What a petulant brat Phil is to try and intimidate others into silence on this issue by calling the cheater comment 'slanderous', that's pathetic. Everyone knows what the intent of the new rule is, to limit spin and try and reshape the game a bit, why does Phil think he's not covered by this. So what if it is a technicality, Phil sounds all lawyered up on this. I suppose he's doing this to make a point on behalf of Callaway about their grooves not being allowed, he's really thumbing his nose at the Tour . . . clearly he's not above this type of childishness. The comments some have made about 'playing for a living' justifying him trying to get an unfair advantage . . . come on, Phil is hardly playing for a living, he's playing for Callaway on this issue.
Can anyone who really knew the older players like Palmer/Nicklaus/Watson etc. even remotely imagine that they would stoop this low, exploit this technicality, and exhibit what is at best very poor sportsmanship? Not a chance, it's called integrity. Phil shouldn't have been called a cheater, but his integrity should be questioned here. I don't think he's getting much of an advantage but he is very clearly thinking more about Callaway than his fellow competitors. Is he being silly . . . yes, and he's insulting our intelligence by the way he's 'spinning' this. Just when I was ready to spend the year following Phil and rooting for him to be #1 he shanks it and reveals poor character, what a shame to start the year this way.