 3rd round. I hope he wins!

I hope he shoots an 80 .... if he does play it will follow him .... and it'll look good on him. He admitted he gained an advantage by moving two yds back - incorrect card signed - get on your jet and .....

[fundonny]

No asterix.

[dlb]

No asterix.

No trophy either ..... he plays = no integrity

[Txxxxxxx]

OMG...Now he is saying that he did not know he had taken an incorrect drop prior to signing his card. So he is denying that he knew...Now I've heard everything.

[kemcheca]

Even the one stroke penalty given to Guan Tianlang. Would Phil, Rory, Rose, Couples got that penalty! No way!
They give a China-men a one stroke penalty and want to DQ the only black golfer at the masters.

The Masters is showing it's ugly racist side which it has for many years!

[holeinone]

If he keeps playing, I will respect him even more. Withdrawing and hiding is the easy thing to do under all this pressure. The rules committee made a decision, repsect it and move on. Go Tiger.

[brucestats]

Tiger has a choice to play or not to play today. I hope he makes the right choice.

[nokids]

As if Tiger would cheat in front of millions watching. Some pple are delusional

[Kilroy]

Even the one stroke penalty given to Guan Tianlang. Would Phil, Rory, Rose, Couples got that penalty! No way!
They give a China-men a one stroke penalty and want to DQ the only black golfer at the masters.

The Masters is showing it's ugly racist side which it has for many years!

This is so far from the truth I have to wonder what tournament you are watching. Guan was slow and they were warned. Yes it would be that way for any player.
They didn't, and won't DQ Tiger and the rules officials have nothing to do with the organizers of the event.

[Kak]

33-7. Disqualification Penalty; Committee Discretion
A penalty of disqualification may in exceptional individual cases be waived, modified or imposed if the Committee considers such action warranted.

If Tiger DQ's himself, it would be disrespect to the Committee and to the rules of golf as Rule 33 overrides rule 26.

[Kak]

[QUOTE=Kilroy;475526]This is so far from the truth I have to wonder what tournament you are watching. Guan was slow and thety were warned. Yes it would be that way for any player.

That's why it took the field more than five and a half hours to play there rounds yesterday and no penalties were given to any Pros.... actually no penalties for the last 10 years :0)

[Fallys0820]

Tiger has no requirement to DQ himself. The rule that is in place now because of TV. What makes matters worse is that the ruling officials decided that there was no infraction prior to Tiger signing his card. By all accounts, this was not brought forward to Tiger until after he signed his card.

If Tiger said nothing about it during his post-round interview, the rules officials would not have re-opened this subject and none of this ridiculousness would be carrying on.

The same people who thought it was a horrible decision to assess a 14-year old a 1 shot penalty for slow play (during a 5.5-6 round anyway) and calling for mercy, are now calling for Tiger to be DQ'd because of something that was not deemed to be a problem until the guy speaks after a round? Tiger's solution is simple: give no more post round interviews. Which probably wouldn't be a bad thing considering the stupid questions he's generally asked.

[John]

What a ridiculous thread, it was the right decision, why the hell would he dq himself?

[Bouche]

If he keeps playing, I will respect him even more. Withdrawing and hiding is the easy thing to do under all this pressure. The rules committee made a decision, repsect it and move on. Go Tiger.

amen brotha

[jeffc]

it was obvious from the video he didn't drop as near as possible to the last shot. how could the committee have missed that? or they thought, close enough.

that's where the messed up. not telling tiger didn't matter, they blew the initial call.

that being said, they should have talked to tiger before he signed his card and gathered all of the information. To me they didn't do their job properly

[nokids]

it was obvious from the video he didn't drop as near as possible to the last shot. how could the committee have missed that? or they thought, close enough.

that's where the messed up. not telling tiger didn't matter, they blew the initial call.

that being said, they should have talked to tiger before he signed his card and gathered all of the information. To me they didn't do their job properly

Amen

[Roach]

Why was he not able to move back as far as possible ?

[jeffc]

Why was he not able to move back as far as possible ?

not from that spot which is where he hit it from. He could have gone over to the left on a line between the pin and where the ball last crossed the margin but chose not to. In that scenario, he could have gone back as far as he wanted.

[Roach]

Thanks for the reply

[justsomeguy]

it was obvious from the video he didn't drop as near as possible to the last shot. how could the committee have missed that? or they thought, close enough.

that's where the messed up. not telling tiger didn't matter, they blew the initial call.

that being said, they should have talked to tiger before he signed his card and gathered all of the information. To me they didn't do their job properly

Its golf, not hockey. In golf it is the players who make ALL the initial calls.

I've seen many players call penalty strokes against themselves, but I cannot think of a single occasion where a player has disqualified himself from a tournament. The tournament committee reviewed the situation and decided against disqualification, and their decisions are final. I doubt there is a single player in the field who would have DQ'ed himself in that situation, so I cannot fathom why people would think that Tiger Woods would do that.

[mjf]

Despite how I feel personally about Tiger, and the somewhat questionable nature of this ruling, I have to say that if his shot on #15 yesterday had just missed the flag... he would likely be leading by 2 or more right now.