maybe you can go to jail when an IRS agent gives you bad advice on your next tax return.....(analogy FITS your logic).
Poor analogy. This is golf, with it’s own rules. Every player is obliged to know those rules. If he is unsure he can always consult a rules official, which is done quite often. Tiger chose not to, and took the liberty of improving his situation by an incorrect ball drop. He admits all of this in his post round interview.