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4 minutes ago, colin007 said:

A grown man named "Slugger" said that him doing it a second time was irrelevant.

The same one who won't enforce pace of play penalties because someone's kid might not be able to go to college.

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Let's lose the made-for-tv term "waste area." 

The area of the course where the ball lay is called the General Area.

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Just now, Asheville said:

Let's lose the made-for-tv term "waste area." 

Not a fan of it either, but people "know what you mean" when you say it, and that's the point of communication.

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21 minutes ago, Asheville said:

Let's lose the made-for-tv term "waste area." 

The area of the course where the ball lay is called the General Area.

It's Fatrick we're dealing with here, let's call it the Waist Area.

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22 minutes ago, iacas said:

Not a fan of it either, but people "know what you mean" when you say it, and that's the point of communication.

Forgot this is Tour Talk. Accuracy is optional.

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What the hell was he thinking?!

Agree you could definitely make the case he should be penalized twice.

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5 minutes ago, mvmac said:

What the hell was he thinking?!

Agree you could definitely make the case he should be penalized twice.

You could, but I've come around to the idea that you'd lose that battle.

There's no intervening event that separates the act of improving the lie.

 So, two strokes is probably right.

Slugger was wrong though when he said "improving his line of play." It was improving his lie, not his line of play.

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14 hours ago, colin007 said:

A grown man named "Slugger" said that him doing it a second time was irrelevant.

Don’t you want a cool nickname that’s completely irrelevant to what your occupation is?😜

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8 hours ago, iacas said:

You could, but I've come around to the idea that you'd lose that battle.

 

Slugger was wrong though when he said "improving his line of play." It was improving his lie, not his line of play.

You are both wrong. Under 8.1 he was improving "The area of the player's intended swing."

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4 hours ago, RemyM said:

You are both wrong. Under 8.1 he was improving "The area of the player's intended swing."

Little bit of both, ain’t it? If I’m in 1” high rough and pull out a 2” high tee and put my ball on that (essentially what’s happening when you remove sand from directly behind the ball is you’re “teeing it up”) aren’t I improving both my lie and my swing path?


Ive sort of defended Reed in the past, but awfully hard to take in all of the evidence here (including his comments after, and including the other older video) and not lean towards the conclusion that he’s intentionally cheating.

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40 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

Little bit of both, ain’t it? If I’m in 1” high rough and pull out a 2” high tee and put my ball on that (essentially what’s happening when you remove sand from directly behind the ball is you’re “teeing it up”) aren’t I improving both my lie and my swing path?


 

He didn't touch his ball.

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55 minutes ago, RemyM said:

He didn't touch his ball.

The lie is more than the ball.

Your point is taken because it’s the spot on which the ball lies by definition but colloquially “spot” is the area immediately around the ball. Nobody whose ball is sitting down in Bermuda grass says “my lie is great but my area of swing is bad.”

He breached the rule. That much is clear.

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Upon first hearing about this, I wondered what all the fuss was about.  I thought maybe he accidentally flicked some sand; but upon watching the clips above, it appears that Patrick was trying to casually dig a trench behind the ball!  

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5 minutes ago, ncates00 said:

Upon first hearing about this, I wondered what all the fuss was about.  I thought maybe he accidentally flicked some sand; but upon watching the clips above, it appears that Patrick was trying to casually dig a trench behind the ball!  

Perhaps he should swap one of his wedges for a shovel. 

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Makes you wonder how much he fluffs his lie in thick grass. 

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