Golf ends the ridiculous viewer call-in rule
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Golf kills off the dumbest rule in sports: the tattletale viewer
And yet, that absurdity has been on the books, a legitimate option, in golf for years. Now, at long last, in the year 2017, golf’s governing bodies have finally seen the light: as of Jan. 1, viewers won’t be allowed to call in rules violations. A rules official will be on site to watch video broadcasts of the tournament, but the calls from whining, interfering viewers will go unanswered.
Not only that, players won’t get tagged with a two-stroke penalty for signing an incorrect scorecard even if they didn’t know it was incorrect when they signed it. Sing hallelujah! Raise a toast to sheer freaking common sense!
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And yes, I get, follow and support the concept of...
'protecting the field.'
The problem I have always had with viewers calling in potential rules violations, is the fact that TV coverage is very limited and has no chance of showing every shot of each player...thereby setting up an unfair situation.
Therefore, that inequity is something that can never be fairly addressed...and only affects a small % of the field.
Now if golf's ruling bodies would add a simple rule that divots are considered 'ground under repair' (I mean shoot, that should be a no-brainer)...then another large wrong could be righted.
