Mystery Man Who Called Masters Officials About Tiger Woods’ Drop Revealed

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Published: May 1, 2013

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Champions Tour golfer David Eger saw something rather peculiar while watching the 2013 Masters, so he watched, rewound and watched again. After coming to a conclusion that Tiger Woods had taken an illegal drop, he called it in. 

Some of you might recall the now-infamous drop Woods took at the 2013 Masters just a few weeks ago, a move that captivated the nation and spurred a grand and confounding debate. 

On the 15th hole during his second round, Woods smacked a wonderful shot that would soon turn into a bout of misfortune. The ball hit the pin and spiraled back off the green and into the water. 

Woods took a drop, hit the ball and moved on. Most watching from home moved on as well—but not all. 



According to Golf.com's Michael Bamberger, Eger started watching with Woods on 16 and noticed that he dropped a shot. Curiosity motivated the golfer to rewind his DVR to the previous hole, where he noticed the drop off 15. 

I could see there was a divot—not a divot, a divot hole—when he played the shot the second time that was not there the first time. I played it again and again. I could see that the fairway was spotless the first time he played the shot and there was that divot hole, maybe three or four feet in front of where he played after the drop.

Bamberger is careful to remind at this point about golf's Rule 26-1-a, which states a golfer can take a drop "as nearly as possible" to the previous spot of the ball. Of course, that wording, as Bamberger notes, is as exact or vague as you wish to make it. 

Eger then did what many in the audience probably thought of doing but had no way of going about it: He called a guy who might know about such things. 

He scrambled to bring the drop to the officials' attention before Woods signed a scorecard, because Eger was out for fair play, not to get Woods banned from the tourname...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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