See, there's their mistake. That shot clearly called for a fairway wood. Or maybe a 2 iron.
I say reward the gentlemen.
If this happened more often, idiot teens would learn that there are consequences for actions.....
Don’t know about the 2 iron. Lee Trevino once quipped that when he’s on the course and it starts lightning, he holds up his 2 iron because, he says, not even God can hit a 2 iron.