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Originally Posted by bulldogskid
The 2 marshalls on the hole in question, have a diiferent version than Tiger.
Marshal: I didn't say anything to Tiger about Sergio
Well, when they heard that remark from Woods, the marshals were surprised. One of them, Gary Anderson, said on Sunday, “He didn’t ask us nothing, and we didn’t say nothing. We’re told not to talk to the players.”
Anderson’s boss, John North, was the chief marshal for the first three holes. He stood over Woods’s ball to protect it from the throng and was five feet away when Woods played his shot. North has worked the tournament as a volunteer marshal for 30 years, he’s a graduate of the Naval Academy, he served in Vietnam, he’s a FedEx pilot and he donates his round on the Stadium course for being a volunteer to the Wounded Warriors project.
“Nothing was said to us and we certainly said nothing to him,” North said. “I was disappointed to hear him make those remarks. We’re there to help the players and enhance the experience of the fans. He was saying what was good for him. It lacked character.”
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This is one very small aspect of the story. It has no really effect except that it added to Tiger's side. It could have been that someone said that Sergio hit and Tiger thought it was the marshall.
It doesn't matter if he was told that Sergio had hit. Pulling a club from your bag while you are 50 yards away from your fellow competitor is in no way discourteous. Tiger had no idea that the fan would react to that action.
And like I said before, in most cases, the guy that had a problem would have simply approached the other guy o the next tee and let him know what had happened. It was obvious that Tiger had no idea what had transpired.
I go back to the question; Why didn't Sergio back off? He had plenty of time.
This is just another case of Sergio looking to blame something or someone for his bad shot. It's never his fault. He's always the victim.