One thing that hasn't been mentioned is when the Volunteers reported to a rules official the incident. It may not have been mentioned until the next day. Even then, Ms. Wie is the only one at fault here.

no wok good

After the next round??? Wie wasn't informed apparently until she finished play the NEXT day. You know a hell of a lot more about this game than I but Kev that seems pretty arbitrary. Although the game has past precedent for retroactive rule enforcement.

A couple strange ones I vaguely remember and help me out golf fans for accuracy. I seem to remember a case where a viewer at home on a Saturday telecast called into to inquire about some player laying down a towel in a bunker or hazzard under his knee before playng his next shot which was a) viewed as improving his lie (2 shot penalty) and thus b) he signed an incorrect scorecard and was DQ'd and may have either been leading or near the top when the offense occurred.

The other was also a meddling viewer calling in about a double hit that was caught in tape but not enforced by the player which also led to a DQ. I am sure there are others as strange as these.

What other game allows the fans at home to blow the whistle on a player that leads to a DQ because of what is seen on TV?

Wie screwed up and paid for it as written. The game however does should move forward some with the scoring rules and how they are recorded IMO but the golfing world probably interprets my view as unnecessary.

When was the last time a rule of golf was amended or is it more the USGA publishes legal and illegal equipment suggestions...eg the trampoline effect being outlawed on illegal clubs.

Craig Stadler, who used the towel under a tree because he didn't want to get his pants dirty.

That was because they didn't want to cause a big scene right in the middle of the golf course, by pulling her out in the middle of the round. They caught it right after she teed off the next day. Most pro DQ's I can recall of, they were informed the next day, but before their tee time.
I've actually DQ'd an opponent in a high school match before (guy hit his tee shot to unplayable, so was playing 3 from the tee, three putted and said he took a 5 on a 410yd par 4, that our golf coach said to play as a par 5 if tee shot wasn't in the fairway and within 160 of the hole. No way was I letting that go!)

"People are going to write hateful stuff about me and that's fine with me. ... Good rounds and low scores can solve everything."

Now that's funny

so what does shooting 81 in the pro-am yesterday solve for her?