Sign the scorecard? Not as Wie-sy as it sounds

Hey, Michelle... great 67. Unfortunately, you didn't even have to show up today.

My only question is this: Obviously, LPGA officials knew about this last night. Why not call her then? Or tell her when she gets to the course. Or as she's stepping to the first tee. Or at the turn.

Why the fuck would you wait until after she's done for the day?

 

The real question is why isn't an official in the tent on Friday allowed to tell her "You forgot to sign this," when she hands in the unsigned scorecard.

This is one of the dumbest rules in all of sports.

 

No argument here. The way it was handled was worse.

 

What's dumb is that a professional golfer would forget to sign his/her scorecard. Wie knows the rules; she should have followed them.

 

That's ridiculous. You make her play a whole other round before telling her? Jeebus.

 

Granted, that, too, is dumb.

 

Any other cynics think the desire to attract a large Saturday crowd might have factored into the delay in DQ'ing her?

 

I had that thought, but then why didn't they just tell her when she handed in her unsigned scorecard?

 

According to the LPGA release, they didn't notice the oversight themselves until she'd already gone out today.

 

Then she should appeal the DQ...if they didn't notice until after her round today, she should be allowed to finish.

 

They noticed during her round today, but that's not the reason for the DQ. She left the scorer's tent yesterday without signing her scorecard (Rule 6-6b), which is why she was DQ'd. Technically, she shouldn't have been allowed to tee off today.

 

But once she teed off today, it should wipe out yesterday's mistake. They shouldn't DQ her retroactively.