Michelle Wie

[golfer]

Originally Posted by GPK

Nope...it's the same for everyone. As long as everyone is playing under the same rule, there is nothing unfair about it. And this isn't just PGA Tournament golf...the same thing goes in amatuer competition as well. Michelle has been playing in tournament long enough to know the rule.

I don't think it is unfair, just silly. The game has changed a bit since these rules were created in the late 1800's. Frankly, it's not even necessary for the player's to keep their own score anymore, with shotlink, volunteers and rules officials following every group, etc..
I'm not making excuses for what she did, but this agregious violation of the rules did not occur on the course, and as Doc wrote, wasn't even dealt with until the next day, after she had already completed a round that didn't count.
They did away with the stymie, they need to go back into their biblical book of rules and update them. Just my opinion.