Lexi Thompson's 4 Stroke Penalty at the ANA

[iacas]

2 hours ago, Vinsk said:

"I'm just happy the rule changed so nobody else can be put through what I was put through last year," said Thompson.

WTF? After having a change of heart on this matter some time ago (thank you Iacas and others) I guess she’s still playing the victim card. Nothing happened to her. She broke a rule (cheat or carelessness no matter which) and was penalized per the rules. 

And now she seeks ‘revenge.’ Revenge for what? Busted for breaking a rule? Unbelievable. Sorry, not a Lexi fan anymore. Was gonna let it go but her latest interview killed that for me.

She lost me as a fan as well, and it started with her reaction to the rules official and how she treated that woman right there.

I rooted against her last year. Missing that tiny putt to go to World #1 and stuff was sufficient for me; I won't root against her anymore. But I won't root for her.

[GolfLug]

Here we go again, Lexi doubling down on BS. Graceless.

[iacas]

32 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

Here we go again, Lexi doubling down on BS. Graceless.

"The media was so negative, I just ignored it for months…" she said. Or something like that.

Really? The media was negative? Where was this, cuz I didn't see it. I saw the media making her out to be a saint, a victim, a steely-eyed competitor able to overcome (nearly) the unjust occurrences against her.

[3jacker]

I have no sympathy for a professional golfer, getting paid extremely well, who improves their lie or gives the appearance of such by not replacing their ball in accordance to the rules.  Every high school golfer knows that's cheating.  An inch, even a half inch can help move the ball out of a depression or avoid a bump/spike mark/etc in the line.

They need to be held to a higher standard. Relaxing the rules in this case doesn't make sense.

Moving the ball - 2 stroke penalty.

Signing incorrect scorecard - DQ. 

Those were fair and justifiable rules.

[rehmwa]

But as for THIS year.  Today is worth watching..... SH Park putting on a clinic right now.  Beautiful swing, great results.

[boogielicious]

4 hours ago, 3jacker said:

I have no sympathy for a professional golfer, getting paid extremely well, who improves their lie or gives the appearance of such by not replacing their ball in accordance to the rules.  Every high school golfer knows that's cheating.  An inch, even a half inch can help move the ball out of a depression or avoid a bump/spike mark/etc in the line.

They need to be held to a higher standard. Relaxing the rules in this case doesn't make sense.

Moving the ball - 2 stroke penalty.

Signing incorrect scorecard - DQ. 

Those were fair and justifiable rules.

I am more disappointed by her reaction frankly than the penalty itself. She should have just moved on and learned from it.

[Shorty]

42 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

I am more disappointed by her reaction frankly than the penalty itself. She should have just moved on and learned from it.

She can't and she won't because her reaction to being caught (perhaps more than her action) revealed her true character. She is narcissistic and vile and in my book there is nothing worse than an unrepentant cheat. Any Aussies out there will know that this is particularly pertinent right now. #DavidWarner

Edited March 30, 2018 by Shorty

[DaveP043]

37 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

I am more disappointed by her reaction frankly than the penalty itself. She should have just moved on and learned from it.

I'm with you.  This would be dead now if she'd EVER said "I looked at the video, they were right, I have no idea why I did that, it wont happen any more"  She could still talk about the difficulty of dealing with it, especially with the delay in assessing the initial penalty and the additional two stroke penalty required by the rules, I'm sure it WAS a real shock at that moment.  But at some point she really should say straight out that she's reviewed the video and understands why the penalty was required to be assessed.

[Shorty]

The other thing is that her "brand" relies largely upon an eneducated (in golf) audience who believe her to  be a poor victim of an archaic or unfair rule that cost her a victory.

The narrative is about the "call in" rather than her lack of sportsmanship and ch....ing.  All she had to do was own up and say

"Look - I made a really dumb decision and I accept the punishment. Hopefully my experience will save other players from going through the same thing/ We have to accept that we are under close scrutiny at all times. I forgot that momentarily and I deserve the consequences. It won't happen again"

The world (and people like me) would have moved on. I'm pretty sure the the official even said "We know you didn't do it on purpose" (as if she'd know) when informing her, so the LPGA enabled her.

But no, it's all about instagram and bikinis and blaming others. 

Edited March 30, 2018 by Shorty

[3jacker]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

I am more disappointed by her reaction frankly than the penalty itself. She should have just moved on and learned from it.

Her reactions says it all.

An innocent mistake would elicit an apology, acknowledgment, and maybe a little embarrassment. 

What we saw was none of those things.  Really calls into question her character, even her intent when she moved her ball.  Golfers don't do that.  I find it hard to believe it was a mistake, and her reaction just makes it more evident to me.

[Nutsmacker]

Yea, she pretty much disgusts me.  The more that she opens her pie hole the more I dislike her.  The moment I saw the video to this day I think she is a cheat.  There is zero justification for what she did and the fact of the matter is that she has real trouble with the short putts.   It is also highly probable that she has done that slight of hand maneuver more than once.  I root for her to lose every time she tee's it up.  If she had owned up to it the whole thing would have been over a year ago.  At least with her herky jerky swing she won't be around that long.  

[Shorty]

15 minutes ago, Nutsmacker said:

 At least with her herky jerky swing she won't be around that long.  

Huh? What has golf got to do with the number of instagram followers someone has? 

[Nutsmacker]

11 minutes ago, Shorty said:

Huh? What has golf got to do with the number of instagram followers someone has? 

lol, I meant that her swing doesn't look sustainable so I don't expect to her be playing well for an extended period of time.  I mean, that swing looks fugly to me.  

[Shorty]

4 hours ago, Nutsmacker said:

lol, I meant that her swing doesn't look sustainable so I don't expect to her be playing well for an extended period of time.  I mean, that swing looks fugly to me.  

I know - and I agree totally! Ugliest swing on the LPGA tour.

I was joking about the fact that a lot of the American LPGA players seem to be more interested in looking like lingerie models than being golfers.

 

Edited March 31, 2018 by Shorty

[Vinsk]

What amazes me is how many other LPGA pros and some golf analysts/reporters have said they were impressed how she handled the situation and was very professional. Complete nonsense....she was quite the opposite of that. 

[Shorty]

12 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

What amazes me is how many other LPGA pros and some golf analysts/reporters have said they were impressed how she handled the situation and was very professional. Complete nonsense....she was quite the opposite of that. 

They are sycophantic enablers.

[Nutsmacker]

My favorite assessment of this was from Wayne Defrancesco.  If I had a twitter or instragram account I would post this on her page.

 

[MuniGrit]

I loved watching her 3 putt from 5 feet yeaterday after stuffing an iron in there.