Golf US Open

[oldcolner]

Tommy Fleetwood posts 63 to go +2 in the clubhouse and is currently second. It’s possible that will win it
Koepka is in the lead after 11 on +1 having just dropped a shot.

[oldcolner]

It stays that way!

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Fleetwood from Southport could and perhaps should have carded a 61.

Great effort though!

[Supersub6]

They cheat at golf ---players hitting the ball when it is moving because he didn't like where it was going to finish up ----and, apart from penalty shots, he didn't get penalised.
Australians do a bit of tampering with the ball at cricket and get banned for a year whilst a cheating golfer walks away with US$27,952. Nice work if you can get it.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

He knew the rules and ignored the spirit of proper protocol of golf.

The USPGA should have disqualified him, but unfortunately did not have the cojones to do it!

[Supersub6]

He knew the rules and ignored the spirit of proper protocol of golf.

The USPGA should have disqualified him, but unfortunately did not have the cojones to do it!

No ---he cheated ----and got away with it, in fact, he was rewarded quite well for doing so and will, no doubt, be playing for megabucks in some other tournament within days.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

No ---he cheated ----and got away with it, in fact, he was rewarded quite well for doing so and will, no doubt, be playing for megabucks in some other tournament within days.

I've played golf for forty years and never once so anyone cheat. It's just not done.

Mickelson deliberately hit a moving ball and the punishment is a two shot penalty. Not cricket though!

[Supersub6]

So this was against the protocol of golf but isn't cheating, therefore, a player diving at football is against the protocol of football so it should not be considered as cheating or trying to gain an advantage. As a golfer BT. you must agree with that fact ---don't you?
Both actions are pre-meditated and both should be penalised because they are against the Laws of the game, therefore, they are illegal ----people who commit illegal offences are trying to cheat the system.

You can't really defend his actions, can you?
I am not trying to get at you with this, I am a non-golfer and genuinely interested as to why you consider it is not cheating.

[exilecanada]

He knew the rules and ignored the spirit of proper protocol of golf.

The USGA should have disqualified him, but unfortunately did not have the cojones to do it!

As for Phil’s antics, that’s just Phil being Phil. There’s an underlying issue here: It’s no secret he’s not best pleased with USGA course setups. There’s no question in my mind he planned that protest ahead of time. Did he cheat or not………..he went against the rules and was penalized accordingly. Most other players would have been DQ’d for disrespecting the integrity of the game. I memory serves, Tiger was under threat of disqualification at The Masters a few years ago, he wasn’t dq’d either. Both Phil and Tiger hold a lot of power in today’s game, be that right or wrong, it’s the way it is!

[Supersub6]

As for Phil’s antics, that’s just Phil being Phil. There’s an underlying issue here: It’s no secret he’s not best pleased with USGA course setups. There’s no question in my mind he planned that protest ahead of time. Did he cheat or not………..he went against the rules and was penalized accordingly. Most other players would have been DQ’d for disrespecting the integrity of the game. I memory serves, Tiger was under threat of disqualification at The Masters a few years ago, he wasn’t dq’d either. Both Phil and Tiger hold a lot of power in today’s game, be that right or wrong, it’s the way it is!

Thanks exile, so, in other words, there is one rule for some and another one for others. It is corrupt like so much other sport these days.