More golf rules stupidity

TV viewer gets Juli Inkster disqualified.
Total bullshit.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/TV-viewer-busts-Juli-Inkster-gets-her-DQ-d-from?urn=golf-264211

 

I know the PGA Tour banned that practice a couple years ago... ouch

 

TV viewer aside, the actual rule itself is pretty stupid.

It was a 30-minute backlog at the hole. You have got to be able to keep loose during that time. It is not hurting any integrity of the game to allow someone to use a freaking weighted donut on a club in between shots while on a bit of a delay.

 

Agreed. Stupid rule, stupider application.

 

It's a competitive advantage. She wasn't the only one who was backed on a tee. You can't hit practice balls, putt, chip, etc., or use a swing aid. 8 year olds in junior golf know this rule. Someone in the World Golf Hall of Fame should also know it. Oh, yeah, ... Inkster is in the Hall of Fame.

 

The rule may be BS, but it's still on the books. She should have known better.

 

If they allow everyone to have a weighted donut in their bag, how does any one player get an advantage.

Yes, it's a rule. As spnited's thread title says, it's a stupid rule. Even more stupid is that people watching on television can call the tournament to report the rules violation.

 

Rules like this one, and the Dustin Johnson farce, strike me as a byproduct of aristocrats wanting to keep the game just that much more inaccessible to the masses. Every time you think you can get into that game you find out there's so much more bullshit than just counting up how many times everyone swung the club, and I don't think the lords of golf mind that at all.

And I bet the person who called in the rules violation will go to work this morning, where he will deny a patient's insurance claim because she used a signature on Form 10B(1)(a) when the document clearly said "Print name here."

 

I repeat, total bullshit.

The rule is bullshit and the fact that some asshole watching on TV can call a violation on a player totally destroys any credibility golf's esoteric bullshit rules have.

 

This thread would have been perfectly titled w/o the words "more" and "rules."

 

This.

Unless every professional sport is prepared to open up the phone lines for viewers during live broadcasts, and actually allow those viewers to dictate what rules are enforced and when, golf needs to back off.

 

I was out there today - same backup at the same hole. You would think there would be a clock (say 15 minutes) after which a player could loosen up again.
Isn't it a competetive disadvantage to players to make them wait that long? It's not like it is their fault the people up ahead are taking a long time.