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View Poll Results: How do you feel about Mickelson's actions of hitting a moving ball? | |||
I'm a Phil fan and think the penalty was appropriate. | 51 | 39.23% | |
I'm a Phil fan, but think he should have been DQ'd. | 43 | 33.08% | |
I'm not a Phil fan, but think the penalty was appropriate. | 17 | 13.08% | |
I'm not a Phil fan and think he should have been DQ'd. | 19 | 14.62% | |
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He probably wanted disqualified to be put out of his misery!! A news article quoted his wife as saying that Phil offered to withdraw.
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Why would think he should be disqualified. The penalty for hitting a moving ball is two strokes. He accepted the penalty and completed the hole, completed the round and completed the tournament. Everything was within the rules of golf.
Phil's action was actually a pretty smart strategy as he knew exactly what he was doing and was simply taking advantage of the rules. had he let the ball go, it would have rolled down behind the bunker where he would have had no chance of getting it up and down and it was likely that it would end up rolling off the green again and again. What's the difference between that and taking a drop from an obstruction in the rough onto the fringe as the rules allow?
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Hint...Rule 1-2. Quote:
It isn't nearly as cut & dried...as you're trying to make it. Last edited by ColdNoMore; 06-17-2018 at 08:44 PM. |
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I supposed they could have invoked disqualification but I would defer to people who are much more knowledgeable about the rules than I am before I would say, "should have".
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Here's my point... Why Phil Mickelson didn'''t get disqualified from the U.S. Open | Golf.com Quote:
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. |
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I'm certainly no PGA rules expert but just another observer in the comfort of their living room with rule book, wings, and Budweiser. Are the rules committee referring to Exception 1, and or note 1 and 2 of rule 1-2 ? Just curiosity on my part.
Last edited by DonH57; 06-18-2018 at 07:14 AM. |
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OK ToTVrs. 2018 US Open is over.
Can we please forgive and forget...about Mickelson's error in judgement...that's what I believe it was, and that his emotions got the best of him. period from: Amy Mickelson: Phil Mickelson offered to withdraw from U.S. Open Beth Ann Nichols, Golfweek Amy Mickelson, dressed in solid black like her husband, stood off the side of the pro shop porch. For as long as they’ve been in this together, Saturday night at the U.S. Open was like nothing they’d experienced before. Phil knew the rule, Amy said, but when he got home and heard all the talk about disqualification, he picked up the phone during the afternoon telecast. “When he heard that, he called Mike Davis and said, ‘If I’ve done something that crosses the line that much, then I need to withdraw immediately,’ ” Amy said. Davis, the USGA's CEO, assured Phil that he was well within the rules. He closed with a 1-under 69 on a much more receptive Shinnecock Hills. “You know it’s not his finest moment,” said Amy, “but hopefully he’ll learn from it. Like anybody, good people make mistakes. We all have a moment in life sometimes and that was kind of a moment I think for him.”
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Two points: First, the NY area golf fans are notorious for their terrible behavior. Trust me; the players hate it. But they "say" they like it because if they bitch, the fans will REALLY light 'em up. It's golf, not basketball, football, baseball or hockey. They think that owning a ticket entitles to act like jerks. I'd leave room for the possibility that the U.S. Open and PGA Championship ditch the NY area in the future, giving those fans what they deserve. Act like that at Augusta and you're gone--also losing you "grandfathered" ticket status.
Second: Phil has used his popularity to make points on past issues (like threatening to move to Florida to avoid California's prohibitive taxes--just like other pros). I get Phil's point--if he was also making one. The USGA does not choose to learn from its previous mistakes that resulted in unfair course setups. Mike Davis, the PGA's course set-up guy missed his weather forecast. These players are "entertainer/athletes. I was not "entertained". In my view, it wasn't golf--it was Putt-Putt. I'm a P.G.T.A.Master Golf Teacher, playing better than scratch--when my back is not bothering me. But if the USGA offered to fly me to LaGuardia, chopper me over to this course as it is, let me play for free and fly me home, I'd pass. It wouldn't be fun shooting over 100. |
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He’s human. The pressure got to him momentarily. He recovered quickly. Took the penalty and moved on. Handled all interviews professionally.
Case closed. Thanks |
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