Collin Morikawa Caddie Checked His Alignment

[Daz]

During the 3rd round of The Open 2021, Colin Morikawa's 2nd shot on the 5th hole should have seen a penalty in my opinion. His caddie clearly ducks behind him when he had already taken his stance, to check his alignment. And then quickly moved away. But it was too late, he had already checked to see if  he was lined up correctly, and Colin didn't change his stance and just went ahead and hit. Penalty or not?

[iacas]

Without video, nobody's really going to be able to say here.

[Vinsk]

On 7/18/2021 at 8:54 AM, Daz said:

During the 3rd round of The Open 2021, Colin Morikawa's 2nd shot on the 5th hole should have seen a penalty in my opinion. His caddie clearly ducks behind him when he had already taken his stance, to check his alignment. And then quickly moved away. But it was too late, he had already checked to see if  he was lined up correctly, and Colin didn't change his stance and just went ahead and hit. Penalty or not?

Not sure what you’re talking about: 

at 3:02…..the shot where he’s off balance with a bad lie. He clearly hits his shot with his caddie out of the line completely.

Edited September 2, 2021 by Vinsk

[Bonvivant]

1 hour ago, Vinsk said:

Not sure what you’re talking about: 

at 3:02…..the shot where he’s off balance with a bad lie. He clearly hits his shot with his caddie out of the line completely.

and we got less than 4 seconds to show anything pre-shot. I didn't see this live, but you can't take this highlight reel and pretend that it is the broadcast that OP saw.