Certainly "puts the iceing on the cake" as he said.
Feel for him.. He'll be back and hopefully win a major next year, he deserves it.
He hardly deserves one. With all the whining that guy does, he deserves a kick in the you know what. Can't stand his cry-baby excuses every tournament.
He hardly deserves one. With all the whining that guy does, he deserves a kick in the you know what. Can't stand his cry-baby excuses every tournament.
I never knew he whines and I didn't read the excuses. On his playing ability he deserves one but I didn't really take note of any comments. Either way rules are rules.
Golf is a game of tradition...a player at this level of play should be able to keep track of his score (is it really that difficult?)...I would vote to not make a change.
Golf is a game of tradition...a player at this level of play should be able to keep track of his score (is it really that difficult?)...I would vote to not make a change.
There is no reason at all that players should be in charge of keeping their scores...sure there are traditions involved, but seeing as how every shot is linked to computers to maintain stats, why have the potential for a DQ due to a dumb mistake? Like an earlier poster said, this it the eletronic age, it is time for a change...
But would a scorer with or without electronics have made things any better? The scorers will still make mistakes. Would Sergio have checked his score any more thoroughly? Probably not. So this kind of thing could still happen.
And is recording your opponents score SO hard? Is checking your score after the round?
Maybe the penalty of the automatic DQ is too severe, but IMO it's not the methodology that's the problem.
I agree. A human would still have to enter scores into a computer.
You would only be changing who has the chance of making a error.
mistakes will still happen,
There are some subtle 'strokes' that only the competitor can be reasonably expected to count: A double-hit chip from the rough. A minor accidental grounding of the club in a hazard. Causing a ball to slightly move while addressing the ball. The golf course is too large, and the field is too spread out to have full coverage by cameras, scorers, officials etc.. For this reason I think the player should be responsible for keeping his score. If an outsider keeps the score, what would happen 'if the ref didn't see it'?
I understand that the player doesn't have to total his score when he turns in his card. He's only required to accurately record each hole's strokes and the totals are added up by the host. The mistake with Sergio's score could have been made electronically too.
its more sergio's fault IMO, if your serious about a championship take your time and compare the cards, 5 minutes it takes and sergio wanted to rush to press room and cry
August 11th, 2007, 06:42 PM
He'll be back and hopefully win a major next year, he deserves it.
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