SI reporter gets Michelle Wie disqualified from her first pro tournament.

**alnorth** · 10-17-2005, 06:38 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172428,00.html

On Saturday afternoon, Michelle Wie hit into a bush and had to take a drop for an unplayable lie. After the drop, she eyeballed it and determined the ball was not closer to the hole and played on. Michael Bamberger, a reporter for Sports Illustrated, watched the drop and thought it looked a bit closer to the hole, but said nothing. Tourney officials didnt watch any of this and a routine review of the drop on videotape convinced them that everything was proper.

On Sunday afternoon, Wie finished in 4th place and signed her scorecard. THEN, the SI reporter went to tournament officials and complained that Wie broke the rules by dropping the ball closer to the hole and playing on with only a 1-stroke penalty instead of a 2-stroke penalty.

Tournament officials took Michelle out to the bush and asked her to point to where the ball was under the bush and where she dropped the ball. After taking out the measuring tape and carefully measuring the distance it was determined that the drop was about 10 or 11 inches closer to the hole. Since she had signed her score card, she was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.

Had the SI reporter whined and bitched about the drop on Saturday evening or Sunday morning, Wie would have been able to finish in 4th place.

Amnorix · 10-17-2005, 06:42 AM

What in the world would possess a reporter to do this? I could care less about golf, but that's just being a sucky human being.

SCChief · 10-17-2005, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172428,00.html

On Saturday afternoon, Michelle Wie hit into a bush and had to take a drop for an unplayable lie. After the drop, she eyeballed it and determined the ball was not closer to the hole and played on. Michael Bamberger, a reporter for Sports Illustrated, watched the drop and thought it looked a bit closer to the hole, but said nothing. Tourney officials didnt watch any of this and a routine review of the drop on videotape convinced them that everything was proper.

On Sunday afternoon, Wie finished in 4th place and signed her scorecard. THEN, the SI reporter went to tournament officials and complained that Wie broke the rules by dropping the ball closer to the hole and playing on with only a 1-stroke penalty instead of a 2-stroke penalty.

Tournament officials took Michelle out to the bush and asked her to point to where the ball was under the bush and where she dropped the ball. After taking out the measuring tape and carefully measuring the distance it was determined that the drop was about 10 or 11 inches closer to the hole. Since she had signed her score card, she was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.

Had the SI reporter whined and bitched about the drop on Saturday evening or Sunday morning, Wie would have been able to finish in 4th place.

Yeah. This pisses me off. This kid is a new pro, and prone to mistakes. I wonder which opposing golfer the reporter was pulling for, because he obviously decided to sabotage her the day after the incident. Especially when golf officials reviewed the tape and felt she was right the first day.

Objective reporter my butt.

Ultra Peanut · 10-17-2005, 06:44 AM

Michael Bamberger = goatfelching assclown.

ZootedGranny · 10-17-2005, 06:57 AM

I can't remember the exact situation, but a while back the officials DQ'd a guy for something similar after a regular joe watching the tournament called into the PGA and alerted them to a rule break.

In fact, it's happened more than once.

SCChief · 10-17-2005, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ZootedGranny

I can't remember the exact situation, but a while back the officials DQ'd a guy for something similar after a regular joe watching the tournament called into the PGA and alerted them to a rule break.

In fact, it's happened more than once.

Aye. It has.

Still ticks me off. If a fan of the Chiefs calls into league offices and complains about a documented bad referee call, do they forfeit that call afterwards? Nope.

I think that golf is a bass-acwards sport anyway, but this just proves it... when someone who is not a golf official can influence a tourney and cost someone 50k, you have to take a hard look at your sport.

Ultra Peanut · 10-17-2005, 07:10 AM

Agreed. Golf is ****ing stupid.

If they can't make sure officials are there to make sure every single thing is by the letter, then they shouldn't be disqualifying someone for being less than a foot off in their eyeball estimation.

Brock · 10-17-2005, 07:22 AM

Craig Stadler got disqualified for kneeling on a towel. Turned me off of golf forever.

jidar · 10-17-2005, 07:22 AM

That reporter is a shithead. No doubt.

That said, I find it hard to critisize Golf for this sort of thing. One way to look at it is that they take the rules seriously enough to allow anyone to alert them of a rules infraction. It's shitty for people who get pinched later and can't go back and undo what has happened, but it does give a great incentive to every Golfer to play it as straight as possible.

In most other sports someone is always trying to put one over on the officials or cheat the system somehow, golf doesn't really have that problem so they must be doing something right.

Ultra Peanut · 10-17-2005, 07:24 AM

Yeah... golf just retroactively punishes people for doing something they didn't know was wrong in the first place. GO GOLF!

teedubya · 10-17-2005, 07:27 AM

I dont even like golf, but this guy sounds like a total cockhead... a real goatfelching assclown.

jspchief · 10-17-2005, 07:28 AM

So if Wie had taken the time to get out her tape measure and determine for herself if the ball was actually closer to the hole, how many stroke penalty would she have received for slow play?

The notion that those 11 inches actually affected the outcome, and the idea that she's somehow supposed to recognize an 11 inch discrepency from hundreds of feet away is absurd.

donkhater · 10-17-2005, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Psicosis

Yeah... golf just retroactively punishes people for doing something they didn't know was wrong in the first place. GO GOLF!

Michelle Wie is a professional glofer.

I, donkhater, being at best a 16 handicap, know that a free drop cannot be closer to the hole.

Michelle Wie disqualified herself. It was a VERY amatuerish mistake on her part.

SCChief · 10-17-2005, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

So if Wie had taken the time to get out her tape measure and determine for herself if the ball was actually closer to the hole, how many stroke penalty would she have received for slow play?

The notion that those 11 inches actually affected the outcome, and the idea that she's somehow supposed to recognize an 11 inch discrepency from hundreds of feet away is absurd.

Exactly. I have great depth perception, but a little ball from hundreds of feet away?

Ultra Peanut · 10-17-2005, 07:38 AM

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I, donkhater, being at best a 16 handicap, know that a free drop cannot be closer to the hole.

If she had known it was closer to the hole by that imperceptibly small amount, she wouldn't have ****ing dropped it there.

10-17-2005, 06:38 AM
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57176239	SI reporter gets Michelle Wie disqualified from her first pro tournament. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172428,00.html On Saturday afternoon, Michelle Wie hit into a bush and had to take a drop for an unplayable lie. After the drop, she eyeballed it and determined the ball was not closer to the hole and played on. Michael Bamberger, a reporter for Sports Illustrated, watched the drop and thought it looked a bit closer to the hole, but said nothing. Tourney officials didnt watch any of this and a routine review of the drop on videotape convinced them that everything was proper. On Sunday afternoon, Wie finished in 4th place and signed her scorecard. THEN, the SI reporter went to tournament officials and complained that Wie broke the rules by dropping the ball closer to the hole and playing on with only a 1-stroke penalty instead of a 2-stroke penalty. Tournament officials took Michelle out to the bush and asked her to point to where the ball was under the bush and where she dropped the ball. After taking out the measuring tape and carefully measuring the distance it was determined that the drop was about 10 or 11 inches closer to the hole. Since she had signed her score card, she was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. Had the SI reporter whined and bitched about the drop on Saturday evening or Sunday morning, Wie would have been able to finish in 4th place.
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10-17-2005, 06:42 AM	#2
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Ultra Peanut v^V^v^V^v^V^ Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Holland* Casino cash: $10005177	Michael Bamberger = goatfelching assclown. __________________
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10-17-2005, 07:10 AM	#7
Ultra Peanut v^V^v^V^v^V^ Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Holland* Casino cash: $10005177	Agreed. Golf is ****ing stupid. If they can't make sure officials are there to make sure every single thing is by the letter, then they shouldn't be disqualifying someone for being less than a foot off in their eyeball estimation. __________________
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10-17-2005, 07:22 AM	#9
jidar MVP Join Date: May 2005 Location: a Casino cash: $10004900	That reporter is a shithead. No doubt. That said, I find it hard to critisize Golf for this sort of thing. One way to look at it is that they take the rules seriously enough to allow anyone to alert them of a rules infraction. It's shitty for people who get pinched later and can't go back and undo what has happened, but it does give a great incentive to every Golfer to play it as straight as possible. In most other sports someone is always trying to put one over on the officials or cheat the system somehow, golf doesn't really have that problem so they must be doing something right.
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Ultra Peanut v^V^v^V^v^V^ Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Holland* Casino cash: $10005177	Yeah... golf just retroactively punishes people for doing something they didn't know was wrong in the first place. GO GOLF! __________________
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10-17-2005, 07:28 AM	#12
jspchief BAMF Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Your Face Casino cash: $9998710	So if Wie had taken the time to get out her tape measure and determine for herself if the ball was actually closer to the hole, how many stroke penalty would she have received for slow play? The notion that those 11 inches actually affected the outcome, and the idea that she's somehow supposed to recognize an 11 inch discrepency from hundreds of feet away is absurd. __________________ Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
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