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Golfer throws away $1,000,000!!

post #1 of 13
4/19/10 at 4:18pm
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http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/de...rn=golf,234963


DB or honest guy!!
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post #2 of 13
4/19/10 at 4:26pm
It only cost him $415k not $1m
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post #3 of 13
4/19/10 at 4:26pm
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I would be $415K richer today!
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post #4 of 13
4/19/10 at 4:40pm
That's really impressive. I respect that a lot, but I would have taken the money. My morality is very lax though and I really don't have principles.
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post #5 of 13
4/19/10 at 4:52pm
Calling penalties on oneself isn't that unusual in golf. In fact its the norm. That said, this was a pretty extreme case. My guess is that there were a large number of players out there that might not even have known this was a rule.

One reason that I love golf is that it's the only sport (Yes...I said it) that requires complete knowledge of and honesty regarding the rules. In lots of sports there are techniques for committing rules violations, but concealing it from the official...and if it isn't called, it didn't happen.

Golf sets the bar much higher. I for one am glad.
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post #6 of 13
4/19/10 at 4:57pm
Add me to the list of people that respect what this guy did.
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post #7 of 13
4/19/10 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by odoreater View Post
Add me to the list of people that respect what this guy did.

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post #8 of 13
4/19/10 at 5:05pm
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Originally Posted by odoreater View Post
Add me to the list of people that respect what this guy did.

Me too. I'm just learning to play golf, and I think the fact that this type of stuff seems to be the norm in the game is really cool.
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post #9 of 13
4/19/10 at 5:08pm
Do you guys actually think Tiger would do this? I say no way.
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post #10 of 13
4/19/10 at 5:08pm
Just to clarify, he wasn't in a position to win, either. He was hitting out of a hazard, after missing the green. Would have been very lucky to make par. The article didnt mention Furyk being in trouble, so presumably, he would made par.
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post #11 of 13
4/19/10 at 5:28pm
it's one of those things.. where it willl eat away at you, was your career a sham? will someone unknowningly go back into the archives and reveal 'hey, this guy should have been penalized, he shouldnt have been here'
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post #12 of 13
4/19/10 at 5:37pm
- This is in perfect keeping with the way golf is. It's just the way it's played. - With TV coverage being what it is, there's little chance this would have gone totally unnoticed, and if it hadn't, he would have had to deal with some very uncomfortable, and potentially very damning questions. Early in his career, Vijay Singh was banned from the Asian PGA Tour for cheating. Not just DQ'ed - he was suspended. And for a while, he was treated with suspicion on the US Tour because of this. Golf does not smile on pros taking liberties with the rules. - That doesn't take away from the fact that I respect what he did.
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post #13 of 13
4/19/10 at 6:16pm
Love this about golf. Good story.
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