“How many strokes behind are required to allow rampant cheating?”
There was NO rampant cheating.
I never used the rules like Phil did. BUT the rules allow choices, like with hitting one OB and choosing where to hit the third shot from, tee or at a drop zone. That isn’t cheating and in this case what Phil did was simil;ar to making a choice allowed because no rule excludes his making a choice. He probably saved himself one or two strokes!
“There was NO rampant cheating.”
What words would you use if Tiger did it?