I think Phil’s “interpretation” of the rules is technically correct, I don’t think it’s in the spirit of the rules. It all depends on which rule you want to enforce. The USGA went with 14-5, which is how Phil was thinking. Guess they could have tried 1-2 or 33-7 and given him a DQ. Didn’t John Daly do the same thing a number of years ago, maybe at Pinehurst?
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Thread: 2018 US Open
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06-16-2018, 05:15 PM #11Golf is a relatively simple game, played by reasonably intelligent people, stupidly.
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06-16-2018, 06:56 PM #12
Just like we had it: Berger and Finau in final group.
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06-16-2018, 08:20 PM #13
Mickelson is like third to last. No point in DQ'ing him.
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06-16-2018, 09:27 PM #14
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06-17-2018, 06:50 AM #15
Reminds me of a player going out-of-bounds with the ball, and he turns and bounces it off the defender's leg.
...he went up late, and I was already up there.
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06-17-2018, 07:14 AM #16
A better comparison is 12 players on the field in football - was it intentional or just the 12th guy failing to get off the field before the snap. It didn't seem premeditated per se, but I can certainly see the argument for a DQ (especially if Dustin Johnson were to pull this stunt while he melted down yesterday).
This is certainly a 180 compared to scoring in last year's US Open at Erin Hills.
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06-17-2018, 07:28 AM #17
I don’t think he would have done it if he were 3rd to first. It was clearly done out of a cumulative frustration and maybe even to send a friendly “F you” to the PGA for the ridiculousness of Shinnecock this week.
I think it’s overblown and a 2 stroke penalty is appropriate. He still missed that putt AND the one coming back! And a public shaming by the stick-up-the-butt traditionalists.
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