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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Ok, what you described is a 2 stroke penalty because she did not replace the ball in the exact spot, according to the rules of golf. I have seen a lot of good golfers miss very short putts, especially if the ball is in a spike mark. That is why there is no such thing as a gimme in pro golf. Did you see Ernie Els on the first hole of last year's Masters? If you don't penalize a golfer for signing an incorrect score card, you may as well not have them sign it at all. Why do we want to downgrade golf to the level of other sports where anything goes as long as the referee doesn't see it?
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Retired guy, take a breath, I said "in our game", you know the game we play here in TV. I didn't say the PGA should hand out gimmes. What Ernie Els did last year was a once in a career type event. Lexi's score card wasn't incorrect until the next day when she was assessed a penalty, I think they are incorrect in adding an additional penalty of top of the original penalty. If she didn't realize that she had marked the ball a 1/2" different, how can she penalize herself. If she had realized the fact, then she would of probably put the ball where it was originally 1/2" different. If a ball is in a spike mark, then mark your ball, remark the coin laterally, fix the spike mark, then move the coin back. Did you ever see anyone putt out of their own pitchmark? No.
Basically this is what happened. If the hole is at the 3 O'clock position, the marker is slightly off angle. When placing the ball back on the putting surface in front of the marker, would probably shorten the 12" putt by 1/4" to 1/2" inch.
