Is this a video of Tiger doing something against the rules?

[uttexas]

Didn't Julie Inkster get in trouble for doing something similar?

[Yukari]

Julie Inkster was using weights on her club (those "donut weights") during the round.  What Tiger is doing is completely different.  I don't know how you would confuse the two entirely different scenarios.

[wrx_junki]

I don't think a golf glove is considered a training aid.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by Yukari

Julie Inkster was using weights on her club (those "donut weights") during the round.  What Tiger is doing is completely different.  I don't know how you would confuse the two entirely different scenarios.

I second this. Two completely different scenarios.

[sean_miller]

If Tiger was DQ'd for putting glove under his arm, I'd probably have to not watch golf for a while.

Having said that, I don't think Inkster should have been DQ'd or necessarily even penalized either. It's okay to practice putting and chipping between holes, but not to stay loose? Garbage rules.

Originally Posted by uttexas

Didn't Julie Inkster get in trouble for doing something similar?

[zeg]

The specific reason that Tiger's action is ok while Inkster's wasn't is that Tiger is using an ordinary piece of equipment, whereas she was using "unusual" equipment.  You are allowed to use your ordinary golf equipment in unusual ways (e.g., plumb bobbing with your golf club is ok) but not unusual equipment (plumb bobbing with a weight on a string is not ok), even if you achieve the same ends.  In Inkster's case, it's in some sense unfortunate because it was such a minor violation, but the rule is pretty clear about this.

[tristanhilton85]

Originally Posted by sean_miller

If Tiger was DQ'd for putting glove under his arm, I'd probably have to not watch golf for a while.

Having said that, I don't think Inkster should have been DQ'd or necessarily even penalized either. It's okay to practice putting and chipping between holes, but not to stay loose? Garbage rules.

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Originally Posted by uttexas

Didn't Julie Inkster get in trouble for doing something similar?

It's ok to stay loose... just not to use training aids... she could have easily swung two clubs to the same effect and not have been DQ'd....

Tiger was using a glove, not a training aid, so he shouldn't be DQ'd... Inkster was and so she should have been.

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by tristanhilton85

Quote:

Originally Posted by sean_miller

If Tiger was DQ'd for putting glove under his arm, I'd probably have to not watch golf for a while.

Having said that, I don't think Inkster should have been DQ'd or necessarily even penalized either. It's okay to practice putting and chipping between holes, but not to stay loose? Garbage rules.

It's ok to stay loose... just not to use training aids... she could have easily swung two clubs to the same effect and not have been DQ'd....

Tiger was using a glove, not a training aid, so he shouldn't be DQ'd... Inkster was and so she should have been.

I understand the concept of the rule. I also respectfully disagree with it. That is all.

[zeg]

Originally Posted by sean_miller

I understand the concept of the rule. I also respectfully disagree with it. That is all.

I think it's one of the cases where a concrete rule is better in the long run, even if someone occasionally gets an "unfair" penalty.  As the rules stand, you are allowed to carry and use any normal equipment in any manner without risk of a penalty (notwithstanding rules against testing bunkers or putting greens, etc), and you are not allowed to use any training or unusual equipment in any manner.  If you start allowing some training equipment in some cases, you open up a big can of worms.  Given that the rule is dead simple, I don't think DQ is all that unfair...

[Bigtank]

Originally Posted by sean_miller

"It's okay to practice putting and chipping between holes..."

Not in tournament stroke play.

[zeg]

Originally Posted by Bigtank

Not in tournament stroke play.

Only if there's a special rule in force for the tournament.  On their own, the Rules of Golf allow you to practice putting or chipping on or near a green after holing out, a practice green, or a tee box.