Another 2 LPGA players got DQ´ed for cheating

[kafka01]

Read a story about 2 LPGA players during this weeks Canadian Open, playing the wrong ball on the last hole, realizing it while on the green and trying to cover it up, signing the wrong scorecard, but after one caddy threatening to expose them, they seem to confess and get DQ´ed from the tournament.

http://www.geoffshackelford.com/home....html#comments

A DQ from a tournament for trying to collude and cheating on purpose? That seems to be a bit on the other side of extremes what we have seen so far, and imo whoever tries to cheat on purpose in a professional environment should receive a lot harsher penalty than just a simple DQ.

What do you guys think?

[ghalfaire]

Wow. I had not heard a thing about this and have been watching the tournament on GC. I would have thought that pretty serious infractions and some comment would have been made on some of the sports channels. Of course the temptation to cheat is always, there but honesty and integrity are the foundation of the golf game. I suppose if you make a living at the game it might even be more tempting.

[MSDOGS1976]

Here's one comment at the bottom of the link by a poster.


"Dustin Johnson, Inkster, Furyk and now these two...some streak we've got."

To put these 2 in the same sentence with Johnson, Inkster and Furyk is ridiculous, at least on the surface. But not according to the rules of golf. They all get the same penalty. That is the ridiculous part. But as some say.......rules are the rules.

[kafka01]

Well, i´m sure Johnson didnt step into the bunker and said to himself, well - screw the rules, i´m going to ground my club, neither did Inkster when she applied the device to their club. So in their mind, they were acting within the rules of the game. But they violated them and got penalized - thats how it works.

But those two ladies KNEW they were acting outside the rules and didnt care - they even tried to cover it up - so thats a whole different matter and therefor the consequences, at least imo, should be different, for ANYBODY who tries to pull such a stunt.

[Fat Slice]

I think the LPGA needs to talk to all parties involved and if they knowingly signed a false scorecard and turned it in they need to suffer some harsh penalties. The collusion aspect makes it more troublesome.

[VolunteerGolfer]

In a game based on honesty and integrity, they should have a much harsher penalty that just tournament DQ. My opinion atleast a one year suspension from the tour. That is ofcourse if they are guilty of what is being implied.

[iacas]

I too think a suspension is warranted, but let's not forget that these two ladies will likely forever be known as cheaters, and in pro golf, that's a penalty in and of itself.

Nobody's going to think of Juli or Dustin (and duh, not Furyk of course) as cheaters. So putting these in the same sentence is, agreed, NOT warranted.

P.S. MSDOGS, Dustin got a two-stroke penalty. Furyk wasn't Rules of Golf, but rather Rules of the PGA Tour [he wasn't DQed, he was "DNSed"], and only Juli suffered a DQ, which is the harshest penalty one can hand out.

[JWL1957]

Has anything actually been confirmed yet? Lets not jump to conclusions.

[bigoak]

Knowlingly cheating should be rewarded with suspension. LPGA doesn't have the balls to suspend Korean players because of the "Racist" label which will be used. If it were two US players, you know damn well a suspension would be applied.

[iacas]

Has anything actually been confirmed yet? Lets not jump to conclusions.

They were DQed, yes. They played the wrong ball(s), signed their cards, and were DQed, yes, that's known.

And the LPGA is launching an investigation into this, too.

[Bigtank]

I love the quote as well.

The difference between DJ, Inkster and Furyk and with these two is like the "difference between lightining and lightining bugs" - Mark Twain

[finoky]

I believe Shi Hyun Ahn and Ilmi Chung are the two players in question. One has won over $100,000 this season and the other just over $19,000.

[ghalfaire]

Knowlingly cheating should be rewarded with suspension. LPGA doesn't have the balls to suspend Korean players because of the "Racist" label which will be used. If it were two US players, you know damn well a suspension would be applied.

I would hope that is not true and that these two will be treated the same as if their name was Paula, Cristie, or Morgan. What they did is pretty egregious and damaging to the game if unpunished. Colluding to cheat is certainly worth a suspension of playing privileges for a period of time.

[JWL1957]

They were DQed, yes. They played the wrong ball(s), signed their cards, and were DQed, yes, that's known.

Kinda sad........... I saw what Jane Blalock went through. They are toast.

[BallStriker]

Apparently two Korean players accidentily played each others ball from the fairway on the 18th hole but didn't say anything until after the score cards were signed (and possibly only then once it was clear that somebody else was going to say something). They also apparently had a brief "discussion" in Korean on the 18th green and one of the players said to her caddy "you didn't see anything" -- whether that was a statement or a question is in debate.

If it is true that they knew they played the wrong ball and agreed not to say anything or penalize themselves, what should their punishment be?

Banned for life? Banned for 2 years? Other?


http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2010...lpga-tour.html

[Stretch]

Nuke the tour from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

There's already a thread on this.

[Fat Slice]

2-3 years. What they are accused of doing is egregious and 100% contrary to the rules AND spirit of the game.

I am surprised the other players aren't demanding their heads on a platter (or maybe they are, in private).

I've been down in a hazard where nobody could see me and accidentally grounded my club. I called the penalty on myself. I am NOTHING SPECIAL - golfers do this all the time. What they did, if they did it, was really bad.

[Joeyvee]

Why the hell is every article and blog mentioning racism. If you dont bring it up then it doesn't exist. Seriously. 2 golfers cheated. We know that. They may have conspired too. Why mention their race or anything else? I hate it when bad things happen people mention race and equally when good things happen too. Like when a black coach won the superbowl. So what? Why even mention it. Is it harder for him to win because he's black? NO. He's not mentally challenged. Why reduce him to just a color. Why reduce these 2 cheating dirtbag collusionists to just a race? If I was Korean I'd be PISSED that mention of my great country was in the same article as this cheating scandal. In this story they're golfers who cheated. That's it. leave it at that. Yeah they're a different race then.. Me.. So what? This countrys got every god damned race even invented living in it and doing just fine. So maybe they have rice instead of toast. Who cares?