The 14 Hours That Changed Tiger Woods' Career | Golf Digest

Congrats David Eger. People like you are why pro golf will never be more popular.

If the rules say that a player is DQ'd for signing off on a wrong scorecard than there better be an official on every single hole to monitor every single drop. I love golf, but the sheer number of rules and the detail involved is beyond ridiculous for an individual golfer to know and understand completely, especially in the moment.

If no one came up to him before he signed the scorecard then how would he know he’s at fault?

This type of chicken manure is why it’s tough to grow the game. If it’s a penalty it should be one shot at most. 2 yards is not a material advantage. The idea he should be DQ or withdraw is absurd. It’s like ejecting a football player for jumping offsides. Some golf people need to come down off their phony high horse.

I think it should be illegal to use video footage or after round interviews to determine a ruling after a player has signed their scorecard. Basically if it's not caught during the shot by the players in your group or a ruling official...then you can't double back and penalize someone for it the next day. Thats kind of crazy

I typically do not post comments on YouTube, but I feel I should on this video. The Masters is contested under USGA rules. Rule 3.3 governs stroke play. Under 3.3b(3), the rule states that if a player returns a score lower than the actual score recorded, that player is disqualified. HOWEVER, there is an exception to 3.3b(3) for “Failure to Include Unknown Penalty.” Under the exception, the player is not disqualified if the mistake is found before the close of competition and the committee will revise the player’s score for that hole by adding the correct penalty strokes. In Tiger’s case, a two stroke penalty. Mr. Ridley and the competition committee broadly interpreted the word “competition” for purposes of their finding. If the exception specified by the close of a “round,” then this would be a different situation. Under the circumstances - namely that the competition committee and its chair Mr. Ridley were aware of a potential rules breach - the punishment Tiger received was fair. The penalty strokes were correctly added to his score before the close of competition as Tiger unknowingly failed to include the penalty. A side note is that Tiger’s playing partner also missed the penalty, and when both Tiger and his partner certified the score they had not been made aware of any potential rules breach. Accordingly, the exception applies.

Enjoyed this very much. A good reminder that golf rules are absurd sometimes and not helping the game. There are rules officials everywhere and also opponents..stuff like this should be discussed/disputed during or right after the round. No video footage or interview should change things. Clearly, Tiger did not gain advantage or did anything to intentionally gain an advantage. People who believed Tiger should have withdrawn because of this are clowns.

6 years later he got his comeback win

Since this video is on the theme of accuracy and the correction of error, they shouldn’t say “Fred Ridley, chairman of Augusta National,” as he was not such at the time. He was in fact, chairman of the competition committee, which is what made him the relevant official in this rules case. 2 shot penalty for GD. ;)

This is like calling the NBA during the Finals to tell the commissioner someone traveled and then changing the score of the game the next day.

Enjoyed watching this video. Would love to see more videos like this where Golf Digest look at other major moments in golf history during other Major tournaments.

If he wasn't Tiger Woods and was just a "regular" golfer in that position, I doubt Egan would be so interested in his score that he would have replayed the incident and texted the official. Also, a "regular" golfer in that position probably wouldn't have been interviewed at all. I'm not saying anything or anyone was right or wrong; it's just something to think about.

I do not remember this happening, but I was not really into golf, as I am today. I have never seen a drop where there is not a Rules official standing by to watch. How can you penalize someone when a Rules official is right there telling you what is ok and NOT ok?

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Tiger took his penalty after a drop. How a player is meant to know every subtlety to every single rule without an official being there at every shot to assess it, is absolutely ridiculous, and those calling for a disqualification after this should give their heads a wobble. Tiger gained no advantage. Let's stop this absolute idiocy, for him and for every other golfer out there. It's pedantic BS that is ruining the pleasure of the game for everyone.

He was within two club lengths which most assume is the standard for a drop. Too many Karens in the world.

The pronunciation of Worcester was brutal

Gotta say, this video, and the narration tops my list

This was a really interesting watch! Thanks Golf Digest!

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