Tiger, 1st Tee Shot today gets a fan involved
 

So the fan KNOCKS the ball back into play while it is in air, camera caught the whole thing. Raises his arm and hand in air to kock it down.

What is your opinion? I know the rule obviously.

Ok I was wrong. An official should have estimated where the ball would have landed and made Tiger drop from there. Did that happen? No.

What is that smell? Fishy smell. NO WAY WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE AROUND THAT THEY DID NOT CATCH THAT. ESPECIALLY WITH THE REPLAY, THE GUYS IN THE BOOTH. BOGUS. BOGUS.

The fan's action was intentional.

In that case ... the true path of the ball must be estimated ... and the ball placed there for the second shot.

But there was no official around ... and none of the players was in a position to judge whether the act was intentional or not. So Tiger got a big break which probably saved him a stroke.

Show me that in the rules of golf Curt....are you sure that is the rule before you say anything?

Kevin they had a rules official on and yes that is what he said. Lord knows I would not say that man without hearing it from an official. Actually Kev Lanny Wadkins was the one who said that they conferred with an official and that is the rule.

im sure they have received a million phone calls already about it...and they were right. This was from the USGA decesions book.

Q. A player overshoots a green. A spectator (X) who is standing behind the green deliberately deflects or stops the ball. According to the Note under Rule 19-1, equity (Rule 1-4) applies. What is the equitable procedure in this case?

A. In a case where the ball might have come to rest where X was situated if he had not deliberately deflected or stopped it, the player should be required to drop the ball at the spot where X was situated. For example, if another spectator (Y) had been behind X, the ball might have struck Y, if X had avoided it, and come to rest where X was situated.
If there is no question that the ball would have come to rest somewhere else if X had not deflected or stopped it, the Committee must make a judgment as to where the ball would have come to rest, giving the player the benefit of any doubt. For example, if no person or object had been behind X and without any doubt the ball would have come to rest either in a lateral water hazard behind the green or in the rough just short of the hazard, the Committee should require the player to drop the ball in the rough just short of the hazard.

F Nike for making him(or even asking him)to wear that sht today.Looks like a blouse from '71.

lmfao:D LMFAO:D

You'd wear that too if they paid you the same amount they are paying him:eek: :eek:

Be leading by 3 if he could find a fairway.

I'd wear a skirt with a bra and run down I-70 for miles every day

Show me the money

Rumor has it......never mind.