welcome to the Pro's, Michelle...
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:54 pm
Wie was disqualified Sunday after her round when officials determined she incorrectly dropped a ball Saturday. That mistake should have added two shots to Wie's score of 71. Since Wie signed for the 71 instead of 73, she was guilty of signing an incorrect scorecard, which forced the disqualification.
The 16-year-old from Honolulu had just hit her 5-wood into a Gold Lantana bush, forcing her to take an unplayable lie. She took two drops away from the desert plant, then chipped to 15 feet and made the critical par. It was a phenomenal shot, and veteran sports analysts and former PGA judges were amazed. Mark Rolfing said "I watched the whole thing, and it looked fine to me. In my 19 years, I've never seen anything like this happen †™ ¢‚¬„¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¢†™‚¢‚¢¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¬¦‚¡¢‚¬Å¡‚¬†™‚¢‚¢¢¢¬…¡‚¬? not a drop from an unplayable lie."
The BIG problem with this is that it was reported by a Sports Illustrated reporter, but he neglected to do so until after the drop disqualified her. He said he "forgot" because he was in reporter mode. fucking jerk... She would have still placed with the drop penalty, which was a few inches away, and they had to measure it with line to determine. But he purposely waited until she signed her card, and thus she was disqualified. It is unprecendented for a reporter to do this: the only time anyone tried to do this before was on Tiger Woods, when he was debuting, and many call foul play.
The error cost Wie a fourth-place finish in the tournament and a potential first check of $53,126.
Robert O. Smith, a rules official for the LPGA, said he viewed a videotape of the drop.
"If I had to make the ruling based on the videotape, to me it was inconclusive," Smith said.
Rolfing from NBC said "If I had thought there was any situation that was questionable, I would have said it on air."
Smith, LPGA tournament officials Jim Haley, Wie and Johnston returned to the seventh hole after Wie completed play Sunday. After an explanation of what Wie had done, they asked her and her caddy to "approximate" the site of the drop...
However, it was on the video footage, that Wie conducted two drops on the seventh hole Saturday, and both times the ball rolled closer to the hole. There was still a tree in play, which is clearly seen in the footage. Besides, the first time, she felt it was two close and had it measured with that "triangle thing" :roll: and it was.
After the second drop, Wie's caddy, Greg Johnston, pointed to the place where the ball had struck the ground and Wie placed it there and hit it, Rolfing said.
Everyone had difficulty placing the second shot, so they measured approximately.,.. and after measuring the approximate site (which is not the same as on the actual video tape footage, with string, Smith determined Wie's drop had been improper.
Wie could have simply added the two-stroke penalty to her card if the violation had been revealed before she signed her scorecard Saturday. Once she signed that card, she violated Rule 6, signing an incorrect card, which automatically results in disqualification. Instead a reporter wainted until after she signed her card to bring this to attention.
No one thinks she did it on purpose, and once her terars dried, she was resolved to learn from the whole thing.
Anna Sorenstam won the tour, but that is not suprising. She rocks the green,
Of Wie's disqualification - tiger woods said "Get used to it," and groaned in remeberance of when they used to try and disqualify him for everything so they could dishearten him.
The 16-year-old from Honolulu had just hit her 5-wood into a Gold Lantana bush, forcing her to take an unplayable lie. She took two drops away from the desert plant, then chipped to 15 feet and made the critical par. It was a phenomenal shot, and veteran sports analysts and former PGA judges were amazed. Mark Rolfing said "I watched the whole thing, and it looked fine to me. In my 19 years, I've never seen anything like this happen †™ ¢‚¬„¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¢†™‚¢‚¢¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¬¦‚¡¢‚¬Å¡‚¬†™‚¢‚¢¢¢¬…¡‚¬? not a drop from an unplayable lie."
The BIG problem with this is that it was reported by a Sports Illustrated reporter, but he neglected to do so until after the drop disqualified her. He said he "forgot" because he was in reporter mode. fucking jerk... She would have still placed with the drop penalty, which was a few inches away, and they had to measure it with line to determine. But he purposely waited until she signed her card, and thus she was disqualified. It is unprecendented for a reporter to do this: the only time anyone tried to do this before was on Tiger Woods, when he was debuting, and many call foul play.
The error cost Wie a fourth-place finish in the tournament and a potential first check of $53,126.
Robert O. Smith, a rules official for the LPGA, said he viewed a videotape of the drop.
"If I had to make the ruling based on the videotape, to me it was inconclusive," Smith said.
Rolfing from NBC said "If I had thought there was any situation that was questionable, I would have said it on air."
Smith, LPGA tournament officials Jim Haley, Wie and Johnston returned to the seventh hole after Wie completed play Sunday. After an explanation of what Wie had done, they asked her and her caddy to "approximate" the site of the drop...
However, it was on the video footage, that Wie conducted two drops on the seventh hole Saturday, and both times the ball rolled closer to the hole. There was still a tree in play, which is clearly seen in the footage. Besides, the first time, she felt it was two close and had it measured with that "triangle thing" :roll: and it was.
After the second drop, Wie's caddy, Greg Johnston, pointed to the place where the ball had struck the ground and Wie placed it there and hit it, Rolfing said.
Everyone had difficulty placing the second shot, so they measured approximately.,.. and after measuring the approximate site (which is not the same as on the actual video tape footage, with string, Smith determined Wie's drop had been improper.
Wie could have simply added the two-stroke penalty to her card if the violation had been revealed before she signed her scorecard Saturday. Once she signed that card, she violated Rule 6, signing an incorrect card, which automatically results in disqualification. Instead a reporter wainted until after she signed her card to bring this to attention.
No one thinks she did it on purpose, and once her terars dried, she was resolved to learn from the whole thing.
Anna Sorenstam won the tour, but that is not suprising. She rocks the green,
Of Wie's disqualification - tiger woods said "Get used to it," and groaned in remeberance of when they used to try and disqualify him for everything so they could dishearten him.
