Tiger Woods’ Use of TV Interview Evidence Is Bizarre Turn to Penalty Ruling

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Published: April 13, 2013

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In a stunning turn of events, Masters officials were prompted to investigate an illegal ball drop from Tiger Woods after the golfer’s statement in a Friday interview with ESPN's Tom Rinaldi.

Following the Masters officials' research, they assessed a two-stroke penalty to Woods, dropping the world’s No. 1 golfer to 19th place and five shots behind the leader.

Using a post-match interview as evidence signifies a turn into the digital age for one of the world’s oldest sports. In one of America’s strictest and most tradition-filled venues, once officials got word of Woods’ testimony, it was certain he wouldn’t start the weekend unscathed.

At first, Woods’ drop checked out and had been declared legal while he finished up his second round late Friday. After getting hold of Rinaldi’s video interview, though, Masters officials looked back into Woods’ misstep and made the subsequent ruling.

In addition, during the time between Woods taking the drop and signing his “illegal” scorecard, he was not approached about the incident. He first heard about his infraction early Saturday morning, per Woods’ Twitter account:



Tiger’s omission can be seen in his interview transcript below, as he describes his drop following his misfortune on hole No. 15 (h/t to Wei Under Par):

“So I went back to where I played it from, but I went two yards further back and I took, tried to take two yards off the shot of what I felt I hit.
And that should land me short of the flag and not have it either hit the flag or skip over the back.  I felt that that was going to be the right decision to take off four right there.  And I did.  It worked out perfectly.”

By moving two yards back, Woods had misused his drop privilege in concordance with the hazard rule. He needed to play in the exact spot where he had...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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