[beyond the sea]

I know the rules of golf are a great deal of what makes the game so great and honorable, but Bamberger is a jerk for doing this to Wie in her first tourney as a pro.

She was very gracious and understanding afterwards.

Here's wishing Bamberger sticks to writing, not being a severe flaming *sshole.

[Al Simmons]

OK.

Someone explain this to me 'cause I must be STUPID, I just don't get it;

I run out on the field to talk to the referee, I get decked by some 300 pound monster; then I get arrested and thrown out;

I run out onto the diamond to talk to an umpire, I get tackled, arrested, and charged with trespass;

I slide out onto the ice to talk to a referee, slip, break my teeth, then get arrested;

I go to a golf game, rat out a player for dropping her ball 12 inches closer to the hole (but still half a county away), and SHE gets disqualified and loses her 'purse'?

Excuse me, but I just have to say this:

WWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT?

[chuckles]

I guess Bamberger never followed Klintoon around the links?

[rhetorica]

Exactly. Why did Bammberger wait until Sunday to question Wie's drop? If he had done it on Saturday, before she signed her card she would have taken the penalty and moved on.

This will be one of those short-term bad, long-term good stations for Wie. It shows her character and will make her mentally stronger.