What you don’t understand is that dropping a ball further away from the pin is absolutely acceptable in most drop situations, including in two of the three drop options he had on this shot. Let me repeat, dropping a ball two yards further away from the pin in most golf drop situations is acceptable. Do I need to repeat this again?
OK, so your arguments against a DQ are:
1) He already got a “4 shot” penalty...isn’t that enough punishment?
2) The incorrect scorecard rule is outdated anyway and shouldn’t exist.
3) Tiger’s drop would have been in accordance with the rules in “most” situations.
I would have been OK with either ruling, but to me these are not convincing arguments.
That is what I have not understood.
I did not know that you could take a couple steps and drop it there. I have only played a little golf but I thought you had to stand in the same spot.
You can repeat it until the cows come home but you are wrong. In some drop situations you can go back as far as you want to, but not when you are replaying the shot from the original position. Golfers often have to play from their divot in these situations. Why would they risk that if they could go back 2 yards?
Let me guess, you are not a golfer, right?