Updated: 14.50
TIGER WOODS HAS been handed a two-shot penalty by tournament officials, following his controversial drop-shot at the 15th hole during Friday’s second round of the US Masters.
Woods is now five shots adrift of leader Jason Day on one-under-par for the tournament, though he avoids being eliminated from the competition outright.
There had been confusion over the penalty incurred after the world number one’s chip at the 15th hit the pin bounced back into the water.
Woods appeared to replay the shot from the same area that his initial shot ended up hitting the water, but it emerged after his press conference that he may have dropped the ball further away from the original position than is permitted.
Rule 26-1 of the United States Golf Association states that a player needs to take their drop “as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played.”
Woods, however, indicated he had opted to take the re-stroke “two yards away” from the original position.
According to certain sources, he should have taken a two-stroke penalty and not the single extra shot that he put on his scorecard.
“I went down to the drop area, that wasn’t going to be a good spot, because obviously it’s into the grain, it’s really grainy there,” Woods said afterwards.
“And it was a little bit wet. So it was muddy and not a good spot to drop.
“So I went back to where I played it from, but I went two yards further back.
“I tried to take two yards off the shot of what I felt I hit – that should land me short of the flag and not have it either hit the flag or skip over the back.
“I felt that that was going to be the right decision to take off four right there. And I did. It worked out perfectly.”
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If the semi’s are anything to go by, this should make it a cracking final.
It will be an amazing match and a night to remember!
Is this the World Cup final If so it’s been very low key, Come on USA!!
Any chance of your number Hil? You sound exactly like my type
The motivator (Klopp)
vs.
the tactician (heynckes)
The tactician to to win in the end, Bayern 3-1 and muller (as always) first scorer.
Should be a great game, I hope Dortmund can do it!
Gundogen versus Schweiny. In already getting tent pants just thinking about it.
Hillary if you keep going you might get that lovely arm of yours around your neck !!
Only joking.
Dortmund 7-2. I wonder hmmmm
Think bayern will beat them 3-1 that’s my bet for the match
Those were two worthy winners up there, though both sides had aging players and disappeared off the radar after those successes. Great to see them back again.
@ Denis
The Germans shouldn’t get too carried away.
Meaning: Don’t start boasting, try to be modest. And they are fairly modest about it all.
You took this in the wrong way and then went on from there.
…There’s always one trying to rain on the parade.
Who is trying to rain on the parade…..
The Germans shouldn’t get too carried away.
We’ve already had an all-Spanish, Italian and English final.
Real Madrid vs. Valenica, AC Milan vs. Juventus, Man Utd vs. Chelsea.
Barcelona, Man Utd and the other big boys will be back next year…..
Who’s getting carried away? All they said was its great to have an all German final!
They didn’t declare they are the worlds greatest league like so many players and commentators in England do, nor did they mention anything about next year…
There’s always one trying to rain on the parade, just enjoy the spectacle of two very attacking teams trying to dismantle each other!