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Is Phil Mickelson Going Nuts?: Hitting a moving ball at US Open

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5 minutes ago, iacas said:

That makes no sense at all. Moving a loose impediment is allowed in the Rules. You should check out 23-1/2 and 23-1/3. Perfectly within the spirit of the Rules (and within the Rules).

Slapping at a moving ball is neither.

No, it's not.

And it's not at all like what Phil did.

Phil breached the rules. He purposefully and willfully violated them.

DJ and Tiger did not.

Borrowed: Good contribution.

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The Rules of Golf look bad here. I understand that they're trying to apply 14-5, but what I don't get is that he deflected the ball… but it just happened to be toward the hole. Mike Davis sa

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Meh.  I still think he just let frustration get the better of him and I’m willing move on from it.  I am a big Phil fan.  One on course blemish like this isn’t enough for me to put him on a shit list.

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That wasn’t about “guts.” Give me a break. And you’re missing out on the fact that many people are bothered more by the lying than the original act.

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5 minutes ago, turtleback said:

What Phil did had nothing to do with 'rulebook'.  And using the rules properly to your advantage is not violating the spirit of the game.

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C'mon Turtle.You know darn well you shouldn't with a good conscious drop outside of rough your already in just cause of tv tower in your line.I know the rule allows it but.If he would have dropped but stayed in rough I'd have no prob.Line of sight is so judgmental.Iacas I do agree with you on one thing.Phil did deliberately break the rule but that's why there's penalty strokes.

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12 minutes ago, turtleback said:

What Phil did had nothing to do with 'rulebook'.  And using the rules properly to your advantage is not violating the spirit of the game.

Good contribution.

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3 minutes ago, Aflighter said:

C'mon Turtle.You know darn well you shouldn't with a good conscious drop outside of rough your already in just cause of tv tower in your line.

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3 minutes ago, Aflighter said:

I know the rule allows it but.If he would have dropped but stayed in rough I'd have no prob.

What a stupid opinion. It's not that bad for Phil to break the rules, but it's terrible for DJ to follow them. Errrrrr… yeah, okay buddy.

3 minutes ago, Aflighter said:

Line of sight is so judgmental.

Not really.

3 minutes ago, Aflighter said:

Iacas I do agree with you on one thing.Phil did deliberately break the rule but that's why there's penalty strokes.

Which makes it not at all like either of the other two situations you mentioned.

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Watched his interview with Curtis Strange after round 3 again. "Knows the rules" and "using them to my advantage". He seemed so relaxed and sincere. This was blatant lying. (If he really knew the rules he could have saved at least a stroke and the risk of DQ by invoking rule 27-1a - stroke and distance.) 

Apologized 4 days later, finally admitted he was "angry and frustrated".  Never apologized for lying though.

Add his recent association with insider trading and with money laundering. Said he would take the 5th amendment. Lying is inherent in illegal activity. 

"What about X...?" Doesn't matter about other golfers, maybe they are "worse" or "better", but this guy is definitely fake. 

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https://www.geoffshackelford.com/homepage/2018/6/26/phil-admits-it-really-wasnt-about-saving-strokes

Now Phil admits he wasn't thinking and it wasn't about the strokes, yet still doesn't apologize for the lies or insults.

Oh well.

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1 hour ago, iacas said:

https://www.geoffshackelford.com/homepage/2018/6/26/phil-admits-it-really-wasnt-about-saving-strokes

Now Phil admits he wasn't thinking and it wasn't about the strokes, yet still doesn't apologize for the lies or insults.

Oh well.

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