TV PENALTIES
- I can't do that when I'm watching football, baseball, etc... The lords of golf should take the starch out of their collars, swallow hard and accept the fact that not every mistake will be noticed at the course.
- —Guest Richard Heegan
Two points
- There are two points to be made here. Enforcement by viewers is inconsistent. The popular golfers have much more screen time than others in the field. Second, no such calls from viewers to suggest a violation should be accepted after the player gets to the scoring tent. My personal preference would be for all rules violations to be called only by persons at the event - before the player gets to the scoring tent.
- —Guest Fred Murrell
No TV Officiating
- Life isn't fair and golf isn't either, note the radically different weather conditions that come into play on occasion. But with TV, and the fact that all players are not in the spotlight, very few in fact, the unfairness is built in and can be corrected. So, correct it and don't allow such actions. No to call-in officiating! In fact, no to fan officiating; let the players and the officials take care of that.
- —golflakeview
NO NO NO
- If the error is not caught at the time of the infraction then it should be over. No other sport calls a penalty after the fact.
- —Guest Big I
keep it on the course
- Rules violations should be called on the course! I also believe we need to rewrite the rules! Focus on situations where an individual gains a real advantage. Some of the rules now in force are downright stupid.
- —Guest Paul Underwood
tv viewers call rules infactions
- bad, because only the golfers who are seen on tv are hurt, most people are not seen
- —Guest Gene
no way
- No way should TV viewers be part of the governance of golf tournaments. It's like armchair quarterbacks being allowed to call the plays. All it can do is hurt the game. Let the pros (officials) handle it.
- —Guest Chas W
Absolutely not
- First of all the PGA is a multi-million dollar profit organization. They have the technology and could employ the staff to monitor what happens on the course, so there is no excuse for relying on television viewers for rules enforcement. If they choose not to monitor the rules with available technology and resources, then let it go. Can you imagine the chaos it would cause, in any other sport (football, basketball, etc.), if viewers could change the outcome of a match if they spotted an infraction? I don't like it.
- —strtetch01
no, but
- I'd give the violator a one-time warning that may lead him to a higher standard of play. No DQ for first TV viewer notice of violation!
- —Guest Don1
TV Officials
- Are viewers watching pro football, baseball, or hockey games allowed to call potential rules infractions?
- —Guest DT
Instant replay
- Are we now going to the TV camera to determine in a rule is broken? Let the on site officials do their job and all you armchair officials go to the refrigerator and get a beer.
- —Guest B and B
no
- A person watching T V should not be able to assess a penalty, that is the job of the officals.
- —Guest bondo
Rexy
- I'm surprised as it was pointed out straight away on British tv, he should have known better.
- —Guest Rexy
No no no
- This is ridiculous. I think it is pure arrogance that golf's masters think the rules are so sacrosanct that the purity of the game demands corrections like these after the fact, even when they are a day or more late. Every sport survives with missed calls. Get over yourselves, gentlemen!
- —Guest Um no
absolutely NOT
- No way, i am a golfer and i am responsible for knowing the rules. golf is a game of honor and humans make errors and we don't need persons outside the physical course pointing out errors after the fact.
- —tonizunino
