[JGVillages]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

Here's my point...

Why Phil Mickelson didn'''t get disqualified from the U.S. Open | Golf.com





Are you now going to try and argue that David Fay..."isn't qualified or knowledgeable?"

As I said, it isn't nearly as cut & dried...as you seem to think.

Here is the problem:
“A serious breach of that rule means the rules committee can impose a penalty of DQ.”

The USGA rule is not ironclad when they state “ serious” and “can impose a penalty”. This leaves the players action open to interpretation of both these phrases by the committee. Best guess the wording should/will be addressed to make the rule ironclad. List the specific exceptions ie: wind moving ball as it was struck, and so on. Beyond the specific exceptions it’s a DQ.