My point(which was mostly tongue-in-cheek) is that no other sport allows TV viewers to make rulings that can decide outcomes. The marshals on the course have to take responsibility for their rulings. The TV viewer doesn’t and if they had to shed their anonymity they wouldn’t be so quick to call. The point I was serious about was not taking the calls in the first place.
Taking action based on viewers’ calls is blatantly unfair to those best golfers who are televised more often than others, Tiger chief among them. It is a scandal that it has not been discontinued long ago. Craig Stadler’s towel should have ended it.
ya, but I am a member of the usga so they hafta take my call ....