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the called-in after-the-fact golf ruling that I remember was when someone took a shot from his knees and some dork pointed out that because he used a

Posted by zork Apr 13 '13, 13:05

towel to protect his pants meant that he "built a stance", or whatever the wording of the rule is, and should have called a penalty on himself. Of course, the scorecard had been signed and he was DQ'd (forget who it was).

Thing is that every golfer digs in his feet in a bunker, moving the ground around, and nobody is called for building a stance.

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It stands to reason that a dumb sport would have dumb rules. :-) -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 14:23
except Tiger admitted in the post-round interview that he knowingly placed his ball not as close as possible to the original position -- nm - charlie Apr 13, 13:58
Craig Stadler. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 13:08 3
- and then there's McIlroy who got penalised for kicking the sand *after* a crappy shot. - zork Apr 13, 13:12
- He was my favorite back in the day. The Walrus -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 13:10 1
  - and Seve -- nm - Bacon Apr 13, 13:12

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