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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I still think that Lexi Thompson should have been expelled from the ladies tour for cheating in the 2017 ANA tournament. There is no question that she was or is a cheater.
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I personally know professional athletes and olympic level athletes who know all the rules, and also know how to push into the grey area between what's allowed and what will be called as "cheating." That's why refs, umps, officials, and video replay now exist. . . Players shouldn't be trusted with following the rules, and to protect the players from others who cheat, or human officiating.
There is cheating from adding the total score, and there is cheating at the execution in the game. I think people can confuse the two. Cheating in execution during the competition is about what the rules are for. That is where the athlete can make or break a shot, like Lexi T did and Tiger W did the same at a master's tournament, caught by the cameraman and replay, the grey area between the rules and people actually calling foul. That's why there are rules officials during tournaments to protect the players from themselves, and I am proposing the same idea with paperwork. . . there are now limits to people from home watching calling in fouls in pga tournaments, which did happen and players got caught in execution . . . that doesn't happen in any other sport either, being officiated by the watching public
Paperwork should not be part of the player's responsibility any more. I have worked at a PGA tournament, there are plenty of people available to able to be a scorer, . . . just like there are exams and qualifications to be umps and referees, there can be the same for PGA on field scorers doing paperwork. I met retired golf groupies who travel in RVs from tournament to tournament around the country for the travel and the free meals and watching what they love.
its just a centuries old process held over by traditionalists.
still try to change my mind