I have played/ fun and competed against professionals and they all know the rules, they all know the grey areas, and most play to the dark edge of the grey area, for the psychological perceived advantage. Some go over the dark edge, most don't.
But sports requires rules and officials because the game is played with humans. . .
The problem is that there are many ways to cheat, The problem i have with the golf rules is even when I am being honest, not trying to cheat, and I don't see something / i don't feel something, someone else tells me it happened and i get penalized, it appears to me to be just a different point of view. . . remember, its not cheating if you truly believe it didn't happen. . .
John Cook related when a course official came up to him and assessed him a penalty for double hit out of a bunker. Cookie just said, "I never felt it, but whatever you say" Sometimes it just comes down to a different viewing angle to interpret the infraction. again, humans interpreting the rules from a different point of view. sometimes one angle of view can see it and another can't see it.
Golf rules were created when there was no TV cameras, no officials, and just two to four golfers together. . . so the origin of rules makes sense. How they are held over today / with cameras etc, may mean adjusting a few . .
but either way, penalty or no penalty, the golfer still must make the shot. . .
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