TIGER WOODS FOUND himself at the centre of a rules controversy during the second round of the Hero World Challenge, as TV replays appeared to show he unwittingly played a double-hit on the 18th hole.
Five-under for the day, Woods’ round was sullied by the incident on the final hole, as he drove into a bush and was then forced to stab his ball back out onto the fairway because of an awkward stance.
Woods — who is hosting this week’s tournament in the Bahamas — appeared to have pulled off a remarkable escape shot, punching the ball out of the busy while on his knees, before finishing the hole with a double-bogey six to slip to two-under for the tournament.
But Woods then spent 20 minutes in the tournament officials hut after his round as they reviewed slow-mo footage of the incident from various angles, eventually deciding there would be no penalty.
“I didn’t feel like I violated any rules, but the rules official pulled me aside and said, ‘Hey, there may be a violation there,’” Woods said afterwards.
“We took a look at it. They were in the truck watching it, trying to determine whether or not I had hit the ball twice. I didn’t feel like I hit it twice. It happened so fast and was such a short motion.
“But under high-def and super-slow-mo you can see it, I made contact twice.…There is no violation, I guess, so I shot what I shot today.”
"Did he hit the ball twice?"
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 30, 2018
It's been determined there's no penalty for Tiger Woods on the 18th hole. pic.twitter.com/xMCUAnBkcB
Speaking to the Golf Channel, the PGA Tour’s vice president of rules and competition, Mark Russell, explained that Wood was not penalised because he intended to make a legal strike and that the double-hit couldn’t be discerned by the naked eye.
Woods is currently two-under through two rounds and in a tie for 15th in the 18-man tournament, eight shots behind leader Spaniard Jon Rahm heading into the weekend.
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How is what Giggs and Rooney done cheating ?????? . There was nothing wrong with what they did and you can see that clearly …..
I’d love to hear the ref’s conversation with Giggs, someone whos been playing football for the vast majority of his near 40 year existence.
“No Ryan! You have to touch the ball from a corner! You cant dribble it!”
“Ah wha?!”
As a Barça fan I adore Sergio Busquets but he can be embarrassing at times (actually a lot of the time).
Sky Sports describe him as a street fighter type player. Perfect description if they are talking about Sesame Street.
If you’re going to show that Joe Sheridan goal then you should also show Louth’s JP Rooney kicking the ball away from a Meath player who was trying to take a free just a few minutes beforehand, the reason so much injury time was played.
No ‘Hand of God’?
Ricardo Carvalho really should be on d list