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#2,351
#2,351
they couldn't stop in the middle of the 3rd round while she figured out exactly what her actions were after the 2nd round. they have to keep action moving on the course.
 
#2,352
#2,352
doozer said:
they couldn't stop in the middle of the 3rd round while she figured out exactly what her actions were after the 2nd round. they have to keep action moving on the course.
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they have stopped players in the middle of their round before, are suggesting that it's not possible at all?
 
#2,353
#2,353
crazyguy said:
I didn't say that they would not disqualify another player...but they did let her play through the 3rd round. I'm suggesting that perhaps this would not have happened with another player.
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I heard the explanation for that.

The LPGA had no idea that there was a problem since they were looking at a signed scorecard. It didn't come to light until Saturday that she had signed the card only after leaving the scoring area and coming back. Since she was already on the course, they waited until she completed her round to hear her side of the story before making a ruling.
 
#2,354
#2,354
GAVol said:
I heard the explanation for that.

The LPGA had no idea that there was a problem since they were looking at a signed scorecard. It didn't come to light until Saturday that she had signed the card only after leaving the scoring area and coming back. Since she was already on the course, they waited until she completed her round to hear her side of the story before making a ruling.
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sounds legit to me. Thanks for clearing it up.
 
#2,355
#2,355
crazyguy said:
they have stopped players in the middle of their round before, are suggesting that it's not possible at all?
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you don't think she gets the chance to explain her side of the story? when do you expect them to allow her that opportunity? in the middle of the round? of course not. so they waited.
 
#2,356
#2,356
doozer said:
you don't think she gets the chance to explain her side of the story? when do you expect them to allow her that opportunity? in the middle of the round? of course not. so they waited.
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they've pulled players aside during the course of play before. I speculated, and I was wrong...no big deal.
 
#2,357
#2,357
who caught the rule? have they said?

i'd imagine she's under a microscope and somebody there was just waiting with a rule book to catch her on something.
 
#2,361
#2,361
crazyguy said:
that's kindof the attitude that I have been hinting at all along.
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I guess there's a slight chance something like that happened, but I doubt it.

Obviously I wasn't there but . . . chances are, the volunteers manning the scoring tent didn't even realize anything had happened and then somebody recounted what happened to sombody that knew the rules.

I actually witnessed something like this happen at a Nike Tour event where I was in the scorers tent. We realized a guy hadn't signed his card about 30 seconds after he left the tent and there was nothing we could do since there was a rules official right next to me.
 
#2,366
#2,366
crazyguy said:
Sluman Disqualified for Using Mislabeled Ball - New York Times
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There was clearly no choice but to DQ Sluman on the spot for that violation. SLuman knew what he had done and called it on himself. It was cut and dried.

In Wie's case, the LPGA had a signed scorecard and a story that Wie had left the scoring area illegally before coming back and signing the card. They didn't even know there was a problem until Wie was on the course Saturday and they needed to hear Wie's side of the story. They weren't going to stop the entire golf course and hold People's Court for 15 minutes trying to sort things out.
 
#2,368
#2,368
doozer said:
different set of circumstances.

he had already broken the rule, alerted an official as such, so when the ruling came, they yanked him.
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I stated that players had been yanked before, you didn't remember. I gave an example of a player being yanked-I did not say that the circumstances were the same.
 
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#2,369
GAVol said:
There was clearly no choice but to DQ Sluman on the spot for that violation. SLuman knew what he had done and called it on himself. It was cut and dried.

In Wie's case, the LPGA had a signed scorecard and a story that Wie had left the scoring area illegally before coming back and signing the card. They didn't even know there was a problem until Wie was on the course Saturday and they needed to hear Wie's side of the story. They weren't going to stop the entire golf course and hold People's Court for 15 minutes trying to sort things out.
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I already said that my speculation on Wie was incorrect. Even in the sluman situation the waited 3 holes before pulling him out.
 
#2,372
#2,372
no. we were talking about scorecards errors and somebody getting pulled or stopped in the middle of the round.

i feel this turning into a 12 year old i said, you said debate.
 
#2,373
#2,373
If she'd just have signed the card like she was supposed to, she'd have made a 6 figure check today and we wouldn't have had to derail this thread.
 
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