decision...is the penalty warranted, or not? I say it is...rather than protect the existing lie, BD used his feet to push down several tufts of fescue in the expected line of his swing.

Even if the grass were in its original position, it clearly would not have interfered with his backswing. The fact that the R&A took so long to make the ruling among themselves, even given Bryson's histrionics, shows there was disagreement among themselves whether to give the penalty.

Bryson is a jerk. I believe the call was technically correct.

Why did it take so long to enforce it?

I have no problem with him disputing it or
withdrawing. His call.

Future fescue incursions by all golfers must be equally monitored.


Conor’s Trump connection is off the wall TDS.

Because the rules were a low priority to Bryson. Take advantage of any opportunity and cheat if you can get away with --- the hallmark of Trumpism. And if called out, fake outage ... become a victim.

It has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

on social media, which then got referred to tournament officials. There was no R&A official on scene when Bryson hit his shot.

As for monitoring, the vast majority of professional golfers...and amateurs playing in state golf association tournaments...learn the rules of golf and abide by them when no one is watching...i.e. calling penalties on themselves, even if the occurrence was by accident.

Re: DeChambeau & Trump...a) there are numerous videos of BD being effusive in his praise for DJT, and b) there are numerous videos of DJT Cheating and falsely claiming golf prowess...not to mention videos of him purposely driving his golf cart across a green...iit's really hard to separate them when it comes to an infraction like this.

The only people who are 'deranged' are those who support Trump...after having seen the mountains of evidence of his unfitness for public office.

The TDS on uhnd is bordering on lunacy.

Every effing post turns into a Trump bash.

It’s pure spamming and is ruining any intelligent discussion
of an issue.

the field...hopefully, you now understand why they had to act.

Weren’t the officials watching the TV feed?
It took a snitch and bitch and a media frenzy to wake them up.

I don’t like fans getting involved in penalties.
Change the protocol if you have to.
But late calls are poor officiating.


“Travesty” and “protect the field”?

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It is incessant here on The OF.
It’s ruining any intelligent discussion.

others who often criticized him for anything and everything...real or imagined. Don't throw stones when you live in a glass house.

No shit politics are discussed on the OF.
No shit Trump is fair game in these political posts.

But utter bullshit that spamming a TDS post
in the middle of a thread about golf or any other
non-political post is considered sane.

It’s disrespectful to posters who want to
legitimately discuss non-political posts.

He improved his lie. There was zero chance he was going to get a clean shot at that ball if he didn't improve his lie.

The only part I disagree with is the R&A said his actions were "inadvertent". They were being kind. No chance that was inadvertent. He knew exactly what he was doing when he went stomping through the fescue. He went in there with intention.

Totally a penalty. He earned it. Good on the R&A for not being soft on him.

And like a typical dishonest Trump supporter, he played the “victim” card, outraged and threatening to quit the tournament.

He’s an asshole, as are the lion’s share of LIV players.

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Americans to call him out...to be silent is to allow the harm to continue. Again, the only deranged ones are those who support Trump in the face of all the evidence of his Criminality and Immorality.

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It would be just another instance of throwing more pearls in your direction...

these days. Once in a while I will win a long drive in a captain and crew because I get to use the senior tees.

Cheat in all of Golf...way to support a fellow MAGA there TC...;-)