Vijay violated the rules of golf on the course during competition. Antler extract means nothing. Golf cannot function in an environment where cheaters are tolerated. You cannot have enough referees on the course, so Vijay will always be damaged goods.
Tim Finchem should go public with Phil Mickelson’s punishment.
It was the second time in two years that Mickelson met the media at the Memorial to talk about stock deals instead of his short game. FBI agents met him after his first round of the 2014 Memorial to ask him about bookie Walters during an insider trading investigation.
Mickelson allegedly took the advice of known gambler Billy Walters to buy and sell the stock in order to repay gambling debts to Walters.
That not only looks bad, it is specifically addressed in the PGA Tour’s handbook on player conduct