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why would you have another player keep your score. Heck maybe today Tiger's partner should mess up his score card on purpose and make him figure it out before He signs it. Having another player keep yiur score is stupid regardless of tradition. There should be offical scorers. Who keeps score in baseball... the shortstop. I don't think so. Golf still has some really stupid rules that go under traditon is this is one of them. Why would you want to sign a scorecard kept by another player.

Wow I didn't know this happened even though I have been watching the rounds on the Golf Channel. What did he do?

You should double check your scores when your playing partner doesn't know half the rules on the Tour and is probably paying more attention to his tobacco than your score. Sergio should know better.

God bless Boo...

Rafael
Boo Weekly his playing partner wrote down the wrong score and Sergio didn't catch it. I didn't realize that someone else recoreds your score in a PGA tournament. It didn't happen in this case but I could see sagatage being possible with someone of less than good character. Petition the PGA to change the way the score is recorded.
If someone cost me a big purse on tour like that there would be a melee in the scoring tent.

I don't understand all the Sergio bashing in the press. Both ESPN and SI seem to have a vendetta against Sergio just because he speaks up his mind.Some of you call it whining, I think he is just an emotional person just like Seve was. He is still the 8th player in the world, 10th in the FedEx Cup and has second places in both the Players and the Open...Would you rather be Sergio or Ben Curtis, David Duval, Shaun Micheel or Tod Hamilton all of them major winners??? They also seems to have a hard time writing bad things about Boo just because he sounds funny when he talks but...isn't he also to blame in this DQ situation????

Boo is still in the tournament...blame away but in the end each player is responsible for themselves...a little like a cashier counting their bank at the end of a shift, these guys are professionals, and although I think the system is antiquated, it is what it is and everyone else seems to be able to get the job done...

Sergio brings all of the negative attention on himself...sure, he wears his heart on his sleeve, but on that same sleeve he wears his disgust, peevishness, self righteousness, etc...old Serge is just reaping the fruits of what he has sown...

^^ thats basically everything right there sergio brings it all on himself

I bet that this will be the last (it may have been the first) time it happens to Sergio. And possibly Boo. Costly and probably a little embarassing in front of their peers.

Did you see the TV shot of TW carefully checking his scorecard with his wife and daughter in the background?

i dont think the player should record his score if ther are scorers following him as it could be easy to forget with all the pressure

i disagree..
these guys have been playing golf most of their lives. they know how to record a scorecard. if theyre going to win the prize money they get i think they should be able to write down a set of numbers. if their that serious about winning a major is it too much to ask?

That's the way it's done and it's not going to change. Personnally, I think it's good that you keep track of each others scores....I do it and so does every other golfer I know. We all follow the same rules. Why should the pros be any different?....it's part or their job.

And to "golfpro12"....you ought to learn to spell - it's embarrassing to read.... and the phrase is "...a good walk spoiled", not, "a good walk ruined".

I think it's the same as in any other sport, if the ref didn't see it then it's not recorded. But golfers elevate themselves to a higher standard called honesty and they have to call it. That shouldn't change. But it is only in golf that players need to keep tab of their opponents score to which I don't agree. Can you imagine if they do that in other sports such as basketball, tennis, etc? The players will not go for that. So why only in golf? Yes, it only takes 5 minutes but I like my golfers (professionals for the matter) to just worry about playing their game - their best game. I believe we have enough technology today to eliminate that part of the game. I'll say it again, it's time for a change.

I'll never understand how this happens...do the guys that get DQ'd for signing an incorrect card typically not compare it with their own card (not the official one they turn in).

In casual rounds where someone other than myself is keeping the card I still keep my own and compare the two after the round (makes for accurate scores being posted for handicap purposes). My method may be over kill as I chart each shot on the eYardage Book or a notepad and tally up the strokes for each hole at the end of the round to compare it with the cards IF there is a discrepancy between the cards.

How on earth these guys fail to see a discrepancy in the card is beyond me. Tiger and others could be several hours removed from playing a hole and could tell you every shot they hit from memory. Seems to me like Garcia was in a hurry and deserved to be DQ'd for his lack of attention to detail.